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Greenfield

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New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 20 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Greenfield is a European crypto investment firm that provides long-term backing to early-stage developer teams. It focuses on projects working toward an open, decentralized, and more robust architecture for the future of the web, framing its mission around transforming the internet itself.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
New York, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Founded
2026
Tracked investments
42
Unicorns
1

Team · 20 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Christian Zimmermann· Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Anies Khan· Associate
Christian Braun· Director IT
Dennis Unruh· VP Finance & Operations
Henry Krause· Analyst
Johann Basnakowski· Fullstack Software Engineer
Mateusz Dominiak· Data Scientistin

What they invest in

from 36 of 42 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×29Fintech ×17AI & Machine Learning ×7Data & Infrastructure ×7Cybersecurity ×6Cloud Computing ×3Consumer ×3Enterprise Software ×3

HQs:United States×4United Kingdom×3Germany×2Portugal×1

Investments · 42 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2023 · 22021 · 12018 · 14 dated

1inch1inch.ioin𝕏

1inch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for crypto users, offering token swaps through a DEX aggregator with intent-based and cross-chain functionality, MEV protection, and wallet security features.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Sergej Kunz(Founder)in

Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+12 more

Arciumarcium.com𝕏

Arcium operates a decentralized network for confidential computing that uses Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) to execute computations without exposing input data.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity

Yannik Schrade(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LongHash VenturesSMAPE CapitalJump Crypto

Arweavearweave.orgin𝕏

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)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAdvanced BlockchainAndreessen HorowitzArrington Capital+24 more

Bitcoinosbitcoinos.buildin𝕏

Bitcoin OS (BOS) is a blockchain infrastructure layer that enables zero-knowledge proofs on Bitcoin, allowing the network to perform smart contract functions without requiring a code fork.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

Edan Yago(Founder)inElan Nahari(Head of BD & Ops)in

Co-investorsSilvermine Capital

Brahmabrahma.fi𝕏

Brahma provides infrastructure that abstracts user accounts, capital orchestration, and settlement so developers can build apps and agents running onchain or across onchain and offchain systems.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Cansativacansativa.dein

Cansativa is a wholesaler of medical cannabis, supplying pharmacies, industry, and public-sector partners with cannabis products across its brands (N!CE, AMICI, Peace Naturals, Lit).

B2B MarketplacesBiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsCasa Verde CapitalAlluti GmbHArgonautic Ventures

Celocelo.org𝕏

Celo is a blockchain network designed for stablecoin payments and global financial transactions, positioned as a Layer 2 solution built on Ethereum's ecosystem.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoCoinbase VenturesFuture Perfect VenturesValor Capital GroupAndreessen Horowitz+1 more

Centrifugecentrifuge.ioin𝕏Feb 2018

Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)inMarkus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlockchain CoinvestorsBlueYard Capital+17 more

Colonycolony.io𝕏

Colony offers a DeFi payment suite for teams and DAOs, supporting batch payments, streaming salaries, fund splitting, milestone-based escrow, and crypto-to-fiat off-ramping.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsContinue CapitalTsingTech VenturesBixin VenturesGBV CapitalShima Capital

Dapper Labsdapperlabs.comin𝕏

Dapper Labs is a venture studio building products and communities at the intersection of culture and emerging technology, focused on digital ownership, data control, and decentralized platforms for creators and collectors.

ConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Sector AgnosticVancouver

Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)inDieter Shirley(Founder)inMikhael Naayem(Executive Officer)inJody Rebak(Executive Officer)in

BoardDavid Pakman(Director)inAlex Shih(Director)

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAppWorks VenturesChaos VenturesChapter One+40 more

DressXdressx.comin𝕏Mar 2023 · $15M

DRESSX builds an AI suite for fashion, including virtual try-on, AI Twin creation, and AI styling tools that let shoppers see garments on themselves before buying.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech

ShapovalovaDaria Shapovalova(Co-founder)inNatalia Modenova(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonHartmann CapitalOne Way VenturesThe Artemis FundUnlock Venture PartnersRed Dao+2 more

EtherMailethermail.ioin𝕏

EtherMail builds an email infrastructure platform for Web3 users, enabling decentralized inbox ownership and control.

AdTechCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Marketing TechSaaS

BoardHeinrichin

Co-investorsBlockchain Valley Ventures, LlcDraper AssociatesFabric VenturesMS&AD VenturesVictus CapitalcLabs

flowtyflowty.io𝕏

Flowty is an NFT marketplace focused on trading and selling digital collectibles, particularly NBA Top Shot and NFL All Day NFTs, with features including low fees, bulk listing capabilities, and fair market value (FMV) pricing tools.

