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Fundamental Labs

Venture capital

Seed–Growth · 3 people tracked

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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.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$500K – $50M
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
Tracked investments
17
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1

Team · 3 people

from public directories
Howard Yuan· Managing Partnerin𝕏
Ryan Emmick· Principalin
Shang Wu· Associatein

What they invest in

from 9 of 17 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×8Developer Tools ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Fintech ×2Cloud Computing ×1Consumer ×1Cybersecurity ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1

HQs:United States×4

Investments · 17 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 32021 · 12016 · 17 dated

Coinbasecoinbase.comin𝕏Nasdaq: COIN

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Brian Armstrong(Founder)inFred Ehrsam(Founder)inEmilie Choi(President & COO)inAlesia Haas(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Grewal(Chief Legal Officer & Secretary)inLawrence (L.J.) Brock(Chief People Officer)

Co-investors1confirmationA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAdventure FundAndreessen Horowitz+97 more

Bitlight Labsbitlightlabs.comSep 2025 · $9.6M

Bitcoin infrastructure company building RGB protocol and Lightning Network tooling, wallets and stablecoin payment rails.

Co-investorsEureka PartnersSignum CapitalTaisu VenturesAmber GroupArkStream CapitalGate Ventures+2 more

Composable Financecomposable.financeMar 2022

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

Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesDigital Finance GroupFigment+12 more

ICHIichi.org𝕏Feb 2022 · $3.5M

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

Jumbojumboprivacy.com𝕏Jan 2023 · $3.5M

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 VenturesDWeb3 CapitalFelicis VenturesGenblock Capital+4 more

Mintbasemintbase.ioin𝕏Apr 2022 · $7.5M

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

NEARnear.org𝕏

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(Founder)inAlexander Skidanov(Founder)

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+41 more

Stacksstacks.co𝕏Dec 2016

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 HoldingsBitcoin FrontierBreyer CapitalCompoundContinue CapitalDigital Currency Group+26 more

Vechainvechain.orgin𝕏

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

嘉楠科技 (Canaan)canaan.ioin𝕏

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 CoinCannanMaskNFT GeniusPlatONPolkadot

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

CoinbaseNasdaq: COIN

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Fundamental Labs made?
Fundamental Labs has 17 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Fundamental Labs invest at?
Fundamental Labs invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth 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.
Does Fundamental Labs lead rounds?
Fundamental Labs has led 3 of the 8 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Fundamental Labs co-invest with?
Fundamental Labs most often shares deals with Big Brain Holdings, Continue Capital, Digital Currency Group, among 65 tracked co-investors.

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