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Longterm Ventures

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Longterm Ventures backs the next generation of internet-native, blockchain-focused startups while offering accredited investors access to the ecosystem. Its partners combine blockchain expertise, startup founding experience, large-tech leadership and angel/LP/GP investing backgrounds, with several decades of combined experience across startups, technology, energy and venture capital. The firm aims to pair traditional tier-1 VC investing discipline with big tech's operational rigor, institutional connections and blockchain domain knowledge. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on founder support spanning product feedback, hiring, go-to-market strategy, token design and refinement, governance design, exchange listing and market-maker access, fundraising strategy and access to top VCs, marketing/launchpad launches, business development, and pitch training and mentoring.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Instruments
Equity

Team · 5 people

from the firm's website
Baljit Singh· Managing Partner

Former Shell Regional GM who managed over $1B in top-line revenue and a 300+ person organization; Stanford University and INSEAD alumnus. An angel investor in 20+ blockchain projects (including Kraken, Bit2me, Panther Protocol) and 100+ seed and pre-IPO companies across space, biotech, alt proteins, and quantum computing.

Jay Winder· Partnerin

Serial entrepreneur with two successful exits in Japan and founder of the Hacker News Japan community; his second company, MakeLeaps, had a seed round led by Naval Ravikant. He has invested in over 80 companies and numerous DeFi projects, and is an LP in funds such as Dragonfly Capital and Lattice Capital.

Joeri van Geelen· Venture Partner

Founder of nxgen and former Managing Partner at Prysm Group APAC focused on blockchain economics, go-to-market strategy, and business development. Advisor to projects such as API3, Aleph Zero, and Minterest, startup mentor with accelerators, and angel investor in 100+ projects.

Sandesh Menon· Venture Partner

AWS sales leader managing a nine-figure business and former Head of Emerging Markets Asia for Messagebird. Founder of two B2B SaaS startups in Singapore, angel investor in 50+ companies, and an early-stage startup advisor.

Simon Schwerin· Venture Partner

Founder of nxgen and advisor for Chainlink Labs, KILT Protocol, and Minterest, and strategic partner at iconomy. A DAO member and NFT collector with prior BD and product roles in crypto startups and angel investments in 100+ projects.

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Longterm Ventures invest at?
Longterm Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Longterm Ventures focus on?
Longterm Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech.

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