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New York · Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Also known as FIGMENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Figment Capital invests in a future where finance operates on-chain in an open, global, and always-on manner. The firm backs teams building the rails, markets, and consumer applications that aim to make blockchains the default infrastructure for how value is created, traded, and owned.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 1, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Founder mafia
3 people who came through Figment went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 65 of 85 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×59Data & Infrastructure ×28Fintech ×28Developer Tools ×21Enterprise Software ×10Deep Tech ×9AI & Machine Learning ×7Cybersecurity ×7
HQs:United States×16Switzerland×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1Singapore×1British Virgin Islands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 35 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×63 founders×114+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 33 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Stanford University ×4Wrocław University of Science and Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 36 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×22Engineering ×9Business & Management ×4Economics ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 39 founders with career history
Google ×3Meta ×3Microsoft ×3Tendermint ×3Apple ×2IBM ×2Intel Movidius ×2Jump Crypto ×2
8 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 41 with degree data)
Investments · 85 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 52022 · 112021 · 32020 · 12016 · 123 dated
Rated provides network monitoring and API tools for operators in Web3 ecosystems to observe and validate blockchain network behavior.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Elias ImosAris Kkol
Co-investors1confirmationArchetypeMaelstrom
Acala is a Substrate-based cross-chain DeFi hub and stablecoin network secured by Polkadot, with a sister network Karura on Kusama.
Singapore
Ruitao Su(Founder)inBette Chen(Founder)Bryan Chen(Founder)Fuyao Jiang(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Andromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesD1 Ventures+11 more
Aftermath is a decentralized finance protocol on the Sui blockchain offering perpetual futures trading, spot swaps, and yield products.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsOptic CapitalRobot Ventures
Agoric builds secure infrastructure for a composable cross-chain crypto economy, along with products that automate fragmented crypto workflows.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Dean Tribble(Founder)inMark S. Miller(Chief Scientist)inMichael Jablon(Chief Operating Officer)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBollinger Investment GroupDanu Venturesgumi IncLD CapitalMarin Digital Ventures+14 more
Staking software developer behind the enterprise liquid staking protocol Liquid Collective, acquired by Galaxy Digital in December 2025.
Chicago, US
Matthew R. Leisinger(Executive Officer, Director)Mara Schmiedt(Executive Officer, Director)Evan Weiss(Executive Officer)
BoardMin Teo(Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalFenbushi CapitalNascentVariant Fund
Althea builds a blockchain-based settlement layer (Althea L1) for open-access telecom and infrastructure networks, enabling autonomous machines and community-owned internet service providers to operate.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechImpact & Social GoodIoTClatskanie, US
Justin Kilpatrick(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAGE CryptoTRGCUDHCUniversal DeFi Holding Company
Andromeda is a multi-chain blockchain protocol designed to provide creators and developers with flexible tools for building applications across multiple blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper Tools
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsSkyVision Capital
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 TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Adrian Brink(Co-founder)inChristopher Goes(Co-founder)Awa Sun Yin(Co-founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCoinbase VenturesCVP NoLimitElectric CapitalFlowdesk+17 more
Archway is a blockchain protocol that rewards developers who build decentralized applications by giving them a share of gas fees, network inflation rewards, and the ability to charge usage premiums on their smart contracts.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Griffin Anderson(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors1confirmationIDEO CoLab VenturesTPC Club (The presale club)TPC VenturesHashedMadrona Venture Group
Avail is a blockchain infrastructure project focused on scalability solutions for blockchain ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Anurag Arjun(Founder)inChris Giliberti(Founder)Prabal Banerjee(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAmino CapitalBorderless VentureCoatue ManagementDragonflyHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Impossible Finance+26 more
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AVAIL provides a content management system that enables design and technical teams to efficiently organize, find, and reuse technical content across applications.
Construction TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLexington, US
Randall Stevens(CEO and Founder)in
Co-investorsBluegrass Angel VentureForward Venture CapitalAltos VenturesChapter OneCyber CapitalDragonfly+4 more
A messaging platform feature for property managers and rental companies that links conversations to tenant lifecycle stages and provides filtering and alert capabilities.
