Generative Ventures
Venture capitalBeijing · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
Also known as GENERATIVE VENTURES I LIMITED
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Investment thesis
Generative Ventures invests in the machine economy thesis—the view that economic value is increasingly accruing to owners of machines, AI agents, and autonomous systems rather than human labor. The firm focuses on the convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, and fintech, particularly decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) that enable machine identities and financial capabilities. Key research emphasizes that Web3 provides the correct economic and financial venue for machine-economy participants, with digital production powered by generative AI creating digital objects and economic supply chains anchored to blockchains.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 35 of 44 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20Crypto & Web3 ×20Data & Infrastructure ×15Fintech ×9Deep Tech ×6SaaS ×6Robotics ×5Cloud Computing ×4
HQs:United States×6Canada×2Australia×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with education data
INSEAD ×2Miami University ×2Saint Petersburg State University ×2Technische Universität Berlin ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×7Computer Science ×7Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history
Stanford University ×2
5 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 52023 · 12021 · 18 dated
Staex builds a secure autonomous agent platform for connected devices and machines, enabling cryptographically verified data exchange and autonomous transactions across IoT ecosystems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechIoTBerlin, DE
Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk(Co-founder)inPhilip Toepffer(Co-founder)inDaniil ShulgininIvan GankevichinAlex RusovRicardo Mastrangelo(Co-founder)
Co-investorsBlockwallBrandenburg KapitalBorderless CapitalMoonrock Capital
1Money builds a decentralized payment network for stablecoin and tokenized deposit transfers, designed for global financial settlements.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Matt Shroder(Founder)inBrian Shroder(Founder)in
Co-investorsA100X VenturesCMT Digital VenturesEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.F-Prime CapitalHack VCProtagonist+2 more
AllScale is a passkey-based invoicing platform that lets users send invoices and accept payments via credit card, Apple Pay, or on-chain while receiving real-time stablecoin settlement.
Crypto & Web3FintechHR TechSaaSVancouver, CA
Alisha Li(Founder)inJun Li(Founder)Khalil Lin(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper DragonV3V VenturesAmber GroupInformed Ventures Advisors, Llc
Ambios Network operates the world's largest decentralized environmental monitoring network, collecting real-world air quality data from tens of thousands of sensors across over 20 countries.
Climate TechCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureIoT
Luca Franchi(CEO)inIvan D'Ettorre(COO)inMatt Hollobaugh(Business Lead)inRoberto Falzone(Head of Technology)in
Co-investorsBorderless CapitalPRIMAL CAPITAL
Olas is a decentralized platform for autonomous AI agents where users can own and operate agents through Pearl (an AI Agent App Store) and businesses can monetize agents on the Mech Marketplace.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3MarketplacesSector Agnostic
Co-investorsARKN venturesSignature VenturesSMAPE Capital1kxSigil Fund
CUDIS builds a smart wearable ring with AI-powered coaching for daily recovery, anti-aging, and wellness.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessLos Angeles, US
Jack Chang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBorderless VentureDraper AssociatesDraper Dragon
Delphinus Lab builds ZKWASM, a zero-knowledge proof system that compiles WebAssembly application logic into provable computations, and operates zkwasmhub for hosting ZKWASM decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin Ventures
Eden is a platform for creating autonomous generative AI agents ("spirits") that produce creative content collaboratively with people and with each other.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAspect VenturesCompany VenturesFlexcap VenturesInsight PartnersLiquid VenturesMax Ventures+2 more
Merlin Chain is a Bitcoin Layer 2 network that is EVM-compatible and uses ZK-Rollup technology, supporting Bitcoin protocols such as BRC20, BRC420, Bitmap, Atomicals, Pipe, and Stamp.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanOnePiece LabsStratified CapitalKuCoin Labs
Exabits provides AI compute infrastructure by refining GPU assets (such as GB200s, H100s, H200s, and RTX5090s) from leading manufacturers to support AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VCEdessa CapitalFOMO VenturesLBANK LabsMoonhill Capital+4 more
Glider helps businesses manage their contract workflows and reduce administrative overhead so teams can focus on core operations rather than manual contract handling.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkPortland, US
Henry Liu(Founder)inBrandon Paton(Founder)inJohn Marbach(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesFirst CommitGSRPivot Global+1 more
Glider is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that produces and hosts community events including TEDxBoulder, Ignite Boulder, and Boulder Startup Week.
