Tokyo · Seed–Series B · 17 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Hyperithm combines quantitative digital asset trading with venture investing across the Web3 ecosystem. As a self-described Web3 evangelist, it backs rising teams by offering strategic access to the Japanese and Korean markets. Its venture portfolio spans L1/L2 blockchains, infrastructure, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and emerging asset managers, all positioned to drive growth of the broader Web3 ecosystem. On the trading side, it applies algorithmic and high-frequency market-neutral strategies built on custom Rust infrastructure, using diversified arbitrage and rigorous risk management to pursue consistent returns while protecting capital.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Hyperithm went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 37 of 98 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×32Fintech ×21AI & Machine Learning ×11Data & Infrastructure ×6Gaming ×5Deep Tech ×4Developer Tools ×4Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×8India×1Japan×1Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×63 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ×2University of Oxford ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×5Engineering ×5Business & Management ×4Economics ×3Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 19 founders with career history
AT&T ×2Goldman Sachs ×2
Investments · 98 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12020 · 12017 · 13 dated
Kaito.ai is an AI-powered Web3 information platform combining crypto-native search, market intelligence and attention data.
Seattle, US
Yunzhong He(Founder)Yu Hu(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladan
Ammalgam is a decentralized lending exchange (DLEX) that combines trading and lending in a single DeFi protocol, letting users lend, trade, and leverage any asset without oracles through Dual Purpose Pools.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFactionMarin Digital Ventures
Best in Slot is a Bitcoin data aggregator and open-source indexing platform for BRC20, BRC2.0, Runes and ordinals collections.
Co-investorsSora Ventures
Bezant Technologies builds a trading platform that uses machine learning and data science to predict market behavior across multiple digital assets.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechNew York, US
Nicolas Kseib(Co-founder & Managing Partner)inDhruv Singh(Co-founder & Equity Partner)Stephen Parlett(CIO)in
Blockchain gaming company behind Hunters On Chain and the BOOM token; announced its closure in January 2026.
Hannibal Soares(Founder)in
BSQ Capital Partners is a multi-strategy alternative investment firm investing across private equity, credit, and real estate, with a focus on Asian and US markets.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintech
David(Founding Partner)Patrick(Founding Partner)Yong(Founding Partner)
Bunzz provides a platform for developers to find, deploy, and manage reviewed smart contracts across EVM-compatible blockchains via a GUI, along with an AI-based smart contract audit service and LLM-powered contract documentation generation.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsAPOLLO CAPITALDG Daiwa Venturesmint VCSpiral Ventures
Camp Network is a Layer-1 blockchain for intellectual property infrastructure, providing a global IP registry that lets users own and monetize their IP and enables AI agents to train on user-owned IP.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
James Chi(Founder)inNirav Murthy(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockchain CapitalEterna CapitalMarin Digital VenturesOnePiece Labs+6 more
Canza Finance is a Web3 company combining DeFi, crypto-assets, and traditional financial infrastructure to provide financial products for individuals and businesses in Africa and other emerging markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Pascal Ntsama IV(Co-founder & CEO)inOyedeji Oluwoye(Co-founder & CMO)in
Co-investorsAdaverseFenbushi CapitalFlori VenturesMapleblock CapitalStratified CapitalBixin Ventures+3 more
Cap is a three-sided onchain platform for USD yield, private credit and financial guarantees, headquartered in New York.
New York, US
Benjamin Sarquis Peillard(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalBreedCaladanFlowdeskFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Paper Ventures+5 more
UK-registered company whose stated line of business is the construction of water projects.
Concrete provides on-chain financial infrastructure that generates yield on crypto assets across multiple blockchains, using automated vault strategies that allocate, rebalance, and compound returns across DeFi opportunities.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsHypersphere VenturesPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)
Cork provides an onchain programmable risk primitive that lets AI agents underwrite, price, and deploy risk across crypto assets, offering tokenized coverage against illiquidity and depeg events.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
ether.fi offers non-custodial crypto financial products, including staking, DeFi strategy vaults for ETH, BTC, and stablecoins, and a cashback debit card usable at over 100 million locations with no credit checks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Rok Kopp(Founder)inMike Silagadze(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalChapter OneCoinFundCollider VenturesDraper DragonFjor Founders+15 more
FLock.io is a decentralised AI training platform that combines federated learning with blockchain-based verification, letting enterprises and communities build privacy-preserving AI models without moving or exposing raw data.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Jiahao Sun(Founder)in
Co-investorsARKN venturesCandaq Fintech GroupDigital Currency GroupFactionInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)TRGC
Cross-platform gaming discovery platform offering game guides, reviews, news, deals and player rewards through one unified profile.