B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesSandalphon CapitalAltos VenturesBigfoot CapitalChapter One+6 more
Axelar is a blockchain interoperability network that connects institutions to onchain ecosystems through a single integration, letting them deploy stablecoins, real-world assets, and funds across 80+ blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechWaterloo
Sergey Gorbunov(Founder)inGeorgios Vlachos(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBitDAOCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDCVC (Data Collective)Divergence+19 more
Bitte provides a no-code builder and developer tools for creating AI agents that generate and execute blockchain transactions (including EVM transactions), which can be embedded as a whitelabel chat widget.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsCeras VenturesCoinbase VenturesWoodstock Fund
Burnt builds AI agents for food distribution and supply chain operations, automating manual workflows and inventory management tasks that have historically relied on legacy tools and spreadsheets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Joseph Jacob(CEO)inRhea Karimpanal(Founder)inChandru Shanumugasundaram(CTO)inJJ(Co-Founder & CEO)Rhea Karimpanal(CPO)in
Co-investorsPenny Jar Capital VentureScribble VenturesY CombinatorAlameda ResearchAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Animoca Brands+7 more
Romanian Web3 infrastructure company providing multichain blockchain node APIs and validator services; acquired by Alchemy in 2024.
Flavian Manea(Founder)inAlexandru Catalin Filip(Founder)in
Co-investorsAscensive AssetsWoodstock FundAVentures DAOAxia8 VenturesBlizzardHypersphere Ventures+7 more
Celestia designs and delivers custom, high-throughput blockchain chains for enterprises, separating compute and storage so each scales independently.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Mustafa Al-Bassam(Founder)inNick White(Co-founder & CEO, Celestia Labs)inPreston Evans(CTO, Celestia Labs)Sarah Armstrong(CFO)inZach Leibowitz(General Counsel)inIsmail Khoffi(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAlphaLab CapitalBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalCaladanCoinbase Ventures+23 more
Ceramic provides a decentralized protocol for event streaming and data management that enables interoperable apps and services to share verifiable data at scale.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Danny Zuckerman(Founder)Joel Thorstensson(Founder)Michael Sena(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDeepTech VenturesDraft Ventures LlcFenbushi Capital+8 more
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Composable Finance builds an interoperability layer for decentralized finance that enables cross-chain transactions and communication while preserving trustless, non-custodial properties.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesDigital Finance GroupAlameda Research+12 more
Connext provides xCall, a developer tool that enables applications to interact with users, tokens, and other applications across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSan Francisco, US
Arjun Bhuptani(Executive Officer, Director)inLayne Haber(Executive Officer, Director)inRahul Sethuram(Executive Officer)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAmentum Investment ManagementCVP NoLimitD1 VenturesFenbushi CapitalIOSG Ventures+14 more
Raiku develops a lightweight Solana validator client that provides ahead-of-time compute reservations and just-in-time MEV bundle processing, enabling financial institutions and market makers to achieve enterprise-grade execution reliability and performance in cryptocurrency markets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Robin A. Nordnes(Founder & CEO)Konrad Stepniak(Head of Engineering)Waleed Al Zuhair(Head of Growth)Saikat Das(Chief Marketing Officer)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsReciprocal Ventures
EigenCloud is a developer platform that adds cryptographic verifiability to data, computation, and AI inference, backed by slashable stake on the EigenLayer restaking protocol (ETH and EIGEN).
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesBlockchain Capital
Entropy was an a16z-backed decentralized crypto custody and threshold-signing network that wound down in January 2026.
New York, US
JOHN PACIFIC(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesCerulean VenturesDragonflyEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.+2 more
Fairside provides membership-based insurance coverage that reimburses crypto holders for losses from theft, hacks, and scams such as malicious transactions, malware, and address poisoning.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsTRGCBig Brain HoldingsDominance VenturesFigment CapitalJump CapitalKosmos Ventures+3 more
FastLane provides a maximal extractable value (MEV) protocol and liquid staking token (shMON) for the Monad blockchain, enabling validators and token holders to capture transaction ordering fees and staking rewards.