Marketplaces

Michael Levy(Founder)in

Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupLattice CapitalRed Beard VenturesDapper LabsGreenfield One

Foundation Devicesfoundationdevices.comin𝕏

Foundation Devices manufactures Passport Prime, a hardware device designed to secure Bitcoin, two-factor authentication codes, security keys, and other sensitive digital assets.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardware

Co-investorsInflection.xyzKube VC

Gattacagattaca.comin𝕏

Gattaca builds and operates high-performance blockchain infrastructure that delivers blockspace, handling transaction routing, block construction, and delivery across the on-chain supply chain.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechLondon, GB

Philip Gasslander(Founder)in

Co-investorsBankless VenturesLemniscap

Gnosis Safegnosis-safe.io𝕏

Safe provides smart contract wallets on Ethereum and other networks, using multisignature setups that distribute access control across multiple owners with features like spending limits, approval thresholds, role-based access, transaction simulation, and recovery guardians.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Martin Köppelmann(Founder)in

Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesDigital Currency Group1kxA&T CapitalBlockchain Capital+7 more

Keyringkeyring.networkin𝕏

Keyring builds on-chain financial infrastructure for fixed income markets, providing three core products to address compliance, insurance, settlement, and governance barriers.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsUDHCEberg Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Kima VenturesMotier Ventures

Layer3layer3.xyz𝕏

Layer3 is a crypto platform where users create wallets, discover protocols, complete onchain tasks to earn rewards (CUBEs), trade, and stake L3 tokens for governance and boosted rewards.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3St. Peters, US

Dariya Khojasteh(Cofounder)inBrandon Kumar(Founder)in

Co-investors6th Man VenturesBitDAOElectric CapitalGD1King River CapitalLattice Capital+7 more

Liquityliquity.orgin𝕏

Liquity is a decentralized finance protocol that enables borrowing against crypto collateral with minimal requirements.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Robert Lauko(Founder)inRick Pardoe(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxA.Capital VenturesIOSG VenturesLemniscapPantera Capital+3 more

Liquoriceliquorice.tech𝕏

Liquorice is a DeFi platform that connects solvers, market makers, and liquidity providers through a unified API and creates overcollateralized lending markets for professional trading firms.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Anatoly Mukhin(Founder)in

Co-investorsPolymorphic Capital

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(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+36 more

Nymnymtech.net𝕏

Nym develops a decentralized privacy network (mixnet) that routes internet traffic through multiple nodes to anonymize user metadata and activities.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityLondon, GB

Harry Halpin(CEO and Chairman of Scientific Board)inAlexis Roussel(Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBinance Labs1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoDanu Ventures+3 more

Opolisopolis.coApr 2021 · $6.6M

Opolis is a member-owned digital employment cooperative that provides independent professionals — primarily S-Corp and C-Corp operators — with W-2 payroll, group health and retirement benefits, and tax compliance handling.

FintechFuture of WorkHR TechDenver, US

John Paller(Executive Officer, Director)inJoshua Lapidus(Founder)in

BoardJonathan Kestenbaum(Director)Woodson Hobbs(Director)

Co-investorsConsenSys MeshDraper AssociatesRed Beard VenturesUDHCNear FoundationPolygon Ventures

Panopticpanoptic.xyzin𝕏

Panoptic is an onchain DeFi protocol for perpetual options — options without expiry dates — built on Uniswap liquidity, letting traders deploy leveraged options strategies and depositors earn yield through curator-managed vaults.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBig Brain HoldingsCoinbase VenturesDivergencegumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)SevenX Ventures

PEAQ Tokenpeaq.xyz𝕏

peaq provides a blockchain-based stack that lets robots and machines operate as autonomous economic actors, enabling them to be financed, transact, and function as investible assets.

Crypto & Web3IoTRobotics

Max Thake(Founder)in

Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBloom / Giesen Family OfficeBorderless VentureFOMO VenturesTruth Ventures

Rebindrebind.coin𝕏

Rebind is a savings app that gives consumers access to internet-native (crypto stablecoin) money markets, offering yield in EUR and USD with auto-compounding balances.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBlockwall

Sedaseda.xyzin𝕏

SEDA provides always-on oracle infrastructure that delivers low-latency data feeds across equities, commodities, indices, pre-IPO companies, prediction market outcomes, and custom assets.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Peter M.(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockwallCoinFundFigmentMaven 11Reciprocal Ventures

Selfself.xyz𝕏

Self builds privacy-preserving identity and verification infrastructure, including zero-knowledge proof technology for human and AI verification.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise Software

