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CV VC

Venture capital

Runs1 fund brandCV Labs

Zug · Seed · 38 people tracked

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Investment thesis

CV VC backs early-stage, category-defining founders building companies powered by AI and blockchain across Europe, the USA, and the Middle East. It views AI as becoming embedded in every function once requiring human judgment, with blockchain providing trust and authenticity. Its strategy centers on three pillars: Digital Finance (programmable, verifiable financial infrastructure), Automation (AI, robotics, and autonomous systems redefining physical and digital labor), and Intelligent B2B (active intelligence layers orchestrating complex value chains). Through its venture capital fund suite, CV VC offers qualified investors exposure to frontier technologies, while its CV Labs arm supports startups, corporates, and investors with acceleration programs and ecosystem services.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Seed
Check
$500K
HQ
Zug, CH
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2019
Tracked investments
71
Acquisitions
1

Team · 38 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Kaya Tilev· General Partner
Alex Wassmer· Vice-Chairman
Diana Seara· Facility Management
Rony Vogel· Advisor (Africa)
Sascha Erni· Head Of Operations

What they invest in

from 42 of 71 portfolio companies

Fintech ×24Crypto & Web3 ×18AI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×13Cybersecurity ×10Enterprise Software ×10Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×5

HQs:United States×7Switzerland×3South Africa×3Germany×2United Kingdom×2Netherlands×2

Who they back

founder profiles across 21 portfolio companies
67%
solo founders
14 of 21 mapped founding teams
65%
repeat founders
of 23 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×142 founders×43 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data

University of Cape Town ×2University of Oxford ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×6Business & Management ×5Engineering ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×3Politics & Policy ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history

Google ×3PwC Deutschland ×2

3 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)

Investments · 71 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 12023 · 22022 · 32020 · 17 dated

Accelchainaccelchain.xyz

AI-powered no-code platform for building, testing, and deploying secure decentralized applications on blockchain

Asvinasvin.ioin

asvin provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for protecting complex OT, IoT, and agentic AI environments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoT

Block Sportblocksport.ioin𝕏

Blocksport offers a SuperApp and a data platform ("Cockpit Hub") that helps sports organizations engage fans through gamification, collect fan data, and run marketing campaigns to convert fans into subscribers and buyers.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSports Tech

Vladimir Liulka(Chairman & Founder)inArtem Nefedov(Head of Product)inBohdan Yurchuk(CTO)in

Co-investorsBlockrocketSyntax Capital

Chronicle Labschronicle-labs.com

Chronicle uses production data to generate test scenarios and evaluate AI agents before deployment, helping businesses verify agent readiness and reduce critical failures.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ayman Saleh(CTO)inRowan Zyadeh(COO)

Co-investorsY Combinator6th Man VenturesAlumni VenturesFenbushi CapitalMyAsiaVCPioneer

Coala Paycoalapay.orgin𝕏

Coala Pay simplifies cross-border money transfers for humanitarian aid organizations, delivering more local currency than traditional banking rates.

Crypto & Web3FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Co-investorsFactor CapitalLattice CapitalReflexive CapitalCastle Island VenturesCommerce Ventures

coinpanionaltify.appin𝕏

Altify is a regulated investing platform offering access to alternative and traditional assets including private credit, tokenised stocks, cryptocurrencies, crypto bundles, commodities, stablecoins, structured products, and pre-IPO stocks.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB

Sean Sanders(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsFounders Factory AfricaAdaverseCalm/Storm VCCoastCapHansmann Family Office

Coinrulecoinrule.comin𝕏Seed

Coinrule provides automated cryptocurrency trading bots that execute buy and sell strategies on crypto exchanges without requiring coding.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSaaSLondon, GB

Gabriele Musella(CEO)inOleg Giberstein(Founder)inZdeněk Höfler(Founder)inAndrew Salvadore(CTO)

Co-investorsKube VCNZVCUrban InnovationY CombinatorMF SuperfundPioneer+1 more

Cyberacybera.ioinSep 2022 · $5M

Cybera provides AI-powered intelligence on fraudulent mule accounts to banks, enabling detection of internal threats and blocking of unauthorized payments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech

Patrick Peterson(CEO)in

Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBantam GroupConvergeDreamit VenturesK20 FundNew North Ventures+3 more

Cyberacybera.cainSep 2022 · $5M

Cybera is a cybersecurity and technology operations organization that provides security delivery, network administration, and IT operations services.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechImpact & Social GoodAlberta, CA

Joe TopjianinBarb Carra(President and CEO)

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedCorrelation VenturesDreamit VenturesFounder CollectiveK20 FundNew North Ventures+1 more

DoxyChaindoxychain.comin

Blockchain-based document management system providing cost-effective infrastructure for enterprise document handling

Co-investorsLevel2 VenturesSATUS Venture Sp. z o.o.

