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Manifold
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 12 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Manifold Ventures backs visionary founders building next-generation startups that drive industry transformation through innovation and bold thinking. The firm focuses on early-stage companies positioned to create lasting impact.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 12 people
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Michael Korslin is a Digital Health Entrepreneur in Residence at Lotsa Helping Hands with experience in executive leadership roles including CEO, COO, and CFO. He has worked across business optimization, scaling, and M&A activities, collaborating with customers, teams, boards, and capital partners to improve operations and performance. Korslin holds an MBA and played college football as a quarterback.
What they invest in
from 4 of 4 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×3AI & Machine Learning ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Developer Tools ×1Fintech ×1Future of Work ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:United States×2Japan×1
Investments · 4 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22022 · 13 dated
Crafty provides workplace pantry management services, combining expert-led food and beverage delivery with a proprietary platform to manage office snacking programs across multiple locations.
B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkSaaSChicago, US
Cameron Lawrence(Executive Officer)James Paul(Executive Officer)Christopher Ritter(Executive Officer, Director)Nathan Rosenstock(Executive Officer, Director)inIshan Daya(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardBrian Hirsch(Director)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalBluestein VenturesFirebrand VenturesGaingelsGreycroftInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+5 more
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Fortunafi brings real-world assets onchain, offering liquidity solutions and investment products such as private and public debt funds with native minting and redemption on major blockchains.
Crypto & Web3FintechMiami, US
Nicholas Garcia(President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary)in
Co-investorsCross River Digital VenturesSpace Whale CapitalVine Ventures7percent VenturesAlumni VenturesHoxton Ventures+5 more
UXLINK is a Web3 social platform and infrastructure that connects users and projects through account abstraction and cross-chain functionality.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSocialTokyo, JP
Co-investorsINCE CapitalHashkey CapitalHongShan Capital GroupKuCoin LabsManifold VenturesOKX Ventures+2 more
Vana provides open data infrastructure for AI that lets individuals control the data they create and choose how it is used.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Art Abal(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupFlori VenturesCoinbase VenturesDeFiance CapitalExSight VenturesGSR+8 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFortunafi · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Manifold invest at?
- Manifold invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Manifold focus on?
- Manifold focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Manifold located?
- Manifold is headquartered in New York, US.
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