Crypto & Web3FintechPasadena, US
David Alexander Watts(Executive Officer, Director)Alex W.(Founder)inJordan Hagan(Founder)inEric Destaing(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Mugno(Director)Oscar Salcedo-Ibanex(Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalCoinbase VenturesL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Multicoin CapitalSymbolic CapitalDBA+1 more
Gasp, formerly Mangata, runs a purpose-built blockchain for cross-chain trading of stablecoins and native assets.
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAngelDAOSignum CapitalTRGC
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsHannah Grey VenturesReciprocal VenturesRed Beard Ventures
Gravity Bridge is a blockchain that acts as a neutral bridge between Ethereum and Cosmos, letting Cosmos-based projects access ERC20 assets like DAI or USDC via IBC without running their own orchestrator.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Hyperlane is an open source, permissionless interoperability framework for connecting over 150 blockchains, enabling cross-chain messaging, asset bridging, swaps, asset issuance, and governance across EVM, Solana, Cosmos, and custom VM architectures.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Asa Oines(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAsymmetricBitDAOBootNodeCircle VenturesCoinFund+10 more
Initia provides blockchain infrastructure that connects full-stack applications through integrated protocols and aligned economic incentives.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBig Brain HoldingsHack VCNascentTheory Ventures
Injective is a blockchain built specifically for finance, providing infrastructure for onchain trading, tokenization, and payments with embedded primitives such as stablecoins, real-world assets, and programmable derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechDublin, US
Albert Chon(Founder)inChen(Co-founder)Eric Chen(Founder)inZhonghan Chen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAU21 CapitalCogitent VenturesInnovating CapitalMorningstar VenturesPantera CapitalPNYX Ventures+3 more
Khalani provides infrastructure for cross-chain and multi-provider transactions, enabling operators to define enforceable execution rules (price, latency, finality) that are automatically enforced across a network of solvers, market makers, bridges, and on/off-ramp providers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBootNodeMaelstromNascentEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Figment Capital
Lit Protocol provides a verifiable compute and signing infrastructure built on trusted execution environments (TEEs) for DeFi applications, centralized exchanges, and tokenized assets.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Chris Cassano(Founder)inDavid Sneider(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors6th Man VenturesA.Capital VenturesCollab+CurrencyEniac VenturesFermionG1 Ventures+10 more
ZKsync provides blockchain infrastructure and deployment services for enterprises, helping them build and launch production-ready solutions on the ZKsync network.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Alex Gluchowski(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsa16z cryptoDeepTech VenturesFactionHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)IOSG VenturesLongHash Ventures+6 more
MegaETH is a blockchain platform offering high-throughput transaction processing with real-time capabilities, settling on Ethereum.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Shuyao Kong (孔姝尧)(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsDragonflyInception CapitalMarin Digital VenturesMetastableMITON+3 more
Mintbase provides an open-source SDK, templates, and smart-contract tooling for developers to deploy NFT marketplaces, minters, and blockchain/AI apps on the NEAR protocol.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsD1 VenturesLD CapitalRyze LabsSustany CapitalTRGCAnimoca Brands+5 more
Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureCalifon, US
Eunice Giarta Hon(Executive Officer)James Hunsaker(Founder)Keone Hon(Founder)inEunice Giarta(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalAmbush CapitalArchetypeBankless VenturesBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VC+33 more
Cooper Scanlon(Founder)Rushi Manche(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsArchetypeBankless VenturesBorderless VentureCitizenX Crypto VenturesContinue CapitalEnigma Fund+17 more
Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Adeniyi Abiodun(Founder)inKostas Kryptos Chalkias(Founder)inSam Blackshear(Founder)inEvan Cheng(Founder)inGeorge Danezis(Founder)Kostas Chalkias(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Brain Holdings+38 more
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Noise is a community-curated media platform that aggregates and showcases trending topics, cultural phenomena, and emerging interest areas across entertainment, technology, finance, and lifestyle domains.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsParadigmAnagram VenturesBose VenturesFigment CapitalGSR
