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Electric Capital

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 37 people tracked

Also known as Electric Capital Frontier · Electric Capital Partners VCF2 · ELECTRIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

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Investment thesis

Since 2018, Electric Capital has invested in technologies that reduce reliance on intermediaries, arguing that eroding trust in global institutions and the rise of AI make trust-minimized systems increasingly urgent and feasible. The firm partners with founders working in artificial intelligence, cryptography, fintech, healthcare, energy marketplaces, government systems, identity and reputation, and the creator economy. Its investors are engineers who write code, supported by experts across engineering, product, marketing, HR, governance, and regulatory policy. Electric Capital engages closely at pre-seed and seed to help teams find product-market fit, then supports scaling around product evolution, team building, metrics, liquidity, and regulatory complexity.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Late Stage
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$1M – $20M
HQ
Palo Alto, California, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$2.9B
Tracked investments
140
Unicorns
11
Acquisitions
6

Team · 37 people

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Rachel Henderson· Investor Strategy
Timothy Dougherty· Financein
Trevor Oliver· Investor
Yezi Xu· Finance
Yizhao Tan· Engineerin

6 people who came through Electric Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 95 of 140 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×67Fintech ×43AI & Machine Learning ×23Developer Tools ×23Data & Infrastructure ×20SaaS ×15Enterprise Software ×9Cloud Computing ×7

HQs:United States×33Finland×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1Nigeria×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 52 portfolio companies
58%
solo founders
30 of 52 mapped founding teams
74%
repeat founders
of 72 founders with career history
~1 yr
old at investment
median across 9 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×302 founders×103 founders×64+ founders×6

Where their founders studiedfrom 69 founders with education data

Carnegie Mellon University ×3Princeton University ×3Stanford University ×3University of Oxford ×3University of Southern California ×3Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Monash University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 62 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×32Engineering ×15Business & Management ×6Economics ×6Humanities ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×5Finance & Accounting ×2Life Sciences ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 72 founders with career history

Facebook ×8Airbnb ×3Coinbase ×3Shopify ×3Stanford University ×3Uber ×3AngelList ×2Bitwise Asset Management ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

11 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 70 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 3 founders

Investments · 140 tracked

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By year:2026 · 22025 · 72024 · 72023 · 52022 · 62021 · 112020 · 22017 · 141 dated

Alloy Riveralloyriver.comin𝕏✓ verified

Alloy River provides AI-native software to finance and accounting firms, combining automation, workflow orchestration, and applied AI into their operations to eliminate manual data movement and boost efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsElad GilPortage VenturesHustle FundMaple VC

Altitude𝕏Apr 2026 · $18M✓ verified

Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, including a Solana multisig tool, a business account (Altitude), a personal finance app (Fuse), and its stablecoin infrastructure and developer platform (Grid).

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Co-investorsHaun VenturesMulticoin CapitalCoinbase Ventures6th Man VenturesMarin Digital VenturesCollab+Currency+6 more

Onboardonboard.xyz𝕏✓ verified

Onboard is a cross-border payments provider for African and global businesses that lets them collect, pay out, and hold both fiat and stablecoin balances without needing a foreign entity.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesSerena VenturesGreycroft

Puffer Financepuffer.fi𝕏Apr 2024 · $18M✓ verified

Puffer Finance is an Ethereum-native liquid restaking protocol where users stake ETH to receive pufETH and earn staking plus EigenLayer restaking rewards.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Jason Vranek(Co-Founder & CTO, Puffer Labs)inAmir Forouzani(Founder)in

Co-investorsBinance LabsBreedCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalFactionLBANK Labs+12 more

Squadssquads.xyz𝕏✓ verified

Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, offering tools for teams, businesses, and individuals to transact with stablecoins and tokenized assets on the Solana blockchain.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Co-investorsHaun VenturesCoinbase VenturesMulticoin Capital

Bitnomialbitnomial.comin𝕏Oct 2020Acquired

Bitnomial operates a Designated Contract Market (DCM) providing regulated infrastructure for crypto derivatives and listings, positioning itself as part of the pathway for tokens seeking ETF approval.