DSENTinacta.ch

Inacta is a Swiss IT consulting and software company that helps businesses with digital transformation, including process automation, custom AI-assisted software development, and document/data processing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Balz A. Gut(CEO)

Envioenvio.devin𝕏

Envio provides blockchain data infrastructure for developers, including HyperSync (a high-speed on-chain data retrieval layer), HyperIndex (a multichain indexer that turns smart contract events into a queryable GraphQL API), and HyperRPC.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Jason Smythe(Founder)in

Co-investorsMaven 11

Fastaggerfastagger.comFeb 2023

Fastagger builds AI infrastructure that runs machine learning models on-device on low-end (4GB) Android smartphones and edge devices, offering SMS-based field workforce attendance/patrol verification, a document foundation model (Auni) for African financial documents, super-app embedded AI, and computer vision at the edge.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintech

Jude Mwenda(Founder)Mutembei Kariuki(Founder)Stephanie Njerenga(Founder)

fijafija.financein𝕏

Fija offers a platform for accessing curated, risk-assessed DeFi yield strategies (such as USDC and crvUSD yield products and an Aave optimizer) that let users earn yield on their crypto in one click.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Tim Federspiel(Founder)inLieven Hauspie(Founder)in

Fungiesfungies.ioin𝕏

Fungies.io provides a no-code e-store and payment platform where it acts as Merchant of Record, handling payment processing and tax compliance for sellers of digital products.

E-commerceFintechGamingSaaSPalo Alto, US

Duke Vu(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsCzech Founders VCDEPO VenturesOutlier Ventures

GenTwogentwo.comin

GenTwo provides infrastructure and a platform (GenTwo Pro, powered by investOS) for financial institutions and asset managers to turn any investment strategy or asset into a bankable security with an ISIN.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Patrick Loepfe(Founder)Philippe Naegeli(Founder)

Co-investorsPoint72 VenturesPortage Ventures

GK8gk8.io𝕏acquired by Celsius Network

GK8 developed self-managed digital asset custody technology for institutions, including a patented air-gapped cold vault and MPC-based wallet infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Lior Lamesh(Founder)in

Co-investorsIN VentureaMooniAngelsIsrael Innovation Authority

House Africahouseafrica.ioMar 2023 · $400K

Real estate virtual siteemap platform enabling remote property interactions and accelerating sales processes

Co-investorsAdaverseFuture AfricaNiche CapitalStartupbootcamp AfriTech

Ivorypayivorypay.ioin𝕏

Ivorypay provides a bi-directional crypto and stablecoin payment infrastructure that lets African businesses accept payments from global customers and pay suppliers internationally, with automatic settlement to local African currencies via banks and mobile money.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Oluwatobi Ajayi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders Fund

Jamitjamit.appin𝕏

Jamit is a mobile app for discovering and listening to audio stories through a swipeable feed, where users can react to, boost, and share stories.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Ike Orizu(Founder)in

Kasikasi.moneyin𝕏Dec 2020

Kasi is a fully digital, mobile banking service offering a Mastercard debit card, EFTs, bill payments, savings goals, auto-investing, international money transfers, and access to loans and credit.

FintechReston, US

Johnson Agogbua(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Adams(Director)

Co-investorsFuture Africa

Lawyerd!lawyerd.netin𝕏

Lawyerd provides supervised content-takedown and online reputation services, removing unauthorized use of brands, copyrighted material, defamatory press, clone domains, phishing pages, counterfeit listings and deepfakes across 30+ jurisdictions under statutes such as the Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, the DMCA and GDPR Article 17.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityLegalTechWrocław, PL

Unnamed founder(Founder)

Co-investorsTechstars

Letoleto.gg𝕏

Leto provides an IPFS gateway that serves content to end-users while generating anonymous, open analytics on how IPFS objects are requested across the network.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investors9Yards CapitalGreycroftTiger Global Management

manifestmanifest.finance𝕏

Manifest is a financial protocol that tokenizes U.S. residential real estate as an ERC-20 token called USH, enabling global users to stake, earn yield, and access liquidity through decentralized finance.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCompoundLattice CapitalMenlo VenturesFirst Round CapitalKleiner PerkinsQuiet Capital

