Fundraising FoxGeekCartel
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A
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Investment thesis
GeekCartel is a research-driven venture fund focused on web3 and decentralized technology startups. The firm backs visionary founders building disruptive decentralized technologies, supporting portfolio companies across areas such as research, marketing, security, tokenomics, and growth. Its investments span blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, Bitcoin staking and restaking, zero-knowledge proofs, decentralized identity, AI, security, storage, and gaming within the crypto ecosystem.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
What they invest in
from 11 of 24 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×10Fintech ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Cybersecurity ×2Developer Tools ×1Enterprise Software ×1
HQs:United Arab Emirates×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×2
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12022 · 12 dated
Aspecta is a blockchain protocol and infrastructure that standardizes illiquid assets (such as pre-TGE shares, locked tokens, private equities, and RWAs) into ERC-20 credentials for on-chain price discovery and trading.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsOnePiece LabsTaisu VenturesUpHonest Capital
Avalon Labs develops Bitcoin-focused decentralized finance infrastructure, providing on-chain lending markets and the USDa stablecoin collateralized by Bitcoin for both institutions and individuals.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsVentureSouqFramework Ventures
Babylon Labs develops trustless infrastructure that enables Bitcoin to be used as collateral in decentralized finance and through a Bitcoin staking protocol for blockchain validation.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Fisher Yu(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBasecamp FundBloccelerate VCBreyer Capital+12 more
BounceBit provides a blockchain-based yield and credit platform that allows users to deposit cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, BNB) to earn yield and access interest-free credit lines.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Jack L.(Founder)in
Co-investorsArcane GroupBankless VenturesBlockchain CapitalHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Primitive Ventures
GoPlus Security builds a decentralized security layer for Web3, integrating with blockchains and projects to run risk analysis and protect users across their on-chain transactions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsCatcherVCHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)HyperithmPuzzle VenturesAnimoca BrandsBinance Labs+14 more
Eric Yang(Founder)inYuan Gao(Founder)in
Co-investorsMulticoin CapitalAnsa CapitalAt One VenturesAzolla VenturesFirst Star Ventures
ORA operates a live platform for AI-managed investment funds, including a competitive "World Cup" leaderboard for such funds.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSunnyvale, US
Jiatian Wang(Founder)Kartin Wong(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkSymbolic CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementAzur Innovation FundSevenX Ventures
Partisia Blockchain offers a Digital Trust Architecture that lets organizations and individuals use and collaborate on data without exposing it, using secure multi-party computation across off-chain and on-chain environments.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsGhaf Capital PartnersTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures
Polyhedra Network builds blockchain infrastructure for AI applications, including EXPchain, a chain for verifiability, data security, and performance of AI systems, and the ZKJ token for gas and governance.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Tiancheng X.(Founder)in
Co-investorsArcane GroupL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LongHash VenturesMapleblock CapitalPuzzle VenturesRR2 Capital+8 more
Sahara AI builds enterprise-ready AI agents and autonomous systems for business automation, alongside a global data labeling and annotation workforce platform.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGeorge Town, Grand Cayman
Xiang Ren(Director)inTianyu Zhou(Director)
Co-investorsAegis VentuesAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCoho DeeptechDifferential VenturesOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)+10 more
Blockchain protocol building a decentralized Bitcoin reserve and on-chain fund infrastructure, with SolvBTC as its native token.
Ryan C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BitDAOBlockchain CapitalF-Prime CapitalFermionFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)+14 more
SPACE ID operates a Web3 domain and identity platform where users can search, register, trade, and manage blockchain-based names across multiple top-level domains and name services.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Gaming / NFT / metaverse project
Co-investorsCryptonite CapitalMorningstar VenturesAnimoca BrandsIDG CapitalKuCoin LabsManta Network+1 more
Yala offers an AI agent that calculates fair value probabilities from market and on-chain signals to help users trade more efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechDubai, AE
Vicky F(Founder)
Co-investorsEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Polychain Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
DuckchainEthStorageLifeformLorenzoNubitOpinion LabsSalusSoonTalus Startup
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has GeekCartel made?
- GeekCartel has 24 tracked investments.
- What stage does GeekCartel invest at?
- GeekCartel invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does GeekCartel focus on?
- GeekCartel focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity.
- Who does GeekCartel co-invest with?
- GeekCartel most often shares deals with Symbolic Capital, HTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures), L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV), among 63 tracked co-investors.
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