Crypto & Web3FintechChicago, US

Luke Hoersten(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board seatCurtis Spencer· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupLemniscapRRE VenturesValuestream Ventures

Aaveaave.comin𝕏

Aave Labs is the original author and contributor to Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for lending and borrowing crypto assets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAegis VentuesArkStream CapitalBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsDeFiance Capital+13 more

Abstractionabstraction.devinSep 2024 · $6M

Abstraction builds a code comprehension layer that compiles source code into a universal semantic model to generate auto-validated wikis, process graphs, system maps, and semantic PR reviews.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsInception Fund2048 Ventures25MadisonAlumni VenturesAntlerBankless Ventures+11 more

Aerodrome Financeaerodrome.finance𝕏

Aerodrome Finance is a ve(3,3) automated market maker and decentralized exchange serving as the liquidity hub of the Base network.

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesWintermute

Agentic Data Intelligenceagentic-data.comin𝕏

Co-investorsUDHC

Anomaanoma.netin𝕏Nov 2021 · $26M

Anoma is a blockchain protocol redesigned from first principles as digital infrastructure for self-sovereign coordination, aiming to give users control over the systems they use and provide a substrate for decentralized global coordination.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise Software

Adrian Brink(Co-founder)inChristopher Goes(Co-founder)Awa Sun Yin(Co-founder)

Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimitFigmentFlowdeskImpossible Finance+11 more

Anomaanoma.networkin𝕏

Anoma builds digital infrastructure for self-sovereign coordination, redesigning blockchain protocols from first principles to give users control over the systems they use.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools

Adrian Brink(Cofounder)inChristopher Goes(Cofounder)Awa Sun Yin(Cofounder)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMaven 11Olive Tree CapitalCMCC GlobalPolychain Capital

Asulaasula.xyz𝕏

Asula is a bitcoin company building products at the intersection of bitcoin, blockchain infrastructure, and finance.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Atriumatrium.art𝕏

Atrium is an animation studio that creates and grows original character IP using AI-driven, social-first production pipelines built for short-form content across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz

Auroraaurora.dev𝕏

Aurora operates the Network of Virtual Chains, offering developers customizable, EVM-compatible chains that run as smart contracts on the NEAR blockchain.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsD1 VenturesIOSG VenturesLemniscapMentha PartnersPantera CapitalPuzzle Ventures+5 more

Auto Financeauto.finance𝕏

Autopools provides automated DeFi vaults that optimize yield by rebalancing across major protocols and assets including ETH and stablecoins.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsLemniscapMarin Digital VenturesUDHC

Ava Protocolavaprotocol.orgin𝕏

Ava Protocol builds decentralized, trustless automation for Web3, aiming to integrate automated interactions into everyday users' blockchain activity.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Chris Li(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBloccelerate VCGreylock PartnersFoundation CapitalShima Capital

Avenaven.comSep 2025 · $110M

Aven is a San Francisco fintech offering a home-equity-backed Visa credit card and related asset-backed consumer credit products.

Sadi Khan(Founder)inMurtada Shah(Founder)inCollin Wikman(Founder)inAlmaz Nanjappa(Founder)Jeremy Solomon(Founder)

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementFounders FundGeneral CatalystGeneral PartnershipHakluyt CapitalHan River Partners+12 more

Bitwisebitwiseinvestments.comin𝕏

Bitwise offers professionally managed crypto investment funds and products, including ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, and staking.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Hong Kim(Executive Officer, Director)inHunter Horsley(Founder & CEO)inKatherine Dowling(Executive Officer)inMatt Hougan(Executive Officer)inTeddy Fusaro(Executive Officer)in

BoardCorey Mulloy(Director)

Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalCastle Island VenturesChorus OneCoinbase VenturesCraft VenturesDria Ventures+7 more

Bluenotebluenotehealth.cominDec 2024 · $10M

Bluenote provides an AI platform for life sciences companies that automates the drafting of scientific and regulatory documents, workflow automation, and internal data search to speed up regulatory submissions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech

Fatima Sabar(Founder)in

Co-investorsCarbon SiliconLux CapitalMcKesson VenturesMoxxie Ventures

Boom Supersonicboomsupersonic.comin𝕏

Boom Supersonic develops supersonic aircraft and engines, including the Overture commercial airliner and the Symphony turbofan engine, targeting commercial aviation and advanced infrastructure applications.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationSpace TechCentennial, US

