Leland Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A
Investment thesis
Leland Ventures invests at the convergence of AI, finance, and culture, believing the most transformative future companies will emerge where deep technology, financial scalability, and cultural influence intersect. It backs next-generation AI models, applications, and infrastructure; capital-markets innovation including blockchain protocols; and digital-native brands and IP-driven consumer platforms. The firm focuses on early-stage companies, typically pre-seed to Series A, offering more than capital through strategy, talent, partnerships, and global network access. Its workflow spans sourcing frontier founders, building conviction through diligence, partnering closely, and helping companies scale internationally.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
What they invest in
from 2 of 13 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Creator Economy ×1
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBalance provides B2B payment infrastructure for online marketplaces and merchants digitalizing business-to-business trade.
Cetus is a decentralized exchange and DeFi protocol built on the Sui ecosystem, offering swap aggregation, permissionless concentrated liquidity (CLMM) pools, intent-based trading tools like DCA and limit orders, and a token launchpad.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsKuCoin Labs
dappOS is a Web3 operating system that turns natural-language user intents into executed on-chain actions.
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Co-investorsLBANK LabsSymbolic Capital
GOAT Network is a Bitcoin Layer 2 blockchain offering sustainable BTC yield through a decentralized sequencer model.
Hong Kong AI and Web3 startup building an AI interactive protocol for NFTs, licensed to use Stephen Chow film IP.
MYX is a non-custodial onchain perpetual futures exchange using a Matching Pool Mechanism to offer low-slippage leveraged trading.
MYX Finance is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange using a pooled matching mechanism for zero-slippage on-chain trading.
Russian biotech developing medicines and cosmetics for skin, cardiovascular, diabetic and joint conditions.
zkPass is an oracle protocol that lets users generate zero-knowledge proofs of private web data using its zkTLS framework.
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Leland Ventures made?
- Leland Ventures has 12 tracked investments.
- What stage does Leland Ventures invest at?
- Leland Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Leland Ventures's typical check size?
- Leland Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
- What sectors does Leland Ventures focus on?
- Leland Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Does Leland Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Leland Ventures leads investment rounds.
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