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Hack VC

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 28 people tracked

Also known as HACK VC MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Hack VC combines venture investing with an in-house R&D operation called hack.labs(). This arm is staffed by engineers and quant traders and runs on the firm's own tech platform, making the firm an early user of the products it builds. Its capabilities span on-chain crypto network participation, a venture studio focused on incubating new companies, and a dedicated research division. The emphasis on crypto network participation and technical, quant-driven capabilities signals a focus on crypto and deep technology investments backed by hands-on engineering and research.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$3M
HQ
Palo Alto, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
3 investments
AUM
$822.8M
Tracked investments
224

Team · 28 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Anne Kramer· General Partner
Coleman Miller· General Partner
Jeffrey Grimberg· General Partner
Quinn Rotchford· General Partner
Jeremy Neilson· Executive Officer
Richard Thoms· Executive Officer

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Hack VC went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 98 of 224 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×61Fintech ×45AI & Machine Learning ×35Data & Infrastructure ×25Developer Tools ×25SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×12Cybersecurity ×8

HQs:United States×45United Kingdom×2Costa Rica×1France×1India×1Nigeria×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 46 portfolio companies
63%
solo founders
29 of 46 mapped founding teams
71%
repeat founders
of 49 founders with career history
~1 yr
old at investment
median across 11 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×292 founders×153 founders×14+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 46 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5University of Southern California ×5Brown University ×2Cornell ×2Miami University ×2Stanford University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 45 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×21Business & Management ×12Engineering ×12Finance & Accounting ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×4Economics ×3Humanities ×2Physics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 49 founders with career history

Airbnb ×3Goldman Sachs ×3Docker ×2Facebook ×2MIT Media Lab ×2Mobile Steam Unit ×2Square ×2Stanford University ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

10 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 46 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 2 founders

Investments · 224 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 52024 · 182023 · 42022 · 62021 · 82020 · 12016 · 12015 · 145 dated

Deepsourcedeepsource.ioin𝕏✓ verified

DeepSource is a static application security testing (SAST) platform that analyzes source code to detect security vulnerabilities and code quality issues with minimal false positives.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Sanket Saurav(Co-founder & CEO)Jai Pradeesh(Co-founder & President)

Co-investorsEssence Venture CapitalFundersClubRogue CapitalTango.vc

DeepSourcedeepsource.comin𝕏✓ verified

DeepSource provides developer tools for code quality and security.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sanket Saurav(Co-founder & CEO)inJai Pradeesh(Co-founder, President)in

Co-investorsFundersClubEssence Venture Capital645 VenturesY CombinatorLiquid Ventures

Eclipseeclipse.builders𝕏✓ verified

Eclipse is a Layer 2 blockchain network for Ethereum that runs the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), combining Solana's execution speed with Ethereum's liquidity to support high-throughput decentralized applications.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Neel Somani(Founder)inVijay Chetty(CEO)Terry Chung(Head of Strategy)Ben Livshits(CTO)

Co-investorsDBAFenbushi CapitalMaven 11OKX VenturesPlaceholderPolychain Capital+5 more

Eclipseeclipse.xyz𝕏✓ verified

Eclipse builds an Ethereum Layer 2 network that uses the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) as its execution environment, combining Solana's high-throughput execution with Ethereum's liquidity and security.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Neel Somani(Founder)inVijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)

Co-investorsDBAFenbushi CapitalMaven 11OKX VenturesPlaceholderPolychain Capital+5 more

Fhenixfhenix.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Fhenix is a blockchain research and development company building FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) infrastructure that lets developers run confidential computation on encrypted data in EVM-compatible smart contracts.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Guy Itzhaki(Founder & CEO)inGuy Zyskind(Founder)in

Co-investorsCollider VenturesGSRMulticoin CapitalNode CapitalAmber GroupMH Ventures+14 more

Orderfulorderful.comin𝕏✓ verified

Orderful provides technology for instant electronic data interchange (EDI) connectivity between trading partners, replacing traditional one-by-one connection setups with immediate, always-current integrations for any transaction type.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US

Erik Kiser(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJohn McCarthy(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGregoire Lehmann(Director)inDaniel Ward(Director)David Ulevitch(Director)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzElefundPathbreaker VenturesAnorak VenturesCalm VenturesGaingels+6 more

pharospharosnetwork.xyzin𝕏✓ verified

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-investorsFlow TradersFactionGenerative VenturesMH Ventures