Blake Scholl(Founder & CEO)inJoshua Krall(Founder)inJoe Wilding(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Activant CapitalAltra VentureAngel Collective Opportunity FundBessemer Venture PartnersCaruso Ventures+32 more

Boostboost.xyzin𝕏

Boost provides on-chain incentive campaign tools that let teams distribute token rewards to drive user transactions across Farcaster, World, and the open web.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechMarketing TechNew York, US

Brian Flynn(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors6th Man VenturesCollab+CurrencyFramework VenturesGreylock PartnersLarry SukernikLate Checkout+3 more

Bulletbullet.xyz

Bullet is a Solana network extension running an onchain exchange for perps, spot and lending with sub-millisecond execution and ZK verifiability.

Co-investorsWintermute

Celocelo.org𝕏

Celo is a blockchain network designed for stablecoin payments and global financial transactions, positioned as a Layer 2 solution built on Ethereum's ecosystem.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoCoinbase VenturesFuture Perfect VenturesValor Capital GroupAndreessen Horowitz+1 more

Celocelohealth.comFeb 2021 · $20M

Celo is a secure messaging and collaboration platform for healthcare care teams, available on iPhone, Android, and web.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital PartnersAndreessen HorowitzGreenfield One

Certoracertora.com𝕏

Certora provides formal verification and security services for smart contracts and blockchain protocols.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Mooly Sagiv(CEO)inShelly Grossman(Head of Product & CTO)in

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCoinbase VenturesCoinFundLemniscapTola CapitalJump Crypto+1 more

ChronicleBiochroniclebio.com𝕏

Techbio company using multi-omic biobank data and AI to stratify patients with POTS, ME/CFS, Long COVID and other neuroimmune conditions.

Co-investorsTMV

Clusters Privateclusters.xyz

Builds a universal naming system for blockchain wallets

Co-investorsBorderless VentureCollab+Currency

CoinListcoinlist.coin𝕏

CoinList operates a platform for token sales, pre-IPO stocks, equities, and funds, serving as infrastructure for financial markets and payments onchain.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Brian Tubergen(Founder)inJoshua Slayton(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccompliceBlockchain CapitalCoinFundCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupDigital Finance Group+7 more

Commcomm.app

Comm is an encrypted messaging platform for communities that combines Signal's end-to-end encryption model with personal servers to support community features like channels, roles, and threads.

Crypto & Web3SocialNew York City, US

Ashoat Tevosyan(Founder)in

Co-investorsVibe CapitalEniac VenturesEssence Venture Capital

Consensysconsensys.ioin𝕏

Consensys builds a vertically integrated platform for decentralized finance, offering consumer wallet applications, developer infrastructure, blockchain APIs, and protocol-level software that manage the full onchain transaction lifecycle.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US

Joseph Lubin(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDVC+19 more

Cozy Financecozy.finance𝕏Sep 2020

Cozy provides modular on-chain risk protection for DeFi protocols, offering tools like yield tranches, asset reserves, and market-based protection contracts to cover risks such as bad debt, hacks, and exploits.

Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechSeattle, US

Tony Sheng(Director)inPayom Dousti(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyMetastableVariant FundRobot VenturesSlow Ventures+1 more

Curvecurve.finance

Curve is a decentralized exchange and automated market maker optimized for low-slippage swaps between similarly priced crypto assets.

Co-investors1k(x)1kxStake CapitalFuel VenturesOutward VC

DerivaDEXderivadex.com𝕏

DerivaDEX is a decentralized cryptocurrency derivatives exchange offering a real-time price feed, fast trade resolution, and a competitive fee structure.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyMetastable

Dialectdialect.toin𝕏Feb 2022Acquired

Dialect provides infrastructure for Web3 user experiences, offering Blinks (embedded blockchain transactions) and Alerts (onchain notifications) that integrate directly into digital platforms without redirects.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Chris Osborn(Founder)in

Co-investorsMulticoin CapitalProtagonistY CombinatorAsymmetricJump CryptoOtium Capital+1 more

dYdXdydx.exchangein𝕏Dec 2017

dYdX is a decentralized exchange for trading perpetuals that uses zero-knowledge proofs to provide security and privacy.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Antonio Juliano(Founder)inIvo Crnkovic-Rubsamen(CEO)in