FintechSaaSSocialPortland, US
Andrew Hyde(ED (Executive Director), board member)in
Co-investorsTechstarsAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesFirst CommitGSRPivot Global+1 more
Glider builds non-custodial automated onchain investment portfolios, offered via a consumer app and a B2B API.
Co-investorsCoinbase Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzFirst CommitGSRPivot Global+2 more
HeyOz is an AI-powered marketing automation platform designed for indie developers and solo founders to handle product distribution, strategy, and campaign execution.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Ahad Shams(Founder)in
Imitation Machines develops a robot learning platform that uses imitation and reinforcement learning so operators can teach robots by demonstration rather than by writing code.
AI & Machine LearningRoboticsSaaS
Co-investorsCurtin Accelerate
infiniFi is a DeFi protocol that applies on-chain fractional reserve banking to generate stablecoin yield without leverage.
Co-investorsElectric Capital
II builds II-Agent, an open-source, self-sovereign universal AI system.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Emad Mostaque(Founder)in
Co-investorsBorderless VentureLemniscapNazare Ventures
LayerLens provides evaluation and benchmarking tools for AI models, offering verified performance data across public and private benchmarks.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Archie Chaudhury(Founder)in
Co-investorsNazare VenturesWeb3com VenturesWhite Star Capital
Multiliquid, developed by Uniform Labs, builds infrastructure that provides an open liquidity layer for institutional digital asset markets, enabling capital flows between tokenized assets and digital cash.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Will Beeson(Founder & CEO, Uniform Labs)inAngelo D'Alessandro(Chief Operating Officer, Uniform Labs)inMichal Benedykcinski(Chief Commercial Officer, Uniform Labs)in
Co-investorsDepartment of XYZMetalayerMirana VenturesVenture Dept.Strobe Ventures
Netholabs is a research lab recording high-resolution neurobehavioural data from living systems and using it to train neural foundation models aimed at more sample-efficient AI, robotics, and personalized intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Christian Aleksander Larsen(Founder)inCatalin Mitelut(Founder)in
Nevermined provides API monetization infrastructure that enables organizations to sell services to AI agents with automated metering, settlement, and payouts.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsMentha PartnersPolymorphic CapitalSignature Ventures
0G (Zero Gravity) is a blockchain infrastructure stack for AI applications, combining an EVM-compatible Layer 1 chain, a distributed storage network, a compute network, and a scalable data availability layer.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Ming Wu(Founder)inMichael Heinrich(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlphaLab CapitalAnimoca BrandsBaseTwoBlockchain BuildersCaladan+14 more
A (Re)Staking layer for DePIN, providing a modular staking solution and DeFi use cases for staked tokens.
Co-investorsAGE CryptoFlume VenturesSamsung NextTouring Capital
peaq provides a blockchain stack that lets robots and machines act as autonomous economic actors, enabling developers to activate, finance, and build omnichain applications around machines.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechRobotics
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBorderless VentureCeras VenturesCrit VenturesDelta BlockchainFOMO Ventures+12 more
Pharos is a Layer-1 blockchain for real-world asset finance and AI agents, using modular architecture, deep-parallel execution, and dual VM (EVM + WASM) to provide sub-second finality and high throughput.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Alex Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsHack VCFlow TradersFactionMH Ventures
Pi2 Labs builds Fast, a payment system designed for AI agents to transfer money globally with high throughput, agent-to-agent transparency, and instant finality through parallel settlement.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechChampaign, US
Grigore Rosu(Founder)inZhixuan Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Musab Alturki(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCBorderless VentureHypersphere VenturesSamsung Next
Teneo Protocol operates a decentralized network where AI agents can access data, APIs, and on-chain execution, paying per request in USDC via the x402 standard, while community members run nodes to contribute public data and earn rewards.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBorderless VentureRockawayX
Share operates an intelligence and coordination layer that aggregates telco infrastructure — fiber routes, ISPs, CDNs, data centers and subsea cables — into a single network, letting infrastructure providers and bandwidth-dependent businesses buy, sell and trade bandwidth with standardized pricing and SLAs.