ManifestEDmanifested.comin

Manifest provides AI-powered business intelligence and assistant tools designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), including metrics dashboards, personalized guidance, and community support.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToledo, US

Sarah Horn(Founder)inZack Avshalomov(Founder)inAshley Bittner(Director)Renee Beaumont(Director)Daniel Bardenstein(Founder)Freddie McKenzie(Founder)

Co-investorsKalos VenturesBrass Ring VenturesWorkshop Venture PartnersAntlerBoxGroupDorm Room+4 more

Mazzumamazzuma.com

Cryptocurrency payment ecosystem providing low-cost, instantaneous transactions for mass adoption

Co-investorsAdaverse

Mycelmycel.land𝕏

Mycel is a blockchain infrastructure for cross-chain asset exchange, using an Ownership Transfer Protocol (OTP) and a CometBFT-based consensus layer (HyphaBFT) to swap native tokens across isolated blockchain ecosystems.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Taro Kimura(Founder)in

Co-investorsNotch VenturesIndustrial Bank of KoreaKorea Development BankStone Bridge VenturesWe Ventures

NATIXnatix.networkin𝕏

NATIX operates a decentralized, crowdsourced camera network that collects multi-camera driving and street-level data globally.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechMobility & TransportationHamburg, DE

Alireza Ghods(Core contributor - CEO)inOmid MogharianinUlrich Lages(CEO & Founder)inLorenz Muckin

Co-investorsBlockrocketBorderless VentureDigital Currency GroupEv3 Ventures LlcInception CapitalMulana Capital+21 more

Novumnovumpath.comin

Novum provides an advertising platform that lets advertisers collect and store first-party campaign performance data on their own servers, with a marketplace offering a direct advertiser-to-publisher supply path for real-time bidding and programmatic deals.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders Capital

Nuvlionuvlio.comin𝕏

Nuvlio provides AI-based risk models, autonomous monitoring agents, and agricultural data services for assessing credit, insurance, reinsurance, trade finance, and environmental risks.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningFintech

Isaque E.(Founder)in

OkHiokhi.comin𝕏

OkHi provides AI-powered digital address verification that businesses integrate into their mobile apps to capture and verify where customers live.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNairobi, KE

Timbo Drayson(Founder)inNavraj Ghataura(Founder)

Co-investorsBetatron Venture GroupFounders Factory AfricaGarage CapitalKairos AngelsLava Ventures Ltd.Mo Angels+2 more

Open Source Economyopen-source-economy.com

Decentralized network addressing funding challenges in open-source development while maintaining core values of transparency

Orcaorca-fraud.comin

Orca provides an AI-powered fraud orchestration platform designed to detect and prevent digital fraud in traditional and decentralised financial systems, with a focus on emerging markets in Africa.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechCape Town, ZA

Thalia Pillay(CEO)Carla

Co-investorsNorrsken22Enza CapitalFirst CircleMusha Ventures

Orviumorvium.io

Blockchain-based scientific publishing platform offering decentralized peer review and reduced publication timelines

Picnic Technologiespicnic.app

Picnic is an online supermarket offering home grocery delivery with free electric-vehicle delivery and low prices for households in the Netherlands.

E-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainDuivendrecht, NL

Joris Beckers(Founder)Bas Verheijen(Founder)Frederik Nieuwenhuys(Founder)Michiel Muller(Founder)

Co-investorsCreative VenturesFlying Fish Ventures

Ponosponos.technology

Zero-knowledge proof acceleration platform optimizing ZK proving solutions for blockchain protocols and appchains

Co-investorsTaisu Ventures

Pravicapravica.ioin𝕏

Pravica provides institutional-grade infrastructure that enables banks and enterprises to adopt programmable money for use cases such as digital payments, remittances, and global settlement.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Mohamed Abdouin

Co-investors500 GlobalAdaverseModus Capital

Proofproof.comin𝕏Aug 2022 · $6M

Proof provides online notarization and identity verification tools to establish trust for agreements and records executed remotely.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechLegalTechMarketplacesSaaS

Pat Kinsel(Founder)inLeandra Fishman(Chief Revenue Officer)Eric Fleischman(Chief Technology Officer)inRenee Hunter(Chief Legal Officer)inDarren Louie(Head of Product)inIan Macallisterin