Co-investors1confirmationa16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBR CapitalDeFiance Capital+8 more

dYdXdydx.xyzin𝕏

dYdX is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange offering spot and derivatives trading with features including deep liquidity, advanced order types, and instant market listings.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US

Antonio Juliano(Founder)inCharles d'Haussyin

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDeFiance CapitalParadigm

EigenCloudeigencloud.xyz𝕏

EigenCloud is a developer platform that adds cryptographic verifiability to data, computation, and AI inference, backed by slashable stake on EigenLayer.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Co-investorsEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LemniscapRR2 Capitala16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz

EigenLayereigenlayer.xyz𝕏

EigenCloud is a developer platform providing cryptographic trust primitives for applications and AI agents through verifiable computation, inference, and data availability backed by slashable stake on EigenLayer.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Sreeram Kannan(Founder)in

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBloccelerate VC+20 more

Ellipsis Labsellipsislabs.xyzin𝕏

Ellipsis Labs develops infrastructure and applications to improve decentralized finance systems, aiming to replace traditional financial foundations with blockchain-based alternatives that offer security, scalability, and speed.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Jarry Xiao(Founder)in

Co-investorsHaun VenturesParadigm

Espresso (Translucence Research Inc)espressosys.comin𝕏

Espresso Systems builds Ethereum infrastructure and blockchain systems with a focus on practical solutions for developers and users within the crypto ecosystem.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Ben Fisch(Chief Executive Officer)inCharles Lu(Chief Operating Officer)inBenedikt Bünz(Chief Scientist)inJill Gunter(Chief Strategy Officer)inFernando Krell(VP Engineering)inEllie Davidson(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlameda ResearchAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesGemini Frontier Fund+8 more

Etherealizeetherealize.comin𝕏Sep 2025 · $40M

Etherealize develops financial infrastructure for trading, settlement, and privacy on the Ethereum blockchain, serving institutional clients including banks, asset managers, and hedge funds looking to move assets onchain.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechAustin, US

Vivek Raman(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsParadigmSina Habibian

Fifteenthfifteenth.comin𝕏Seed · Feb 2025 · $8M

Fifteenth provides tax preparation and planning services combining a software portal with licensed CPAs and an AI platform that scans returns for potential issues.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Ankur Dahiya(Founder)Laura Moreno(Founder)

Co-investorsA*

Fordefifordefi.comin𝕏Acquired

Fordefi provides an MPC (multi-party computation) wallet with DeFi-specific features for institutional users such as blockchain investment funds, supporting multi-chain token strategies.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Josh Schwartz(Founder)inJosh shwartz(Founder)in

Co-investorsDelta BlockchainDigital Currency GroupLemniscapLightspeed Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Pantera Capital+2 more

Frax Financefrax.com

Frax Finance is a decentralized stablecoin protocol whose ecosystem spans stablecoins, lending, swaps, liquid staking and its own chain.

Sam Kazemian(Founder)inNader Ghazvini(Founder)in

Co-investorsMorgan Crest

Frax Financefrax.finance

Decentralized stablecoin protocol issuing FRAX, the Frax Price Index and frxETH, plus lending, AMM and L2 infrastructure.

Co-investorsBlack DragonDeepTech Ventures

Freaticfreatic.team𝕏Sep 2023 · $3.6M

Freatic builds Murmur, a monetization layer for information goods based on decentralized mechanisms, cryptography, and game theory that enables trustless trading of valuable insights.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzArchetypePlaceholderSemantic Ventures

Fuse Walletfusewallet.com𝕏

Fuse is a personal finance app that enables users to save, trade, and spend stablecoins and Solana tokens through self-custodial smart accounts.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsMulticoin CapitalCoinbase VenturesL1 DigitalRockawayX

Gammastrategiesgammastrategies.org𝕏

Gamma Strategies provides tools for creating automated Uniswap V4 liquidity provider vaults with rebalancing functionality to earn trading fees and incentive rewards.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsDigital Currency Group

Genesis Digital Assetsgenesisdigitalassets.comin

Genesis Digital Assets builds and operates data center infrastructure for high-performance computing workloads.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergy

Marco Streng(Founder)in

Co-investorsParadigmRibbit CapitalSkyBridge Capital

GitBookgitbook.comin𝕏

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AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSCovina, US

Samy Pessé(Founder)in

Co-investorsFly VenturesKima VenturesPoint NineTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures

Gitcoingitcoin.co𝕏Mar 2021

Gitcoin operates a directory and knowledge base for funding mechanisms, platforms, and research in decentralized networks, Ethereum, and public goods.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureGovTechLafayette, US

Kevin OwockiKevin O.(Founder)inKyle Weiss(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMichael Kriak(Director)inMatt Huang(Director)in

Co-investorsBootNodeConsenSys MeshDivergenceFenbushi CapitalIDEO CoLab VenturesIOSG Ventures+4 more

Hashflowhashflow.com

Cryptocurrency exchange protocol bridging centralized and decentralized finance.