Rene Reinsberg(Co-founder & CEO)Rémi Colin(Co-founder & VP Engineering)Marek Olszewski(Co-founder & CTO)Birju Shah(Co-founder & COO)Eric Nakagawa(Co-founder & Open Source)Florent Tavernier(Co-founder & Researcher)

Shareshare.incin

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-investorsGenerative Ventures

Shopagenticshopagentic.comin𝕏

ShopAgentic builds AI agent technology to power commerce operations, serving merchants and commerce teams across Germany, neighboring countries, and Europe.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaSBerlin, DE

Co-investorsMay VenturesTomahawk.VC

Spectraspectra.finance𝕏

Spectra is a permissionless, on-chain protocol for yield tokenization that splits yield-bearing assets into tradable principal and yield tokens, letting users access fixed-rate yield, trade interest rates, or earn on liquidity.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

StakeWisestakewise.io𝕏

StakeWise is a non-custodial Ethereum staking protocol that lets users stake ETH to receive the liquid staking token osETH and earn daily rewards without lockups.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsCollider VenturesBlockdaemongumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)

Stroomstroom.network𝕏Sep 2023 · $3.5M

Stroom generates native Bitcoin yield through the Lightning Network, allowing users to earn returns by staking.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsLemniscapSMAPE CapitalUnicorn Factory VenturesCogitent Ventures

The Fabricantthefabricant.comin

The Fabricant develops AI-powered design tools for fashion professionals to streamline the digital design workflow, from concept creation to production-ready visualization.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyRetail TechSaaS

Co-investors4impact capitalBorski FundGreenfield OneKoji CapitalRed DaoSlingshot+2 more

Yield Guild Gamesyieldguild.io𝕏

YGG Play is a publisher of casual games built on blockchain technology, connecting game studios with players and communities in the cryptocurrency gaming space.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Gabby Dizon(Founder)in

Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAscensive AssetsAtelierBitkraft Esports Ventures+11 more

Zhartazharta.ioin𝕏

Zharta is an on-chain credit protocol that lets institutions structure fixed-rate, customizable loans, using real-world assets, securities, or other digital assets as collateral.

Crypto & Web3FintechLisbon, PT

Pedro Granate(Founder)in

Co-investorsShilling VCGreenfield OneOlisipo WayPossible Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

CowSwapgoodcarbonNovaRockawayX portfolio company: Idle FinanceSemanticlayerSovryn Credit & Lending

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures

as of Dec 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Greenfield Acquisition Partners VII, L.P.LPs: Texas Municipal Retirement System13.2%1.86x1.82x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Greenfield made?
Greenfield has 42 tracked investments.
What stage does Greenfield invest at?
Greenfield invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Greenfield focus on?
Greenfield focuses on Crypto & Web3.
Where is Greenfield located?
Greenfield is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Greenfield lead rounds?
Greenfield typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Episode 84 - Jascha Samadi (Greenfield One) - How Venture Capital in Crypto works: Investing in Web3

The Wall Street Lab · Jascha Samadi

Images

Greenfield photo

Co-investors · 10

Fabric Ventures

Fabric is a thesis-driven venture firm that backs companies from inception, having invested in 196 companies to date.

$300K
Electric Capital

Electric Capital is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2018 that backs founders building trust-minimized technologies across AI, crypto, fintech, and related sectors.

Both backed · 3
$1M – $20M
Techstars

Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.

Both backed · 1
$220K
Sound Ventures

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.

Both backed · 1
cLabs

cLabs is a Berlin-based organization working to build a regenerative digital economy aimed at broad-based prosperity. It operates as a technology builder rather than a traditional investment firm.

Both backed · 1
Haun Ventures

Haun Ventures backs founders building the future of finance, investing from seed to scale in teams applying decentralized technology to reshape the global economy.

$1M – $100M
Robot Ventures

Robot Ventures is a $75M early-stage crypto fund founded and led by Robert Leshner (Compound) and Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), who actively run major DeFi companies while managing the fund, giving founders direct access to operators at the center of on-chain markets. The fund specializes in backing highly technical crypto primitives at the pre-seed stage before they become marquee names, leveraging deep quant research expertise to evaluate complex DeFi mechanisms that many generalist VCs struggle to understand.

$100K – $1M
SID Venture Partners

SID Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders by combining capital with the engineering expertise and business-development resources of a group of leading software companies.

$200K
Quantstamp

Quantstamp is a web3 security firm providing smart contract audits, managed security services, and blockchain security research, along with an insurance product (Chainproof) that protects against smart contract hacks and slashing risks.

$2M – $22M

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