MetaWeb Ventures
Venture capital12 people tracked
Investment thesis
MetaWeb Ventures is a crypto-native investment and research firm whose team combines experience across public blockchains, DeFi, developer ecosystems, and on-chain data analytics. The team includes crypto veterans, engineers, and entrepreneurs, many with backgrounds at NEAR Protocol, ConsenSys, and other leading crypto organizations. The firm emphasizes deep technical due diligence, economic mechanism research, and growth support for the Web3 projects it backs.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 31, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's websiteFounder and former startup executive who worked on public chains, payments networks, and SaaS products, and served as Global CMO and GM of Asia at NEAR Protocol. Holds a BA in Economics and MS in Engineering from Brown University.
Partner with 15+ years across startups, enterprises, and blockchain; previously Head of Developer Ecosystem at NEAR Protocol and Executive Director at Infura & ConsenSys. Also Head of Content for EthDenver and a Dartmouth graduate.
Principal who previously worked in tech investment banking at Citigroup on M&A and IPO deals, then managed capital markets and strategy at WeBank. Holds a BA in Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University.
Head of Growth specializing in growth, marketing, and business development; co-founded the NFT project Turtlecase Gang and previously worked as a data scientist at Meituan and venture analyst at Plug and Play. UC Berkeley Economics graduate.
Engineer with over 5 years in big data and distributed systems who co-founded a VC-backed startup as CTO and previously worked at Salesforce and Gilt. Holds CS degrees from Fudan University and Carnegie Mellon University.
Technical advisor and co-founder of Proximity Labs, core NEAR developer, ICPC gold medalist (2008), and former Google and Facebook engineer with research experience in DeFi, machine learning, and blockchain.
Technical advisor and co-founder of NEAR, former engineering manager at Google and major TensorFlow contributor, and author of research papers on AI and distributed systems.
Technical advisor and co-founder of Keypom, a UX researcher and full-stack developer and CS lecturer who invented the Ethereum ERC-998 composable token standard.
Full-stack developer with over 11 years of experience who previously was an Engineering Director at MicroStrategy and contributed to open source projects including Ethereum and Steem. Computer Science graduate of Zhejiang University.
Head of Research focused on economic mechanisms and on-chain data analytics, previously a data scientist and strategy consultant. Holds degrees from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Chicago.
VP of Operations with a background spanning legal, finance, and entrepreneurship, including work as a legal associate at a US law firm. Studied at Brown University and earned a JD from Rutgers University.
Technical advisor, founder and CEO of BlockSec, and a Computer Science professor at Zhejiang University known for research in software, operating systems, and smart contract security.
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does MetaWeb Ventures focus on?
- MetaWeb Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3.
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