Fundamental Labs
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Late Stage
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Investment thesis
Fundamental Labs believes blockchain innovation will reshape society and focuses on supporting entrepreneurs driving fundamental innovation and mass adoption of blockchain technology. The firm invests in multi-stage crypto companies across areas including Layer 1/2 protocols, Web3, finance infrastructure, and DeFi. Beyond capital, it emphasizes contributing insights, long-term strategy frameworks, and access to its extensive portfolio network rather than day-to-day business or technical details. It positions itself as an early, conviction-driven backer that values independent thinking, mutual trust, and close partnerships with founders across a global footprint spanning Asia, Europe, and North America.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 7 of 16 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×6AI & Machine Learning ×3Developer Tools ×3Cloud Computing ×1Consumer ×1Cybersecurity ×1Enterprise Software ×1Hardware ×1
HQs:United States×3
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 22021 · 12016 · 16 dated
Bitcoin infrastructure company building RGB protocol and Lightning Network tooling, wallets and stablecoin payment rails.
Co-investorsEureka PartnersSignum CapitalAmber GroupArkStream CapitalGate VenturesHV Capital+2 more
ICHI provides automated liquidity management strategies for decentralized finance, enabling users to convert single-token deposits into yield-generating positions with risk optimization.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsCollider VenturesFirstMile VenturesTRGCWoodstock FundLightshift Capital
Jumbo offered a consumer privacy assistant iPhone app that helped individuals manage privacy settings across services like Google and Twitter, clean old tweets, and receive security notifications, with processing done on-device rather than server-side.
ConsumerCybersecurity
Pierre Valade(CEO)
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalIndex VenturesKima VenturesFelicis VenturesGenblock CapitalHuobi Incubator+2 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 VenturesSustany CapitalAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesFigmentLibertus Capital+3 more
NEAR is an open blockchain infrastructure powering the agent economy, providing cross-chain execution, confidential settlement, and private inference capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Miami, US
Illia Polosukhin(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+36 more
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Stacks is a blockchain platform that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to leverage Bitcoin as a secure base layer through a Layer 2 solution, offering developer tools and a programming language called Clarity.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsNew York, US
Ryan Shea(Co-founder)inMuneeb Ali(Co-founder)in
BoardAlbert Wenger(Director)in
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBreyer CapitalCompoundContinue CapitalDigital Currency GroupDraper Associates+19 more
VeChain provides a blockchain ecosystem with four main offerings: VeChainThor for building blockchain applications, Stargate for security, VeWorld for asset management, and VeBetter for sustainability-focused initiatives.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDraper DragonFenbushi Capital
Canaan designs and sells Bitcoin mining hardware under the Avalon brand, including ASIC miners, home mining devices, and containerized air/immersion/hydro cooling mining boxes.
Crypto & Web3HardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsTunlan Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AvalancheBinance CoinCannanCoinbaseMaskNFT GeniusPlatONPolkadot
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Jumbo · kalkinemedia.com · Jul 22, 2026
Stacks Open-source network · trysignalbase.com · Feb 27, 2026
Bitlight Labs · stealthex.io · Jan 13, 2026
NFT Genius · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Jun 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Fundamental Labs made?
- Fundamental Labs has 16 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Fundamental Labs invest at?
- Fundamental Labs invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Fundamental Labs's typical check size?
- Fundamental Labs typically writes checks of $500K – $50M.
- What sectors does Fundamental Labs focus on?
- Fundamental Labs focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Who does Fundamental Labs co-invest with?
- Fundamental Labs most often shares deals with Big Brain Holdings, Continue Capital, Digital Currency Group, among 54 tracked co-investors.
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