Mostafa Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsWWVentures
Gluon is a blockchain protocol that splits yield-bearing assets into separate yield and principal components, and offers an AMM designed for yield trading with concentrated liquidity and a dual fee structure.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
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-investorsCatcherVCPuzzle VenturesCrypto com Capital
INTMAX is a stateless Layer 2 protocol on Ethereum that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable confidential, low-cost, and scalable payments while keeping user data off-chain and preserving self-custody.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAPOLLO CAPITALTRGC
JPYC Inc. is a Tokyo-based issuer of a regulated Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin used for payments and settlement.
Noritaka Okabe(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanal VenturesGlobal BrainIyogin CapitalJR WEST INNOVATIONS
Issues 'JPYC', a Japanese-yen-denominated stablecoin using blockchain.
Noritaka Okabe(Founder)in
Co-investorsi-nest capital
Kemet builds a portfolio, execution and risk management platform for institutional trading firms operating in digital asset derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Ash Ashmawy(Co-founder)inChris(Co-founder)
Co-investorsFlow TradersFurther Ventures
Interactive streaming platform bridging the gap between actors, filmmakers and Hollywood.
Redmond, US
Mahak Garg(Director)Karan Varshney(Director)Saumya Yadav(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsA100X VenturesBlockchain Founders CapitalLightning CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund
Lighter is a zero-knowledge rollup built on Ethereum that enables high-speed, low-cost onchain trading through cryptographic proofs of order matching and liquidations.
Crypto & Web3FintechCambridge, US
Vladimir Novakovski(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Fox(Executive Officer, Director)Micah Risk(Executive Officer)Ronald Pastore(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSusan E Vitka(Director)Lisa Feria(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntiChapter OneCleo CapitalCoatue Management+13 more
LOCKON is a crypto investment product that builds automated, on-chain index tokens by analyzing over 1 billion wallet addresses and tracking the best-performing ones, with frequent automated rebalancing.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Turkish investment app offering commission-free Turkish equity trading plus US equities, funds and crypto to 3.5m+ users.
Co-investors6th Man VenturesCathay InnovationCoinbase VenturesLattice CapitalNIVRRE Ventures
MyShell is an AI platform for creating images, portraits, filters, and short videos, including a product called MyShell Art with a graphical interface aimed at casual users and digital creators.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator Economy
Co-investorsBankless VenturesChronos VenturesD1 VenturesINCE CapitalInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)Maven 11+5 more
The page describes "Fict One Occultical," presented as the first universe built on a "Collaborative Entertainment" formula intended to scale and evolve.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsArcane GroupSaison Capital
Oasys is a gaming-focused blockchain built by gaming industry veterans, designed with user experience at its core through features like zero gas fees and fast transaction finality.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechGaming
Co-investorsCeras VenturesDigital Finance GroupFenbushi CapitalNonagonSerafund1984 Ventures Management, Llc+5 more
Openfabric AI is building a decentralized platform for AI services, aimed at connecting AI agents and letting network participants contribute computing power for AI execution and training.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Pacific Meta is a Japanese consulting group that supports companies with Web3 and blockchain business development, from strategy design through development and operations.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechTokyo, JP
Kousei Sho(Co-Founder)inKazuhito Azechi(Co-Founder)inKousei Sho (Hongcheng Shao)(Founder)inYusuke Miyake(Co-Founder)Shota Iwasaki(代表取締役 (Representative Director / CEO))in
Co-investors15th RockDIMENSIONEast Ventures
Paima Studios builds onchain games and the Paima Engine, a framework for developing fully on-chain Web3 games and "Stateful NFTs" where game state lives on the blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGaming
PlayEmber develops and publishes casual mobile and console games across iOS, Android, Roblox, and Nintendo Switch, combining gameplay with consumer finance features that let users earn and save while playing.
ConsumerFintechGaming
Hugo Furneauxin
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalFermionFOMO Ventures
Plume is a crypto-native platform that distributes real-world assets (RWA) as blockchain-based financial instruments.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBreedHaun VenturesReciprocal VenturesSerafundAENU+5 more
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Sei is a high-performance EVM Layer 1 blockchain built for trading and digital asset markets, featuring onchain order books and the Autobahn multi-proposer consensus mechanism.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Jayendra Jog(Founder)in
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCogitent VenturesCVP NoLimitHypersphere VenturesMapleblock Capital+3 more
Ethereum-based privacy infrastructure letting existing dApps add zero-knowledge transaction privacy without migrating liquidity.
Co-investorsSora Ventures
Soarchain operates a DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) network that turns vehicles into connected, real-time data hubs via a plug-in device (Soarchain Mini) and app, letting drivers securely share anonymized vehicle data and earn crypto rewards.