Nym develops a decentralized privacy network (mixnet) that routes internet traffic through multiple nodes to anonymize user metadata and activities.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityLondon, GB
Harry Halpin(Founder)inAlexis Roussel(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBinance Labs1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoDanu Ventures+5 more
Obol provides distributed validator infrastructure for Ethereum staking, enabling institutional operators to secure cryptocurrency assets across the blockchain network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureZug, CH
Collin Myers(Founder)inOisín Kyne(Founder)inSchmiedt Mara(Executive Officer)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalArchetypeCoinbase VenturesDivergenceMaelstrom+6 more
Omni is a non-custodial multi-chain crypto wallet that lets users store, bridge, and swap tokens across multiple blockchains, import wallets from MetaMask, Keplr, and Phantom, build custom portfolios, and buy crypto with a credit card.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Serafin Lion Engel(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsFlori VenturesCraft VenturesDigitalis VenturesEmerge VenturesFirst Round CapitalGV (Google Ventures)+11 more
Osmosis is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange built on the Cosmos blockchain that enables users to access liquidity and assets from over 100 blockchain ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors1confirmationBloccelerate VCMarin Digital VenturesNascentParadigmUncorrelated Ventures+4 more
Penumbra is a privacy-focused blockchain network that enables fully end-to-end encrypted asset trading and transfers across multiple chains through zero-knowledge proofs.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Henry de Valence(Executive Officer, Director)inArani Bose(Executive Officer, Director)inAdam Elsesser(Executive Officer, Director)inJim Pray(Executive Officer)Thomas Krebs(Executive Officer, Director)Robert D. Evans(Executive Officer)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)Alberta Investment Management
Phylax builds the Credible Layer, a policy engine that lets on-chain protocols declare states they must never reach and enforces circuit breakers that reject transactions crossing those limits.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Odyssefs Lamtzidis(Executive Officer, Director)Evangelos Ntomprozis(Executive Officer)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesBankless VenturesBreedHash3 CapitalBreed VCFigment Capital+2 more
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Polymer Labs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that raised a $23M Series A in 2024.
Bo Du(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesDigital Currency Group+8 more
Predicate builds infrastructure for onchain financial products, offering programmable policy tools that handle regulatory requirements and risk controls for businesses operating in regulated markets.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintech
Nikhil Raghuveera(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors1k(x)1kxDepartment of XYZReciprocal VenturesVenture Dept.White Star Capital
Primev builds infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, including mev-commit, a real-time commitment network for transaction priority, ordering, and MEV mitigation, along with agentic USDC payments and bridging tools.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsD1 VenturesIOSG VenturesLongHash Ventures
Persistence One builds blockchain infrastructure focused on Bitcoin interoperability (BTCfi), using DeFi, IBC interoperability, the Persistence Core-1 Chain, and cross-chain intents to enable BTC movement across chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlack DragonCoinbase VenturesO1exRyze LabsSpark Digital Capital+3 more
Zenrock builds a decentralized custody layer for onchain assets, centered on zrChain, a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain and a Decentralized Custody Token (DCT) standard that lets tokens be ported across chains.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechLondon
Brad Anthony Foy(Executive Officer, Director)Stan Miroshnik(Director)Duncan Payne-Shelley(Executive Officer)Brian Spector(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCoinbase VenturesDanu VenturesRSE VenturesWintermuteYellow Capital+15 more
Decentralized app-chain for interchain asset management and multi-chain digital asset investing via IBC technology.
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBlockchain CapitalMaelstrom
Quicksilver is a liquid staking protocol built for the Cosmos ecosystem, letting users stake assets with any validator and receive liquid staked tokens (qASSETs) for swapping, pooling, and lending while retaining native governance rights.