B2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsGreenfield
Super Protocol develops confidential computing infrastructure that allows organizations to run AI workloads on sensitive data without exposing data, models, or code to infrastructure providers, collaborators, or themselves.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsStrategxy Ventures LLCV3V Ventures
SuperReturn offers SuperUSD, a fully collateralized stablecoin that generates yield through a cluster of automated agents running onchain strategies across lending markets, real world assets, and funding rate strategies.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Taiko is an open, community-driven project focused on scaling Ethereum.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Daniel Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupFactionIOSG VenturesMapleblock CapitalSancus VenturesToken Bay Capital+7 more
TestMachine provides real-time risk scoring for cryptocurrency tokens across EVM blockchains using autonomous AI agents that analyze contract functions and behaviors.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityNew York, US
ThreeFold operates a live, decentralized computing grid built from three technologies: a bare-metal operating system that turns machines into sovereign nodes, distributed quantum-safe storage, and an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 peer-to-peer overlay network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Concord, US
Gary Lavoie(Executive Officer, Director)Lara Lavoie(Executive Officer, Director)
Walapay provides API infrastructure for cross-border payments, letting businesses issue locally domiciled virtual accounts, move money across fiat currencies and stablecoins, and orchestrate settlement across multiple chains and rails.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Tom Borgers(Founder)in
Co-investorsFigure 8 Investments
XMAQUINA is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that gives members onchain exposure to humanoid robotics companies and related infrastructure across hardware, AI, power, and deployment, via its DEUS token.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechRobotics
Mauricio Z(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainArkStream CapitalBorderless CapitalLD CapitalvVvWaterdrip Capital
xTAO operates infrastructure on the Bittensor decentralized AI network, generating revenue through validator operations, staking rewards, and API licensing while holding TAO tokens as treasury assets.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureGrand Cayman, CA
Kelly Pladson(Executive Officer)Karia Samaroo(Executive Officer, Director)inVictor Teixeira(Executive Officer)
BoardKen Miyachi(Director)Mitchell Demeter(Director)
Co-investorsDepartment of XYZDigital Currency GroupVenture Dept.
YottaLabs provides on-demand, production-ready GPU cloud infrastructure for AI teams, offering GPU pods, virtual machines, serverless scaling, an AI gateway that routes across model providers, and model quantization for training and inference.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsKuCoin Labs
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
aizelFraction AIHolmesaiHyperWspn
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Share · trysignalbase.com · Sep 9, 2026
True North · kalkine.com.au · Aug 17, 2026
XMAQUINA · cryptobriefing.com · May 25, 2026
Parasail · theaiinsider.tech · Apr 16, 2026
Threefold · clareherald.com · Feb 17, 2026
Multiliquid · theventuredept.vc · Jan 14, 2026
Ambios · glavx.org · Dec 14, 2025
AllScale · pulse2.com · Dec 13, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Generative Ventures made?
- Generative Ventures has 44 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Generative Ventures invest at?
- Generative Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Generative Ventures focus on?
- Generative Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Where is Generative Ventures located?
- Generative Ventures is headquartered in Beijing, GB.
- Does Generative Ventures lead rounds?
- Generative Ventures has led 3 of the 9 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Generative Ventures co-invest with?
- Generative Ventures most often shares deals with Borderless Venture, Draper Dragon, Hack VC, among 86 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamFMLS:23 | Executive Interviews | Lex Sokolin | Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Generative Ventures
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