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Vancouver · Seed–Growth · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Dapper Labs operates as a venture studio at the intersection of emerging technology and culture, building consumer products around digital ownership. The firm pursues a vision of open worlds where individuals own their data, digital assets, and identities, creators build without platform risk, and everyday life relies on open protocols rather than closed monopolies. It rapid-prototypes new product bets through The Foundry, testing them against a product-market-fit framework before graduating winners into standalone products. Dapper originally created the Flow blockchain and builds consumer applications on infrastructure it owns, with an engineering-led, AI-fluent team.
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Team · 4 people
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Founder mafia
The Dapper Labs mafia →12 people who came through Dapper Labs went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 23 of 34 portfolio companiesConsumer ×13Crypto & Web3 ×13Media & Entertainment ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Creator Economy ×5Gaming ×5Sports Tech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 34 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 172021 · 623 dated
Concept Art House is an art outsourcing studio for game developers, producing character designs, 2D and 3D assets, animation, and VFX for AAA, mobile, and trading card games.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3GamingMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
James(Founder / CEO)Jenny Chen(President & Founder)
BoardMatthew Le Merle(Chairman)
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsAppWorks VenturesPolymorphic CapitalRed Beard VenturesAppWorksBlockchain Coinvestors+11 more
ALETHIA AI builds AI systems at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain, having introduced intelligent NFTs (iNFTs) and now developing autonomous agents and decentralized, user-owned AI.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Deep TechMarketing Tech
Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsChapter OneD1 VenturesFuture Perfect VenturesGhaf Capital PartnersHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)+8 more
Animation Inc. builds a proprietary on-device AI model (Ani-2) that generates full-body 3D motion in real time to drive lifelike virtual characters and enrich LLM-based interactions.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Sergey Gonchar(CEO)inEugene Zatepyakin(CTO)Eugene Nevgen(CSO)inAndrew Yanchurevich(CPO)in
Co-investorsPID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LPSarah SmithUncommon Projects Capital Management75 & SunnyCosmic Venture PartnersCoughdrop Capital+7 more
Los Angeles, US
Adam Hensel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzPlay Ventures
Early consumer NFT use case launched in 2017.
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAnimoca BrandsBalaji SrinivasanCoinFundDigital Currency GroupGBIC+10 more
Onchain Studios is a digital studio creating content and products for collectors, with a focus on web3 and digital collectibles.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMiami, US
Alfonso Martinez(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitza16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAnimoca BrandsCoinFundDraper Associates+4 more
Digitoys is a platform for collecting and trading digital collectible toy characters available in tiered blind boxes (Adventurer, Elite, Hero).
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAnimoca BrandsCoinFundDraper Associates+5 more
Dapper offers a wallet for buying and storing digital assets, letting consumers pay with crypto or a credit card to use apps and games built on the Flow blockchain.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Gaming
Disney Pinnacle is a digital collectibles platform where fans collect, trade, and sell digital pins featuring Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars characters, and showcase their collections in "Pinbooks." Built by Dapper Labs, it includes trading and marketplace events and offers Disney+ subscriber perks.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Eternal is a Los Angeles NFT marketplace for trading Twitch streamer clips, a Y Combinator W20 company now listed as acquired.
ConsumerGamingLos Angeles, US
Jeffrey Tong(Founder)inAlex Mather(Founder)inReggie James(Founder)Derek ChianginJelyn Hermosa(Chief of Staff)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalCoinbase VenturesY Combinator468 CapitalAmbush CapitalArrington XRP Capital+17 more
FanCraze operates Grails, a digital collectibles platform where fans pull officially licensed ICC cricket video moments, keep or sell them back at market value, and trade with other collectors to complete sets.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Sports Tech
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBetter CapitalCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCourtside Ventures+3 more
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Edisyl builds a semantic layer for enterprise data that encodes organizational understanding of metrics and data meaning, enabling AI tools to answer questions according to business logic.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
David Balter(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAdam D'Augelli(Director)inRalph Folz(Director)Shikar Ghosh(Director)
Co-investorsBitDAOBlockchain CoinvestorsCeras VenturesCollab+CurrencyCommerce VenturesDigital Currency Group+17 more
Edisyl builds a semantic layer that encodes organizational understanding of data meaning, metrics definitions, and institutional knowledge to enable enterprise AI tools to answer questions aligned with business logic.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalCoinbase VenturesConvergeF-Prime CapitalGalaxy VenturesM13+15 more
Flow is a blockchain network for consumer DeFi applications, offering features like prediction markets, tokenized home equity credit lines, automated on-chain transactions, and cross-chain swaps.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)inAlexander Hentschel(Founder)inDieter Shirley(Founder)inLayne Lafrance(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinFundFenbushi CapitalLD CapitalNarcissus VenturesNIV8VC+9 more
Flowty is an NFT marketplace focused on trading and selling digital collectibles, particularly NBA Top Shot and NFL All Day NFTs, with features including low fees, bulk listing capabilities, and fair market value (FMV) pricing tools.