Crypto & Web3
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsCMCC Global
Renzo Protocol provides liquid staking and restaking infrastructure along with reserve vaults that deploy capital into delta-neutral, RWA-backed, and basis/carry trade strategies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Lucas Kozinski(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBankless VenturesBitDAOCrypto DiscoverEdessa CapitalGalaxy VenturesIOSG Ventures+6 more
Reown provides an SDK for accepting cryptocurrency payments from multiple wallet types, exchanges, and fiat onramps through a single integration.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investors1k(x)1kxCoinbase VenturesSC VenturesTriton CapitalConsenSys+10 more
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
RISC Zero provides verifiable computation technology that lets anyone cryptographically confirm a computation's output is correct without recomputing it, while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep TechSeattle, US
Frank Laub(Founder)inBrian Retford(Founder)inJeremy Bruestle(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalCota CapitalD1 VenturesDeep FutureFenbushi Capital+5 more
Saga is a platform for building persistent character AI agents that let studios, creators, and brands turn characters, brands, and worlds into digital personalities that engage users across social platforms, messaging apps, and online communities.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingLas Vegas, US
Rebecca Liao(Co-Founder & CEO)Jin Kwon(Co-Founder & CSO)inBogdan Alexandrescu(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)inRyan Robert Dean(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKevin Dale Klassen(Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsCrit VenturesD1 VenturesHypersphere VenturesLongHash VenturesM13Placeholder VC+11 more
Secret (SCRT) is the native cryptocurrency of the Secret Network blockchain.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Guy Zyskind(Founder)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalFenbushi CapitalAlameda ResearchArrington XRP CapitalBlocktower CapitalCoinFund+2 more
SEDA provides always-on oracle infrastructure that delivers low-latency data feeds across equities, commodities, indices, pre-IPO companies, prediction market outcomes, and custom assets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Peter M.(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBlockwallBollinger Investment GroupCoinFundMaven 11Reciprocal VenturesUncorrelated Ventures+1 more
Shade Protocol is an ecosystem of open-source DeFi applications built in the Cosmos ecosystem, offering trading, lending, borrowing, asset wrapping, omnichain bridging, and on-chain data privacy.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsLD CapitalSCRT Labs
Cosmos provides enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure and products designed for financial institutions and governments to build, launch, and scale tokenization, payments, and digital currency systems with interoperability and regulatory compliance.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Maghnus Mareneck(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Barry Plunkett(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoBain Capital VenturesFactionPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)Reciprocal VenturesCanonical Crypto
Stader Labs is a non-custodial, smart-contract-based liquid staking platform that lets users stake crypto assets across multiple Proof-of-Stake networks while retaining liquidity through tokenized staked assets usable in DeFi protocols.
Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG
Amitej Gajjala(Founder)Dheeraj Borra(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelBetter CapitalCoinbase VenturesPantera CapitalTriblockAccel India+19 more
Stargaze is an NFT marketplace and platform built on the Cosmos blockchain, hosting generative art, PFP, and yield-generating NFT collections.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Marketplaces
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Draft Ventures Llc
StarkWare develops zero-knowledge proof and validity rollup solutions for blockchain applications, enabling secure, scalable, and trustless transactions.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsNetanya, IL
Eli Ben-Sasson(Founder)inUri Kolodny(Founder)inAlessandro Chiesa(Founder)inMichael Riabzev(Founder)inAvihu Levy(Head of Product & Blockchain Research)inOren Katz(VP Engineering)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAtomicoBalaji SrinivasanBlockchain CoinvestorsBollinger Investment GroupCapital B Private HoldingsChapter One+23 more
Suilend is a decentralized finance (DeFi) suite built on the Sui blockchain, offering lending, token swaps, yield strategies, and bridging.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)KaratageMechanism CapitalRobot Ventures
Sundial is a team of cryptographers and engineers that develops secure digital infrastructure for identity, trust, and privacy, taking new cryptographic protocols from research into production.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep Tech
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsCircle VenturesCoinbase VenturesDAEDALUSFigment Capital
t3rn is an intent-based cross-chain interoperability network that routes cross-chain orders through a permissionless solver network and settles them with atomic finality across 56 blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Maciej Bajin
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsD1 VenturesDigital Finance GroupIOSG VenturesLemniscapNetZero CapitalFigment Capital+2 more
Tenderize offers a liquid staking protocol ("Liquid Staking 2.0") that lets users stake tokens across multiple validators without lockups, use staked positions as collateral to borrow stablecoins, and instantly unstake via a swap mechanism.