Crypto & Web3IoTMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsCogitent Ventures
Ryan C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBlockchain CapitalFermionFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Impossible FinanceIOSG Ventures+3 more
Sunspear Games develops IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre, a real-time strategy video game featuring multiple playable factions and a supporting player community.
Gaming
Co-investorsArca FundsVarys CapitalBlocktower Capital
Superfluid builds a blockchain protocol that lets digital assets settle continuously in real-time streams rather than as discrete transactions, and is developing Superfluid Wallet for humans and AI agents to transact together.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
ZhiCheng "Miao" Miao(Founder)in
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupBR CapitalDivergenceEterna CapitalFabric VenturesMMC Ventures+2 more
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Superwalk is a move-to-earn fitness app that rewards users for walking, jogging, and running, offering a basic points-based pedometer mode and a blockchain-based pro mode using NFT shoes.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Wellness & Fitness
Tim Kim(CEO)
Supra is a technology company providing cross-border B2B payment and collection services for importers and exporters.
Co-investorsHTwentyVarys CapitalAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesFaculty GroupFar Out Ventures+6 more
Supra provides blockchain oracle services that deliver data feeds to smart contracts and decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsWashington, US
Jonathan Nelms(Managing Member)in
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBitDAOCastrum CapitalCoinbase VenturesCVP NoLimitDeepTech Ventures+7 more
Trouble Punk develops TROUBLE PUNK: CYBER GALZ, a free-to-play battle royale game with an inflation-free play-and-earn token model.
Typus Finance is a decentralized trading platform on the Sui blockchain offering perpetuals and options trading with yield products such as liquidity supply (TLP) and options vaults.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
UMOJA DeFi is a US company working in decentralized finance and Web3.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investors500 GlobalK Street CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund
Versatus Labs is a company building decentralized infrastructure focused on efficiency, verifiability, and security.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Andrew Smith(CEO and Founder)Srinath Sridharan(CTO)Liz Sweigart(CFO)Mike Hostetler(COO)
Co-investorsLBANK Labs
Wildcat is a decentralized finance protocol that lets borrowers deploy customizable on-chain credit markets, setting their own interest rates, lockup periods, withdrawal cycles, reserve ratios, and lender access lists.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsWintermute
Zest Protocol is a self-custodial lending protocol for Bitcoin that lets users borrow stablecoins against their BTC and earn yield in BTC, using BitVM to keep collateral on the Bitcoin base layer.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Tycho Onnasch(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesGossamer CapitalMarin Digital VenturesMitonCAsymmetric
ZKEX is a decentralized exchange (DEX) with a multi-chain order book, using zero-knowledge proofs for security.
Crypto & Web3
Shardeum is a Layer-1 blockchain network using dynamic state sharding and an autoscaling, EVM-compatible architecture to deliver high throughput and low fees.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Nischal Shetty(Co-founder)Srini(CTO)
Co-investorsAegis VentuesBlack DragonCogitent VenturesCoinvestor VenturesDigital Finance GroupGhaf Capital Partners+7 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AmmalgamBestinslotBezant TechBoomLandBSQBUTTERcapCascadeConcrete ProtocolCork ProtocolFNCYFNCY EntertainmentGLUONGoPlus SecurityINTMAXKemetKlay KingdomsKlay Kingdoms GamingLiqhtworksLiqhtworks AI InfrastructureLOCK ONMLTECHMythic ProtocolOMEGAOmnichain & BTC DeFiPacific MetaPaima StudioPalmuPalmu EntertainmentPlayEmberPlume NetworkSei NetworkSilent Protocol InfrastructureSoarchainSolv ProtocolSunspearSuperlocalSuperlocal EntertainmentSUPERWALKTrouble PunkTYPUSUMOJAVersatusWildcatZest ProtocolZKEX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Supra · torquecafe.com · Sep 9, 2026
Zest · infotechlead.com · Aug 21, 2026
JPYC · thebridge.jp · Aug 13, 2026
Plume · tickerreport.com · Jul 19, 2026
Lighter · insights.unlocks.app · Jul 18, 2026
Cap Labs · cryptonews.net · Jun 18, 2026
AI-powered research platform · ventureburn.com · Mar 19, 2026
Oasys Layer 1 · waya.media · Jan 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Hyperithm made?
- Hyperithm has 98 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Hyperithm invest at?
- Hyperithm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Hyperithm focus on?
- Hyperithm focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Gaming.
- Where is Hyperithm located?
- Hyperithm is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
- Who does Hyperithm co-invest with?
- Hyperithm most often shares deals with Faction, Hypersphere Ventures, Mapleblock Capital, among 145 tracked co-investors.
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