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Electric Capital

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 39 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 Aug 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Late Stage
Check
$1M – $20M
HQ
Palo Alto, California, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
4 investments
AUM
$2.9B
Tracked investments
121

Team · 39 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Finn Lowden· Legal Analystin
Janet Miller· Deputy General Counsel
Jaquelyn Ov· Operationsin
Jay Zhang· Financein
Mark Xia· Engineerin𝕏
Owen Wolff· Engineerin
Rachel Henderson· Investor Strategy
Sara Wampler· Chief of Staff
Trevor Oliver· Investor
Yezi Xu· Finance
Yizhao Tan· Engineer
Jim Bai· Investorin𝕏

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

What they invest in

from 81 of 121 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×63Fintech ×37Developer Tools ×22Data & Infrastructure ×20AI & Machine Learning ×18Cloud Computing ×7Enterprise Software ×7SaaS ×7

HQs:United States×30United Kingdom×1Israel×1Nigeria×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 41 portfolio companies
68%
solo founders
28 of 41 mapped founding teams
71%
repeat founders
of 35 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×282 founders×83 founders×24+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 33 founders with education data

University of Oxford ×3Monash University ×2NYU Stern School of Business ×2The George Washington University ×2University of Cambridge ×2University of Rochester ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 35 founders with career history

Facebook ×7Airbnb ×3AngelList ×2ConsenSys ×2Ethereal Ventures ×2Jump Crypto ×2Uber ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

4 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 37 with degree data)

Investments · 121 tracked

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Altitude𝕏Apr 2026 · $18M✓ verified

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Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

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

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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 Ventures

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)Amir Forouzani(Founder)in

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Anomaanoma.netin𝕏

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Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise Software

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

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AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

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Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

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Crypto & Web3Fintech

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Chris Li(Founder & CEO)in

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Sadi Khan(Founder)inMurtada Shah(Founder)in

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BoardCorey Mulloy(Director)

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Fatima Sabar(Founder)in

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Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US

Blake Scholl(Founder/CEO)in

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Brian Flynn(Co-Founder & CEO)

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Crypto & Web3Fintech

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

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Mooly Sagiv(CEO)Shelly Grossman(Head of Product & CTO)

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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

Builds a universal naming system for blockchain wallets

Clusters Privateclusters.xyz

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 CapitalCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupDigital Finance GroupGSR+6 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

AshoatAshoat Tevosyan(Founder)in

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Consensysconsensys.ioin𝕏

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Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US

Joseph Lubin(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDVC+17 more

Cozy Financecozy.finance𝕏

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)Payom 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 Capital

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 Combinator500 GlobalAsymmetricHearstLab+4 more

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Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

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

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)Charles d'Haussyin

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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)

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBloccelerate VC+19 more

Ellipsis Labsellipsislabs.xyzin𝕏

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Crypto & Web3Fintech

Jarry Xiao(Founder)in

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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)Benedikt Bünz(Chief Scientist)Jill Gunter(Chief Strategy Officer)Fernando Krell(VP Engineering)Ellie Davidson(Chief Product Officer)

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Espresso Systems

Fast, reliable transaction confirmations for L2 crypto chains.

Co-investorsSequoia Capital

Etherealizeetherealize.comin𝕏Sep 2025 · $40M

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Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechAustin, US

Vivek Raman(Executive Officer)in

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Fluidfluid.io

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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

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Frax

Builds infrastructure for stablecoins and onchain finance

Co-investorsAscensive AssetsDivergenceDragonflyMetastable

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

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AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

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Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergy

Marco Streng(Founder)in

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GitBookgitbook.comin𝕏

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Samy Pessé(Founder)in

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Gitcoingitcoin.co𝕏Mar 2021

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

BoardMichael Kriak(Director)inMatt Huang(Director)in

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Hashflowhashflow.com

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

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Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity

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Tascha Punyaneramitdee(Founder)

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Electric Capital made?
Electric Capital has 80 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 4 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, Collab+Currency, among 284 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 145

Andreessen Horowitz

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$500K – $50M
Paradigm

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$1M – $100M
Dragonfly

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$3M – $30M
Blockchain Capital

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$25K – $200K
Pantera Capital

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$5M – $100M
Robot Ventures

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$100K – $1M
Sequoia Capital

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$4.4M – $214M
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$100K – $200M
Slow Ventures

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$50K – $1M
Hack VC

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$3M
Archetype

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$100K – $10M
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