Crypto & Web3
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsMoonhill CapitalTRGCEden Block
Turnkey provides crypto wallet infrastructure for coordinating payments across internal, custodial wallets, with policy controls over fund flows, limits, roles, and approvals.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Bryce Ferguson(Founder)inJack Kearney(Founder)Sam McIngvale(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investors20VCArchetypeAsymmetricBain Capital CryptoFactionGalaxy Ventures+8 more
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Valantis offers Prime Trading, a service that gives stHYPE holders up to 40% off trading fees on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange across perps, spot, and HIP-3 markets.
Crypto & Web3
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsTriton CapitalFigment CapitalKraken VenturesRobot VenturesSemantic VenturesSevenX Ventures
WalletConnect provides wallet connection infrastructure enabling decentralized applications to interact with blockchain wallets across multiple networks and platforms.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechNewark, US
Pedro Gomes(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesDeepTech VenturesOddiyana VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)1kxKraken+1 more
Whetstone is a team of protocol and product builders working in the crypto and blockchain space, with backgrounds at projects including Uniswap, Primitive, and Aztec.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechFintech
Austin Adams(Founder)inMatt CzernikinClement LakhalCooper Kunzin
Co-investorsNascentVariant FundAmbush CapitalCoinbase VenturesCredibly NeutralFigment Capital+2 more
Wormhole offers Native Token Transfers (NTT), an open framework for token issuers to create, transfer, and customize tokens across multiple blockchains without relying on pooled liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Robinson Burkey(Founder)inDan Reecer(Founder)Hendrik Hofstadt(Founder)
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBootNodeBorderless VentureDelta BlockchainGate VenturesMulticoin Capital+7 more
Burnt provides cryptographically verified identity and attribute verification that lets users prove specific claims (such as income above a threshold or a credit score over 700) by logging into accounts they already have, without sharing raw documents or PII.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsFintech
Anthony Anzalone(Founder)in
PartnerJames Parillo· solo GP
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDraper DragonElliptiInnovating CapitalPentos VenturesPlay Ventures+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Persistence One
Exits · 4
4 acquisitions · showing 1Skip Protocolacq. by Interchain Foundation (Cosmos)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Valantis · chainwire.org · Aug 27, 2026
Khalani · blog.khalani.network · May 13, 2026
Noise · noise.xyz · Jan 14, 2026
Lit Protocol · spark.litprotocol.com · Oct 20, 2025
burnt · techcrunch.com · Sep 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Figment made?
- Figment has 85 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Figment invest at?
- Figment invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Figment focus on?
- Figment focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is Figment located?
- Figment is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Figment lead rounds?
- Figment typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Figment co-invest with?
- Figment most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Maven 11, D1 Ventures, among 220 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamWhy Institutions Are Turning to Figment for Staking | Lorien Gabel
Talking Tokens Podcast · Lorien Gabel
Leading Innovation in Institutional Staking with Lorien Gabel #iankhan #consensus2025 #Figment
Ian Khan "The Futurist" · Lorien Gabel
Tech Entrepreneur Polymath: Figment’s Lorien Gabel
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Lorien Gabel CEO of Figment Capital Ethereum Staking Infrastructure on CryptoMondays Global
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Live interview with Lorien Gabel, co-founder of Figment 🚀
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Intro To Staking - A Conversation With Lorien Gabel from Figment & Dean Skurka From Bitbuy
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