Pharospharos.xyzin𝕏✓ verified

Pharos is a blockchain platform that provides modular infrastructure for real-time, compliant finance onchain, combining institutional-grade financial products with AI agent integration.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Alex Zhang(Founder)inWish Wu(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlow TradersChainlinkSNZ Holding

Pin AIpinai.comin𝕏✓ verified

The company provides a data wallet for personal data ownership and management, alongside AI-powered personal agent cards that deliver automated recommendations without requiring manual user input.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechSector Agnostic

Regan Peng(Founder)in

Co-investorsSymbolic Capital

Superstatesuperstate.comin𝕏✓ verified

Superstate builds tokenization infrastructure that puts securities such as private funds, mutual funds, ETFs, and company shares onchain, connecting them with crypto capital markets for 24/7 trading and DeFi use.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Robert Leshner(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Jim Hiltner(Co-founder & Head of Business Development)inDean Swennumson(Co-founder & Head of Operations)inJon Walch(Head of Engineering)inEmily Coleman(Head of Marketing & Communications)inAlex Zozos(General Counsel)in

Co-investorsHaun Ventures1kxArrington CapitalBain Capital CryptoBrevan Howard DigitalBreyer Capital+10 more

Superstate’ssuperstate.coin𝕏✓ verified

Superstate provides tokenized real-world assets, including legally issued public-company equities and yield-bearing funds, held onchain in investors' own wallets.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Dean Swennumson(Co-founder & Head of Operations)inRobert Leshner(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Jim Hiltner(Co-founder & Head of Business Development)inJon Walch(Head of Engineering)inEmily Coleman(Head of Marketing & Communications)inAlex Zozos(General Counsel)in

Co-investors1kxArrington CapitalCoinFundBain Capital CryptoBrevan Howard DigitalBreyer Capital+13 more

TACtac.buildin𝕏✓ verified

TAC is a blockchain built for Ethereum-based decentralized applications to access TON and Telegram's user base of over 1 billion users.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Co-investorsPaper VenturesSymbolic CapitalBITKRAFT VenturesThe Open Platform

1Money1moneynetwork.comin𝕏

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 CapitalGenerative VenturesProtagonist+2 more

1Money1money.xyz

Brian Shroder(Founder)in

375ai375.ai𝕏

375ai builds a physical-world data layer for AI, deploying edge nodes on urban infrastructure across America to continuously capture and label multimodal data (video, audio, geometry, environment).

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIoT

Co-investors6th Man VenturesEv3 Ventures Llc

375Ai375ai.xyz𝕏

375ai builds a physical-world data layer that captures continuous, labeled multimodal streams (video, audio, geometry, environment) from edge nodes on urban infrastructure across the United States.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechIoT

Across DeFi Seedacross.to𝕏

Across is a blockchain bridge that enables fast token transfers between different blockchain networks.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Hart Lambur(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesParadigmSina HabibianYAP CapitalEspresso Systems

Affinetryalpine.com

Alpine Empower provides cross-border payments, money transfers, and financial solutions for individuals and businesses globally.

Fintech

Co-investorsFJ LabsCoinbase VenturesJump Crypto

Agoraagora.xyz𝕏

Agora builds a governance platform for crypto protocols, enabling onchain community coordination around protocol upgrades and ecosystem funding.

Crypto & Web3GovTech

Yitong Zhang(Founder)Jarrah Kandeh(Founder)inNick van Eck(CEO)in

Co-investorsAlephAlphaLab CapitalCaladanDragonflyHaun VenturesInsight Partners+6 more

Alignedaligned.xyz

Mark Mirra(Founder)in

AltLayeraltlayer.io𝕏

AltLayer provides infrastructure and autonomous agents for building intelligent applications on decentralized blockchain networks, including services for AI model access, DeFi integration, and rollup deployment.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

BoardBalaji Srinivasan

Co-investorsBankless VenturesBollinger Investment GroupBreyer CapitalIOSG VenturesMoonhill CapitalTRGC+4 more

Amber Groupambergroup.io

Amber Group is a digital assets investment and portfolio management firm that serves institutional and individual investors with trading, liquidity provision, and infrastructure solutions for crypto and Web3 projects.

Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG

Wayne Huo(Founder)Michael Wu(Co-Founder and CEO)

Co-investorsBase PartnersCoinbase VenturesDCM VenturesDigital Finance GroupDragonflyFenbushi Capital+5 more

Anchorageanchorage.comin𝕏

Anchorage Digital is a global cryptocurrency platform providing institutions with custody, staking, trading, governance, and settlement services, along with security infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Diogo Mónica(Co-Founder and President)inNathan McCauley(CEO and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGICa16z cryptoAmplify PartnersBlockchain CapitalDelta Blockchain+13 more

Archimedesarchimedes.xyzFeb 2023 · $4.9M

A leverage protocol using the Ethereum blockchain.

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCogitent VenturesDecisive PointDetroit Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesGeneral Catalyst+1 more

August Digitalaugustdigital.xyz

An institutional-grade crypto platform.

Axisaxis.toin𝕏

Axis provides risk-managed yield generation on USD, Bitcoin, and gold holdings, using delta-neutral arbitrage strategies to deliver returns without market volatility exposure.

Crypto & Web3Deep TechFintech

Chris Kim(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inJimmy Xue(Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer)Changsung Kim(Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer)inJustin Im(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Ashwin Khosa(Chief Strategy Officer)

Co-investorsMaven 11

Babylonbabylonlabs.ioin𝕏

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+9 more

Beraberachain.com𝕏

Berachain is a Layer 1 blockchain network built around a Proof of Liquidity mechanism that directs block reward emissions as non-dilutive growth capital to ecosystem applications in exchange for revenue sharing with the network and tokenholders.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Smokey the Bera(Founder)

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalArrington CapitalBorderless VentureCaladanCVP NoLimitHash3 Capital+13 more

BetDEXbetdex.comNov 2021

BetDEX is a Solana-based decentralised sports betting exchange founded by former FanDuel executives.

Claymont, US

Nigel Eccles(Director)Varun Sudhakar(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors6th Man VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMantis CapitalMulticoin CapitalParadigmRyze Labs+2 more

Bitwavebitwave.xyzDec 2022 · $15M

A leading enterprise solution for crypto tax, accounting and compliance.

Amy Kalnoki(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalSignalFire

Blocknativeblocknative.com𝕏Acquired

Blocknative builds blockchain data infrastructure, including Gas Network and tools for transaction efficiency, mempool visibility, transaction orchestration, block building, and MEV auctions, serving protocol teams, wallet builders, and institutions.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsTiburon, US

Matt Cutler(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesFenbushi CapitalIDEO CoLab VenturesIOSG Ventures+3 more

Blocknativeblocknative.ioAcquired

Allows users to access best-in-class observability on chain.

Co-investorsRho VenturesBlockchain CapitalFenbushi CapitalFoundryIndustry VenturesIOSG Ventures+1 more

Blockstreetblockstreet.xyzin𝕏
Boba Networkboba.networkin𝕏Apr 2022

Boba Network is a hybrid blockchain and Layer 2 scaling solution built on Ethereum that provides off-chain data and compute, letting developers build dApps that connect to off-chain APIs at lower transaction costs.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Alan Chiu(Founder)in

Co-investorsD1 VenturesGhaf Capital PartnersTheVentureCityVentureSouqAlphanonceDeFi Technologies+6 more

Boost Insuranceboostinsurance.com

Boost operates an API-based insurance platform that packages compliance, carrier capital, and technology infrastructure so companies can launch and manage insurance programs.

FintechInsurTechSaaSNew York, US

Alex Maffeo(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inLuke Ledbetter(Director)Jared Hyatt(Director)

BoardAndrew Lerner(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsIA Capital GroupRRE VenturesTusk Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementConversion CapitalFIN VC+4 more

Brevan Howard Digitalbrevanhoward.cominApr 2024 · $100M

Brevan Howard manages investment funds; the provided page only contains legal disclaimers about investment risk and does not describe the firm's business in usable detail.

Fintech

Co-investorsMirana VenturesFramework VenturesHashkey CapitalPolychain CapitalSamsung Next

Carketacarketa.cominNov 2021 · $6M

Carketa is a software platform for car dealerships that provides vehicle sourcing, real-time appraisal and valuation, competitor inventory analysis, reconditioning task management, inventory tracking, and market-based pricing.

Mobility & TransportationRetail TechSaaSPleasant Grove, US

Jason Berry(President and Secretary)inBrady Thurgood(Chief Executive Officer)inKeith Sorenson(Chief Financial Officer)James Feuille(Director)

Co-investorsOrigin VenturesCapital ElevenCrosslink Capital

Cegacega.xyz

Building the next evolution in DeFi derivatives focused on exotic options.

