Genblock Capital
Venture capitalSan Francisco Β· Pre-SeedβSeed Β· 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, concentrating on decentralized finance and the metaverse. Active in crypto markets since early 2017, the firm participates in both liquid secondary-market cryptocurrency trading and early-stage funding rounds. Beyond capital, Genblock positions itself as a hands-on power user of the projects it backs, supporting portfolio teams with liquidity bootstrapping, token economics, market making, marketing, and network introductions to founders.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 28, 2026.
Team Β· 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 38 of 73 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 Γ37Fintech Γ21Data & Infrastructure Γ12Developer Tools Γ8Gaming Γ5Cloud Computing Γ3AI & Machine Learning Γ2Consumer Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ4United KingdomΓ1
Investments Β· 73 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Will Warren(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inAmir Bandeali(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly Co-Founder & CTO))Alex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)Fulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)Theo Gonella(Group Product Manager)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesArchetypeBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase Ventures+14 more
1inch develops decentralized finance (DeFi) technology and products aimed at giving users and partners secure, compliant access to DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Sergej Kunz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+12 more
Tortola
Sergej Kunz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Anton Bukov(Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsIOSG VenturesSpark Digital Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
Akash Network operates a decentralized cloud marketplace where users rent GPU and CPU compute for AI workloads such as model training, fine-tuning, and inference, with pricing set by a reverse auction among independent providers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBorderless VentureCrunchFundD1 VenturesElliptiMarin Digital Ventures+2 more
Proof-of-Stake public blockchain with private smart contracts.
Co-investorsBlack DragonCogitent VenturesNxGenRana Capital
Co-investorsAdvanced Blockchain
Co-investorsO1exWolfEdge Capital
Arweave is a decentralized ecosystem that offers grants and investment opportunities through various organizations including non-profits, DAOs, and venture studios to support projects and developers building on its network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLondon, GB
Sam Williams(Founder & CEO)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAdvanced BlockchainAndreessen HorowitzArrington Capital+21 more
Aurory is a game studio that develops video games centered on characters and explorable worlds, including a title featuring collectible creatures called Amikos and extraction-based gameplay where players gather rewards while competing with others.
Gaming
Co-investorsAscensive AssetsNarcissus VenturesSkyVision CapitalSolar Eco FundTriblock
Bancor is a decentralized exchange protocol that provides automated market maker (AMM) technology and liquidity infrastructure for decentralized finance.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Galia Benartzi(Founder)in
Co-investorsCryptonite CapitalDraper AssociatesPantera Capital
BENQI is a decentralized finance protocol on the Avalanche blockchain offering liquid staking of AVAX (via sAVAX), lending and borrowing of crypto assets, and tools for bootstrapping validators.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAscensive AssetsDragonflyKane & Rao GroupMC Ventures (Muhabbit Capital)Metastable+2 more
Biconomy provides developer tools and APIs that handle transaction infrastructure for blockchain applications.
Aniket Jindal(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesDanu VenturesFenbushi CapitalMantle Network+6 more
Co-investorsCrypto DiscoverDigital Finance GroupPentos VenturesYoubi Capital
Bit.Country offers a no-code platform for projects to build, grow, and engage online communities through an AI-powered quest system, virtual worlds, and virtual land technology.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3SaaS
Co-investorsWWVentures
A decentralized metaverse providing an unprecedented VR experience for the crypto community.
Co-investorsBlack DragonMagnus CapitalZBS CAPITALAnimoca Brands
Anime-themed blockchain collectible game powered by NFTs.
Co-investorsBlack DragonSkyVision Capital
Crypto staking platform letting users stake tokens and participate in DeFi simultaneously.
Co-investorsO1ex
Chamber provides secure onchain vaults for managing crypto, equities and commodities, letting depositors follow expert traders and enabling managers to earn income by trading and attracting deposits.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsIOSG Ventures
Chamber is an onchain protocol offering secure vaults for asset management, letting users invest in crypto, equities and commodities through vaults managed by traders or AI.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsContinue CapitalElliptiIOSG VenturesLemniscap
Co-investors1confirmationAdvanced BlockchainAngelONE CapitalArrington CapitalBig Candle CapitalBollinger Investment Group+22 more
Priority transaction network protecting traders from frontrunning and redistributing MEV.
Blockchain platform underpinning NFTs via the ERC-1155 standard.
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDigital Finance GroupLBANK LabsArrington XRP Capital
Filecoin is a decentralized storage network that uses cryptographic proofs to distribute data across a global peer-to-peer network, offering an alternative to centralized cloud storage providers.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Juan Benet(Founder)
Co-investors1confirmationArkStream CapitalAusum VenturesBlueYard CapitalBollinger Investment GroupBorderless Venture+17 more
Cryptocurrency exchange offering derivatives, options, volatility products and leveraged tokens.
