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FunFair Ventures

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Seed · 14 people tracked

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Investment thesis

FunFair Ventures backs early-stage web3 companies, providing both capital and hands-on advisory support. The team draws on experience building, scaling, and exiting web3 businesses. Investments span pre-seed and seed stages across verticals including DeFi, CeFi, gaming, infrastructure, DePIN, NFTs, and social, using equity, token, or combined equity-plus-token structures.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
6

Team · 14 people

from the firm's website & curated
Jez San· Chairmanin

Chairman of FunFair Ventures, holding an OBE.

Fred Kessler· CPO, Partner
Lloyd Purser· COO, Partnerin
Michael O'Connor· CFO, Partnerin
Michael O’Connor· CFO, Partner
Oliver Hopton· CTO, Partnerin
Ettienne Ward· Operations + HR Managerin
Mark Ridgwell· Senior Analyst
Peter Heywood· Senior Analystin

What they invest in

from 5 of 6 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×3Crypto & Web3 ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Fintech ×3Enterprise Software ×2

HQs:United States×2Denmark×1

Investments · 6 tracked

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Velvet Capitalvelvet.capitalin𝕏✓ verified

Velvet is an all-in-one non-custodial trading terminal for executing spot, perpetual, and yield trades across seven blockchains with integrated DeFi protocol access, real-time onchain analytics, and an AI copilot.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders FundDWF LabsGains AssociatesLucidBlue VenturesMindfulness CapitalMucker Capital+2 more

Cambridge Compute Co.

Pre-seed DePIN project backed via equity and token in Jun 2025

LunarCrushlunarcrush.comin𝕏Jul 2023 · $5M

LunarCrush analyzes millions of social media posts in real time across networks like X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and news to produce sentiment and influence metrics for crypto assets, stocks, brands, and people.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechCosta Mesa, US

Joe Vezzani(Founder)in

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesLBANK LabsTechstarsTRGCWWVenturesBlockchain Founders Fund+4 more

Northstakenorthstake.dkin𝕏Jun 2023 · $3M

Northstake develops regulatory compliant crypto staking solutions for regulated financial institutions, digital asset managers, and custodians, working with custodians and liquidity providers to provide staking yields.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechCopenhagen, DK

Jesper Johansen(Founder)

Co-investorsDelta BlockchainFabric VenturesMorph CapitalPSV

Velvetvelvetlab.aiin𝕏

Velvet creates datasets and evaluations for training multimodal AI models, serving AI labs and enterprises building systems with improved spatial reasoning and latency performance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Lucas Mantovani(Founder)inLucas Tucker(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBlockchain Founders FundMindfulness Capital

Velvetvelvet.video

Velvet creates datasets and evaluations for multimodal AI models, working with AI labs and enterprises to improve models' interactive capabilities and spatial reasoning.

AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsThe Venture Reality FundBlockchain Founders FundMindfulness Capital

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does FunFair Ventures invest at?
FunFair Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does FunFair Ventures focus on?
FunFair Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming.

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