Varun Kumar(Founder & CEO)Vinod Raghavan(Founder)inVictor Ionescu(Founder)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesDragonflyFabric VenturesGenblock Capital+16 more

HealthExhealthex.ioin𝕏

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Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech

Priyanka Agarwal, MD, MBA(Co-founder & CEO)inAnand Raghavan(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsGeneral Catalyst

Hourglasshourglass.com

Charlie Pyle(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures

Hyperbeat Hyperliquid-native yield infrastructurehyperbeat.orgin𝕏

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Co-investorsBreedChapter OnedlabFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Node Capital

immunefiimmunefi.comin𝕏

Immunefi is a crowdsourced security platform for Web3, offering bug bounty programs, audit competitions, invite-only programs, security audits, and PR reviews that connect protocols with security researchers to find and disclose onchain vulnerabilities.

Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity

Mitchell Amador(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsBR CapitalIDEO CoLab VenturesLattice CapitalMarin Digital VenturesNIVSamsung Next

Infinifiinfinifi.xyz

infiniFi is a DeFi protocol that applies on-chain fractional reserve banking to generate stablecoin yield without leverage.

Co-investorsGenerative Ventures

INFINITinfinit.tech𝕏

Infinit offers AI-managed on-chain trading vaults run by independent strategy managers, where users deposit USDC and receive ERC-20 receipt tokens representing their share.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Tascha Punyaneramitdee(Founder)in

Co-investorsHashed

Initinit.capital

INIT Capital is a DeFi money market offering 'Liquidity Hooks' that let dApps and protocols source on-chain liquidity.

Tascha P(Founder)

Co-investorsBitDAOFactionMaelstromMantle Network

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Electric Capital made?
Electric Capital has 140 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Electric Capital invest at?
Electric Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Electric Capital's typical check size?
Electric Capital typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.
What sectors does Electric Capital focus on?
Electric Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Fintech, GovTech, Healthtech, Marketplaces.
Where is Electric Capital located?
Electric Capital is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Does Electric Capital lead rounds?
Electric Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Electric Capital co-invest with?
Electric Capital most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Lemniscap, a16z crypto, among 311 tracked co-investors.

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Andreessen Horowitz

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$500K – $50M
Paradigm

Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.

$1M – $100M
Dragonfly

Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment firm comprising Dragonfly Ventures, Dragonfly Liquid, and Metastable, an early crypto hedge fund it acquired. It invests in and researches blockchain, tokens, and crypto companies.

$3M – $30M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$4.4M – $214M
Robot Ventures

Robot Ventures is a $75M early-stage crypto fund founded and led by Robert Leshner (Compound) and Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), who actively run major DeFi companies while managing the fund, giving founders direct access to operators at the center of on-chain markets. The fund specializes in backing highly technical crypto primitives at the pre-seed stage before they become marquee names, leveraging deep quant research expertise to evaluate complex DeFi mechanisms that many generalist VCs struggle to understand.

$100K – $1M
Blockchain Capital

Blockchain Capital is a venture firm that has partnered with crypto builders since 2013, investing across the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.

$25K – $200K
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

$100K – $200M
Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011, with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York, investing in the earliest rounds of companies across many sectors.

$50K – $1M
Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm that pioneered early crypto funds in the U.S., offering exposure through venture equity, early-stage tokens, and liquid tokens.

$5M – $100M
CoinFund

CoinFund is a crypto-focused investment firm that backs and partners with companies building open, decentralized technology across finance, infrastructure, and AI.

$6M – $10M
Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.

Ethereal Ventures is a global investment firm focused on crypto, permissionless networks, and digital assets, backing companies from inception through growth.

Foundation Capital

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$250K – $15M
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