Co-investorsPantera CapitalAlameda ResearchCoinbase VenturesDragonflyRobot Ventures

Chateauchateau.xyz

Connects DeFi users with institutional-grade RWAs.

Chatwootchatwoot.comin𝕏

Chatwoot is an open-source customer communication platform that enables businesses to manage customer interactions across multiple channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Pranav Raj(Founder)inSojan Jose(Founder)inNithin

Co-investorsY CombinatorGoat CapitalUncorrelated Ventures

Conduitconduit.appin

Conduit provides AI agents for hospitality brands that handle guest communication across email, WhatsApp, OTAs, social channels, and phone calls, and automate internal operations across a company's existing tools.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Cole R.(Founder)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementUnpopular VenturesY CombinatorPi LabsAltos VenturesBankless Ventures+8 more

Consensysconsensys.ioin𝕏

Consensys builds a vertically integrated platform for decentralized finance, offering consumer wallet applications, developer infrastructure, blockchain APIs, and protocol-level software that manage the full onchain transaction lifecycle.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US

Joseph Lubin(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDVC+17 more

CoW Protocolcowprotocol.xyzin

Helps users find the lowest price for trades across exchanges and aggregators.

Co-investorsConsenSys MeshBlockchain CapitalEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.

Cowlarcowlar.comSep 2016Defunct

Cowlar makes wearable monitoring devices that attach to dairy cows' necks to track temperature, activity, and behavior, providing farmers with alerts and recommendations to improve reproduction rates, detect disease, increase milk yield, and prevent theft.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningMemphis, US

Umer Adnan(Founder/President & CEO)inUmer Ilyas(Founder)inHussam Jawed(Director)

BoardChris Carr(Director)

Co-investorsY Combinator

Crusoe Energycrusoe.aiin𝕏

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergyDenver, US

Cully Cavness(Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer)inChase Lochmiller(Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAdvaita CapitalAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAvenir Growth Capital+34 more

Decryptdecrypt.xyz

A web3 media company and creative studio.

Demox Labsdemoxlabs.xyzin𝕏Mar 2022

Crypto company building privacy-preserving public blockchain products, with the stated aim of improving global payments.

Walnut Creek, US

Barron Caster(Executive Officer, Director)inEvan Marshall(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsArctic DigitalCoinbase VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Amplify Partners CV

Dinaridinari.comin𝕏May 2025 · $12.7M

Dinari provides tokenized stocks and ETFs (dShares) that combine traditional equity securities with blockchain-based digital assets, serving financial institutions like neobanks, fintechs, brokerages, and institutional traders across 85+ jurisdictions.

Crypto & Web3FintechPalo Alto, US

Gabriel Otte(Executive Officer, Director)inAltay MalazgirtinJake Timothyin

Co-investors500 GlobalAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)F-Prime CapitalSancus VenturesSilvermine CapitalBlockchange Ventures+1 more

Donutdonut.comin𝕏Nov 2025 · $15M

Donut offers a Slack-based tool aimed at improving employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity within teams.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Dan Manian(CEO & Cofounder)inJeff Manian(CTO & Cofounder)in

Co-investorsAccelDesigner FundAltos VenturesBloomberg BetaMakers FundSky9 Capital

Donutdonut.xyz

The world's first agentic crypto browser.

Eaglebrookeaglebrook.xyzin

Provides crypto solutions for institutions.

Christopher King(Founder)in

Co-investorsBrewer Lane VenturesCastle Island VenturesFranklin Templeton

EigenLayereigenlayer.xyz𝕏

EigenCloud is a developer platform providing cryptographic trust primitives for applications and AI agents through verifiable computation, inference, and data availability backed by slashable stake on EigenLayer.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Sreeram Kannan(Founder)in

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBloccelerate VC+20 more

Elixirelixir.xyz

A modular DPoS network built to power orderbook liquidity.