Co-investorsCamber CreekCanapi VenturesCapitalGCurql Collective, LLCEthos VCJovono+12 more

Proof of Impactproof.ioin

Proof provides sustainability, compliance, and impact management solutions for organizations navigating business-critical challenges around capital access, regulatory exposure, and value creation.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders CapitalBuilders FundOxonian VenturesRakuten CapitalWorking Capital Fund

Proof of Impactproofofimpact.comFeb 2024

Miami, US

Fleur Heyns(Executive Officer, Director)Chadd Evans(Director)Oskar Miel(Director)Karl Kleissner(Director)Kevin Farrelly(Director)Jeffrey Kaditz(Director)

Co-investorsAusum Ventures

Provablyprovably.aiin𝕏

Provably builds verifiable data and runtime verification infrastructure, using cryptographic methods to anchor integrity across the AI agent lifecycle, including tool use, handoffs, cross-agent protocols, learning, and governance.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsNazare VenturesTRGC

Repporeppo.xyzin𝕏
Scorechainscorechain.comin𝕏

Scorechain provides blockchain analytics and AML compliance software for wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and fund-flow investigation across 21+ blockchains.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechLuxembourg, LU

Pierre Gerard(Founder)in

Co-investorsTioga Capital Partners

ServBlockservblock.comin𝕏

ServBlock provides a platform for material traceability, verification, and compliance management across supply chains, letting users confirm an asset's geographic location in a tamper-proof way.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Talentirtalentir.comin𝕏

Talentir offers automated payout infrastructure for managing creator and campaign payouts, enabling teams to generate payouts from their existing software systems without code and with built-in compliance and approval workflows.

B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders CapitalBitpanda

Tezsuretezsure.comin𝕏

Tezsure develops decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and developer tools built on the Tezos blockchain.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Bernd Oostrum(Founder)in

Co-investorsDraper Associates

Turnstayturnstay.comin

TurnStay provides payment processing and global finance infrastructure for African travel businesses, helping them reduce booking fees and transaction costs through a platform offering multiple currency options and lower payment processing rates.

B2B MarketplacesFintechTravel & Hospitality

Alon Stern(Founder)in

Co-investorsDFS Lab FrontierDigital Currency GroupEnza CapitalFirst CircleIncisive VenturesTLcom Capital+1 more

TurnStayturnstay.co.za

TurnStay provides cross-border payment processing for African travel businesses, offering lower transaction and booking fees, expanded currency options for guests, and reduced payment failure rates.

FintechTravel & Hospitality

Alon Stern(Founder)James Hedley(Founder)

Co-investorsFirst CircleIncisive VenturesTLcom Capital

Ubiubi.telin𝕏

Ubitel offers an eSIM and companion app providing mobile data in over 200 countries without roaming fees on 4G/5G networks.

ConsumerSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Vereignvereign.comin

Vereign builds Verimesh (formerly the Stargate project), an infrastructure layer for verified exchange between organisations that replaces centralised trust systems with bilateral cryptographic verification, where each organisation manages its own identity without a certificate authority.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareZug, CH

Georg Greve(Geschäftsführer (Managing Director) & Co-founder)inDr. Felix Greve(Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder)in

Wildcardswildcards.worldin

Gamified giving platform connecting conservation organizations with users for transparent impact

YOMyom.netin𝕏

YOM operates a decentralized edge GPU network for cloud game streaming, letting publishers upload games for instant browser-based play and letting GPU operators earn rewards for providing compute.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3GamingAmsterdam, NL

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AirwayzAssemblBlockFraudsChronicle ProtocolForward ProtocolIveMoney Math GamesOrca FraudPicnicPurposePyrposeReppo LabsShamba RecordsSoda WorldUbitelUsepicnicyoruZap Labs

Exits · 1

1 acquisitions

GK8acq. by Celsius Network

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has CV VC made?
CV VC has 71 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does CV VC invest at?
CV VC invests at the Seed stage.
What is CV VC's typical check size?
CV VC typically writes checks of $500K.
What sectors does CV VC focus on?
CV VC focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS.
Where is CV VC located?
CV VC is headquartered in Zug, CH.
Who does CV VC co-invest with?
CV VC most often shares deals with Adaverse, Blockchain Founders Capital, Digital Currency Group, among 71 tracked co-investors.

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