Marketplaces
Michael Levy(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupLattice CapitalRed Beard VenturesGreenfieldGreenfield One
Infinite Objects manufactures and sells framed digital displays that play video art and collectible moving prints for consumers.
ConsumerHardwareBrooklyn, US
Joe Saavedra(Founder)inRoxana Fata(Executive Officer)Alex Chung(Director)Sona Banker(Executive Officer)Nicholas Dangerfield(Executive Officer)
BoardVasudev Kulkarni(Director)
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalBackstage CapitalBetaworksGFR FundMaverick VenturesOverton Venture Capital+10 more
Invisible Universe is an animation studio that creates original animated characters and launches them on social platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube before expanding into film, TV, publishing, games, merchandise, music, and licensing.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsCosmic Venture PartnersInitialized Capital75 & SunnyDreamers VCFranklin TempletonGaingels+3 more
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Just Women's Sports is a media brand focused exclusively on women's sports, producing editorial, social, video, live events, shows and merchandise for women's sports fans, athletes and brands.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Haley Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsDrive by DraftKingsMuse CapitalRevolutionSupernode GlobalBlue Pool CapitalOVO Fund+2 more
LaLiga Golazos is a digital collectibles marketplace featuring officially licensed LaLiga football (soccer) moments, where users create an account to browse and trade.
Crypto & Web3MarketplacesSports Tech
Venture studio co-producing, curating and investing in NFT collections.
Miami Beach, US
Dan Schmerin(Founder)inAlex Felix(Director)Jake Brukhman(Director)Yossi Hasson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupNarwhal VenturesRockawayXCoinFundFoxhaven+5 more
Consumer product in the Dapper Labs portfolio.
Co-investorsBoxGroupSequoia CapitalSpark CapitalSV Angel
Mocaverse is Animoca Brands' Web3 identity and loyalty network linking its portfolio of gaming, music and sports properties.
Co-investorsYat SiuYolo InvestmentsCMCC GlobalForesight VenturesOKX VenturesPolygon Ventures
NBA Top Shot is a platform for buying and collecting officially licensed digital basketball highlights ("Moments") from the NBA and WNBA, sold as blockchain-based collectibles in packs.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Sports Tech
NFL ALL DAY is an officially licensed NFL digital collectibles platform where fans buy, sell, and trade video "Moments" and collectible packs on a marketplace.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Sports Tech
Pawnfi is a decentralized liquidity protocol that lets holders of NFTs and other non-standard assets trade, borrow and earn.
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)CatcherVCCoinbase VenturesAnimoca BrandsDigital Currency GroupHashkey Capital+1 more
Consumer product built by Dapper Labs.
Petaverse Network is building an open standard and platform for virtual pets that live across blockchains and the metaverse, with digital companions (starting with cats) that learn and evolve through interaction.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsTriblockAnimoca BrandsFabric VenturesTriangle Capital
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Mobile game studio developing massively multiplayer online games with deep strategy mechanics, based in Lahore and San Francisco.
Co-investorsBlack DragonPantera CapitalSarmayacarSpirit DAOAnimoca BrandsPolygon
Spexi provides drone-captured geospatial imagery delivered via API for machine learning pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardware
Bill Lakeland(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Moonshots CapitalBlockchange VenturesCambrian Asset ManagementProtocol Labs
Tibles builds mobile apps for collecting interactive digital trading cards and collectibles based on licensed brands such as Dr.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBollinger Investment GroupHarvest Venture PartnersMulticoin CapitalCoinFund
Trac Network is a peer-to-peer layer-1 network and coordination stack for apps, AI agents, robotics and digital money.
Co-investorsCogitent VenturesSignum CapitalSora VenturesZrosk Investment Management
trac is a music distribution and monetization platform for artists, managers, and labels, offering distribution to streaming and social platforms, payments in cryptocurrency or USD, artist profile pages, on-demand merch, and AI-powered analytics.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesInfinity VCZrosk Investment Management
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Dapper Labs made?
- Dapper Labs has 34 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does Dapper Labs invest at?
- Dapper Labs invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Dapper Labs focus on?
- Dapper Labs focuses on Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Sports Tech.
- Where is Dapper Labs located?
- Dapper Labs is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.
- Who does Dapper Labs co-invest with?
- Dapper Labs most often shares deals with CoinFund, Fenbushi Capital, LD Capital, among 5 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamDapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou on powering NFTs, NBA Top Shot, & CryptoKitties | E1197
This Week in Startups · Roham Gharegozlou
Building Dapper Labs | Roham Gharegozlou
a16z crypto · Roham Gharegozlou
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, on how the online world will become tokenized!
LegendsNLeaders · Roham Gharegozlou
Roham Gharegozlou on Flow and Dapper Labs' Mission to Take DeFi Mainstream
CoinDesk · Roham Gharegozlou
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO, Dapper Labs Engaging Fans with Digital Collectibles in Sports 🎉
Snowpal, Inc. · Roham Gharegozlou
Engaging Experiences with Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou
Semafor · Roham Gharegozlou
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