Co-investorsMaelstromManifold VenturesMysten Labs

Enable Usenableus.comin𝕏Dec 2021 · $4.5MAcquired

Enable Us provides buyer enablement capabilities that allow customers to view tailored content, get answers, and make purchases.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Jinal Jhaveri(CEO & Co-founder)inAdam Pearson(Sales & Co-founder)inAndrey Bolaños(CTO & Co-founder)inGalen Li(CPO & Co-founder)inLynn Pietryga(CCO)

Co-investorsRuna CapitalY CombinatorFresco CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalRebel Fund

EthSign Web3ethsign.xyz

Potter(Houyao) Li(Founder)in

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesEmooteIOSG Ventures

Exabits Tokenising GPU Powerexabits.ai

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 VenturesGenerative VenturesLBANK Labs+4 more

Featherless (Recursal AI)featherless.ai

Featherless.ai provides a single API for accessing over 40,000 open-source AI models, including DeepSeek, Kimi, and GLM, without requiring setup or self-hosting.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Eugene Cheah(Founder)in

Co-investorsFjor FoundersKickstart VenturesOakseed VenturesPanache VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementWavemaker Partners

Fhenixfhenix.xyzJun 2024 · $15M

Building the first Fully Homomorphic Encryption-powered L2.

Guy Zyskind(Founder)inGuy Itzhakiin

Co-investorsBankless VenturesIOSG VenturesNode CapitalAmber GroupCollider VenturesGSR+5 more

Figment Capitalfigmentcapital.ioin𝕏Oct 2024

Figment Capital is a Web3 investment fund that backs teams building blockchain infrastructure, on-chain markets, and consumer crypto applications.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsMirana VenturesBankless VenturesFenbushi CapitalPerridon VenturesRobot Ventures

Other

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

Metatech Holdings0GAligned LayerAlloyxArchimedes 1D498Asymmetric Labs MetadropAvalancheBerachain Eeb82Bitwave 9C0EfBlock StreetBybit Fintech LimitedCoindcxConsensys 96DcaCrusoeCrusoe Energy Systems IncDelvDexterityEaglebrook Advisors 569AcEreborEthsign F9333ExabitsExponentialExponential 334F4Featherless AIFractalGlueGrassGravity MarketsGravity Markets Fa9DcGuild C8A42Helium 6B317HyperdriveImgnai F805DIo NetIO.Net Accessible, cheap compute AIJasper 9Fe4DLayer 2 Financial 3BcaaM 0 Aff15M^0MetadropMkrMonkeytiltMoonwalk FitnessMyx A6740Nava AINebulousNonCoNonco 4A169OplePerpetualPerpetual ProtocolPerpetual Protocol 81C4BPixel Ca04ARailRecursal Ai 81B86Republic 041B0RioRio NetworkRitual 772F7SepanaSignSummer Edb27

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24 more tracked companies

Superstate 0B248SxSX NetworkSx Network Cca39SymbiosisTACTariTari 36C2CTerraceTerraceTerrace 673A7TheoTheoriqTrue MarketsTrust & WillVariationalVeridiseVeridiseVertexVertex Protocol 1Abe4vfatZamaZero GravityZero Gravity

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 8

8 acquisitions · showing 2

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Hack VC made?
Hack VC has 224 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited, including 13 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Hack VC invest at?
Hack VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Hack VC's typical check size?
Hack VC typically writes checks of $3M.
What sectors does Hack VC focus on?
Hack VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech.
Where is Hack VC located?
Hack VC is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Does Hack VC lead rounds?
Hack VC typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Hack VC co-invest with?
Hack VC most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Dragonfly, among 240 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 136

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
Paradigm

Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.

$1M – $100M
Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm that pioneered early crypto funds in the U.S., offering exposure through venture equity, early-stage tokens, and liquid tokens.

$5M – $100M
Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Dragonfly

Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment firm comprising Dragonfly Ventures, Dragonfly Liquid, and Metastable, an early crypto hedge fund it acquired. It invests in and researches blockchain, tokens, and crypto companies.

$3M – $30M
Polychain Capital

Polychain is an investment firm that actively manages portfolios of blockchain-based digital assets, aiming to deliver strong returns for its investors.

$100K – $10M
Multicoin Capital

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on cryptoassets, tokens, and blockchain companies, managing a hedge fund and several venture funds across public and private markets.

Both backed · 9
$1M – $50M
ParaFi Capital

ParaFi Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm operating across public and private markets, focused on financial technology and capital markets innovation, including digital assets.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

$1.7M – $87M
Blockchain Capital

Blockchain Capital is a venture firm that has partnered with crypto builders since 2013, investing across the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.

$25K – $200K
CoinFund

CoinFund is a crypto-focused investment firm that backs and partners with companies building open, decentralized technology across finance, infrastructure, and AI.

$6M – $10M
Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
124 more co-investors

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