Co-investorsHomebrewSequoia Capital
Handshake is a decentralized, peer-to-peer naming and certificate authority protocol that serves as an alternative to centralized DNS systems and certificate authorities.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Joseph Poon(Co-Founder / Protocol Developer)Andrew Lee(Co-Founder)Christopher Jeffrey(Co-Founder / CTO)Tieshun Roquerre(CEO, Namebase (leading Handshake domain registrar/exchange))
BoardMike Duboe(Venture Partner, Greylock Partners (investor listed on Greylock's Handshake portfolio page))in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAmentum Investment ManagementAusum VenturesD1 VenturesDraper AssociatesFounders Fund+4 more
Cryptocurrency exchange protocol bridging centralized and decentralized finance.
Varun Kumar(Founder & CEO)Vinod Raghavan(Founder)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesDragonflyElectric CapitalFabric Ventures+15 more
Hedgehog Markets is a prediction market platform where users create markets and place peer-to-peer bets on outcomes across categories such as crypto, politics, tech, and sports.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsReciprocal Ventures
Cosmos-SDK based hub enabling cross-chain interoperability for distributed applications.
Co-investorsNarcissus Ventures
Blockchain-based liquidity protocol aggregating liquidity from many reserves for instant token exchange.
Kyber Network operates an on-chain liquidity aggregation protocol that sources token liquidity from multiple decentralized exchanges and protocols to provide traders, DApps, and aggregators with token swap rates across chains including Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Fantom.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsFenbushi CapitalIOSG VenturesPantera CapitalSignum CapitalWolfEdge CapitalZMT Capital+3 more
LayerZero builds decentralized infrastructure for interoperability across blockchains and asset issuance, enabling applications and chains to connect liquidity and extend reach across ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Bryan Pellegrino(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAndromeda CapitalBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin Ventures+22 more
Substrate-based privacy protocols using zk-SNARK for anonymity and cross-chain interoperability.
Manta Network is a modular Layer 2 blockchain platform offering low gas fees and high performance for building decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)AZDAGHypersphere VenturesLongHash VenturesMentha Partners+3 more
Mavia is a Web3 mobile strategy game where players build and defend a base, train infantry, vehicle and air units, and battle rival players to loot resources.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesExto PartnersMagnus CapitalSublime VenturesTriblockCrypto com Capital
Liquidity systems to maximize utility and yield of stable assets on Solana.
MobileCoin operates Sentz, a mobile app for sending, receiving, saving, and earning money in stablecoins using only a phone number.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Joshua Goldbard(Executive Officer, Director)Shane Glynn(Executive Officer, Director)Todd Huffman(Director)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesHack VCKindred VenturesAlameda ResearchBerggruen HoldingsBlocktower Capital+2 more
Web3 gaming hub for developers, players, and game owners.
OP Games is a publishing ecosystem for indie game developers, offering a gaming marketplace (Arcadia) with play-and-earn mechanics and tournaments, a developer guild for education and game jams, and an in-house studio experimenting with AI and blockchain.
Crypto & Web3GamingMarketplaces
Co-investorsCointelligence FundLucidBlue VenturesMentha Partners
ParaState builds a high-performance on-chain runtime (based on the WasmEdge WebAssembly VM) that gives Ethereum-compatible smart contracts EVM and EWASM support, letting developers write contracts in languages like Rust, C++, and Golang and bridge Ethereum with Polkadot and other chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBlack DragonChronos Ventures
Velora is an intent-based decentralized trading protocol that offers crosschain token swaps, gasless trades, limit orders, on-chain RFQ, and yield optimization, aggregating liquidity from 160+ protocols and market makers across multiple L1 and L2 chains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsBootNodeWintermuteWoodstock Fund
Velora (formerly ParaSwap) is an intent-based DeFi trading protocol offering crosschain token swaps, limit orders, on-chain RFQ, and gasless execution with MEV protection across chains such as Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlack DragonBlockchain CapitalRyze LabsArrington XRP Capital
Decentralized orderbook-based cryptocurrency exchange on Substrate.
Portal builds trust-minimized, bridgeless infrastructure that uses Bitcoin as a settlement layer for onchain and real-world markets, centered on its BitScaler multi-party channel technology for cross-chain DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalCeras VenturesCoinbase VenturesIlluminati CapitalPentos VenturesRR2 Capital+1 more
Cross-chain products powering the RAMP ecosystem; mints rUSD against non-ERC20 collateral.
