Fundraising FoxDe Fi Alliance Holdings
AcceleratorNew York City · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Alliance operates a cohort-based accelerator for crypto and fintech startups, running three cohorts a year with small groups of 15-30 teams. It backs technical founders across a spectrum of crypto involvement — from deeply crypto-native projects to fintechs, payment APIs, stablecoins, AI products, and SaaS for crypto startups — including pre-product and pre-revenue teams. Each admitted startup receives $400k in funding via a SAFE at a $4M post-money valuation with a 1:1 token side letter. The program combines a two-week in-person onboarding in New York City, an eight-week remote phase of lectures, 1:1 mentorship and weekly check-ins, and a Demo Day. Alliance emphasizes mentorship and community over capital.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 8 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Fintech ×5Crypto & Web3 ×4Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Climate Tech ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Defense Tech ×1
HQs:United States×5Canada×1
Portfolio companies · 16 tracked
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Cohere develops customer engagement software that guides users visually on their screens during support and sales interactions, including over voice and text channels like phone or chat.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Yunyu Lin(Founder)inRahul Sengottuvelu(Founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalRadical VenturesSalesforce VenturesY CombinatorBoxGroupChapter One+7 more
Dataleap provides an AI agent platform that lets non-technical business teams in sales, operations, and HR automate their work without engineering support, using a chat-first interface to build AI agents in minutes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jan Damm(Founder)inJan-Hendrik Ruettinger(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BOOOMRitual CapitalWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorAndreessen Horowitz+5 more
Kamino is a DeFi protocol on Solana that combines lending, liquidity provision, and leveraged trading in a single platform.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Michael Weisz(CEO)
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)FactionHack VCLongHash VenturesMulticoin CapitalParaFi Capital+10 more
Pump provides discounted AWS cloud computing for early-stage startups through collective purchasing and automated optimization, with no setup or engineering required.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Spandana Nakka(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesFocal VenturesPioneerY CombinatorFailup VenturesOneValley Ventures+1 more
Rain develops autonomous drone systems for detecting and suppressing wildfire ignitions in forest environments.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDefense TechRoboticsBritish Columbia, CA
MaxEphraimBryan
Co-investorsAzolla VenturesCircle VenturesConvective CapitalDERIVE VENTURESHAWKTAILThayer Investment Partners+2 more
Synthetix is a decentralized perpetual futures protocol built on Ethereum that combines off-chain order matching with on-chain settlement to provide low-latency trading of cryptocurrency derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Coinbase VenturesElliptiFenbushi CapitalGenblock CapitalHyperchain Capital+8 more
USD.ai offers a stablecoin-based platform for financing AI compute infrastructure, letting users earn yield or borrow to fund the machines behind AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)AlphaLab CapitalBig Brain HoldingsBreedCaladanCoinList+2 more
Zerion is a self-custodial, multichain wallet and data platform that aggregates assets and positions across 58+ blockchains in real time, offering swap routing, trading, and an API for wallet data access.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Evgeny Yurtaev(Founder & CEO)inAlex Bashlykov(Director)in
BoardToby Coppel(Director)inVadim Koleoshkin(Director)inBrad Burnham(Director)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BitDAOBlockchain CoinvestorsDigital Currency GroupG1 VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+18 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AzuraBleapFantasy TopMoonshotPendlePrimodiumSeismicTensor
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsCohereacq. by Ramp
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDataleap · ycombinator.com · Jan 22, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has De Fi Alliance Holdings made?
- De Fi Alliance Holdings has 16 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does De Fi Alliance Holdings invest at?
- De Fi Alliance Holdings invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is De Fi Alliance Holdings's typical check size?
- De Fi Alliance Holdings typically writes checks of $400K.
- What sectors does De Fi Alliance Holdings focus on?
- De Fi Alliance Holdings focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is De Fi Alliance Holdings located?
- De Fi Alliance Holdings is headquartered in New York City, US.