Co-investorsRuby Capital
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlack DragonElliptiNarcissus VenturesArrington XRP Capital
Co-investorsRed Building CapitalWolfEdge Capital
Liquidity aggregator and multi-chain smart yield engine built with Polkadot.
Sentinel is a blockchain-based protocol and SDK for building decentralized VPNs, where node discovery, sessions, payments, and bandwidth run on-chain across a network of independent node operators.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsReno, US
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAGE CryptoAmentum Investment ManagementWoodstock FundScottish EnterpriseSFC Capital
Privacy-first decentralized financing platform to swap, lend and convert ERC-20 tokens.
Co-investorsAGE CryptoDigital Finance Group
Omni-chain solution for DEXes with flexible trading capabilities.
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis VentuesAGE Crypto+34 more
Co-investorsTRGC
No-code launch platform for Solana ecosystem projects seeking capital and rapid development.
Co-investorsKane & Rao GroupYoubi Capital
Synthetify Labs builds Web3 applications, including Nightly Wallet, a multichain crypto wallet (browser extension and mobile app) supporting Solana, NEAR, Aptos, Sui, Movement, and EVM chains for sending, swapping, staking, and managing NFTs.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Backbone for derivatives trading in DeFi, offering on-chain exposure to a range of assets.
Synthetix is a decentralized perpetual futures protocol built on Ethereum that combines off-chain order matching with on-chain settlement to provide low-latency trading of cryptocurrency derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesElliptiFenbushi CapitalIOSG VenturesMarin Digital VenturesMerkle Tree Capital+5 more
Blockchain-driven immersive VR entertainment platform.
The Graph organizes and indexes blockchain data through a decentralized network, providing web3 developers with fast, cost-efficient access to smart contract data via subgraphs and GraphQL queries.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAGE CryptoAndromeda CapitalAngelONE CapitalBig Brain HoldingsBollinger Investment GroupBootNode+23 more
Virtua operates a Cardano-powered metaverse where users create avatars, race vehicles, and explore interactive environments, alongside Bazaa, a decentralized NFT marketplace built on the Vanar blockchain.
Crypto & Web3GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsNarcissus Ventures
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlack DragonFuture Perfect VenturesPantera CapitalArrington XRP Capital
Protocol for creating and trading derivatives on a decentralized network.
Vega is a decentralized exchange protocol built on CometBFT proof-of-stake that enables programmable trading with public key cryptography and built-in governance for market creation.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsElliptiPantera CapitalRockawayXAccelCRV (Charles River Ventures)Cyberstarts+3 more
Wilder World is a blockchain-based open-world simulation game featuring the virtual city of Wiami, where players engage in racing, combat, missions, and asset ownership within a fully onchain economy.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsD1 VenturesDigital Currency GroupRadar VenturesRed Beard VenturesSignum Capital
Chain agnostic cryptocurrency wallet.
XDEFI, rebranding to Ctrl, offers a self-custody crypto wallet available as a Chrome extension and iOS/Android apps.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsJustin β3LAUβ BlauPlay VenturesRyze Labs
Zeitgeist is a Layer 1 blockchain protocol for prediction markets, built on the Substrate framework and offering an SDK for others to implement their own prediction market technology.
Crypto & Web3Deep Tech
Co-investorsCandaq Fintech GroupD1 Ventures
Zilliqa is a public blockchain that runs an identity-bound credential check before a transaction settles, gating every state transition by policy across chains and settlement rails.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsBlack DragonContinue CapitalWolfEdge CapitalZMT Capital
Exits Β· 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio0x Labs Decentralized P2P tradingcrypto exchanges: ZRX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBiconomy Β· openpr.com Β· Aug 21, 2026
0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading Β· 0x Labs Blog Β· Aug 4, 2026

Filecoin Β· tradingview.com Β· Jul 9, 2026
Kyber Network Β· gurufocus.com Β· Jul 6, 2026

Solana Β· cryptobriefing.com Β· Jul 2, 2026
VEGA Derivatives Β· finsmes.com Β· Feb 11, 2026
Sentinel Β· startupmag.co.uk Β· Nov 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Genblock Capital made?
- Genblock Capital has 73 tracked investments.
- What stage does Genblock Capital invest at?
- Genblock Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Genblock Capital focus on?
- Genblock Capital focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming.
- Where is Genblock Capital located?
- Genblock Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Genblock Capital co-invest with?
- Genblock Capital most often shares deals with Arrington Capital, Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, among 174 tracked co-investors.
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