NIV
Venture capitalActively deployingNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked
Also known as NORTH ISLAND VENTURES, LLC
Investment thesis
NIV invests where 'abundance meets scarcity,' arguing that as intelligence becomes cheap, value accrues to what remains scarce: sovereignty over money, data, and mind; distribution and trust; financial rails for machine transactions; and human institutions software cannot replicate. The firm backs across four themes: Open and Sovereign AI (open models, private inference, permissionless compute); New Markets and Applied Intelligence (exchanges, standards, and platforms unlocking new use cases); Stablecoin Rails and On-chain Capital Markets (payments infrastructure and asset tokenization); and Frontier Institutions (founders building at the edges of human coordination and governance). It seeks mission-driven founders with intelligence, intensity, and integrity.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 15 of 94 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×9Fintech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×5Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×3United Kingdom×2Argentina×1
Investments · 94 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBryan Johnson runs a health program built around an algorithm and a nutrition regimen, offering 67 health interventions based on clinical trials aimed at extending lifespan and improving health.
HealthtechLongevityWellness & Fitness
Bryan Johnson
A web design and development agency that serves college sports brands, athletic departments, and athletes, connecting athletes with commercial opportunities and fan engagement through digital platforms.
Developer ToolsMarketing TechSports TechLondon, GB
Xavier Vega
Dapper Labs is a venture studio building products and communities at the intersection of culture and emerging technology, focused on digital ownership, data control, and decentralized platforms for creators and collectors.
ConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Sector AgnosticVancouver
Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)Dieter Shirley(Founder)Dietrich Shirley(Executive Officer)Jody Rebak(Executive Officer)Alex Shih(Director)Hamilton Helmer(Director)
Figure is a lending platform that offers residential and commercial loan products including home equity lines of credit, cash-out refinances, DSCR loans, and crypto-backed loans for borrowers.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechCharlotte, US
Mike Cagney(Co-Founder, Executive Chairman)inJune Ou(Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member)inJin Woo Park(Executive Officer, Director)
Forta provides onchain security and compliance monitoring through a firewall platform that detects and prevents malicious transactions, smart contract exploits, and compliance risks for teams building blockchain applications.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Hexagate is a blockchain security platform that delivers real-time on-chain threat detection and automated prevention for Web3 protocols, exchanges, chains, and asset managers.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does NIV invest at?
- NIV invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is NIV's typical check size?
- NIV typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What sectors does NIV focus on?
- NIV focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, GovTech.
- Where is NIV located?
- NIV is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does NIV lead rounds?
- NIV typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Co-investors · 35
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Node Capital is a thesis-driven cryptocurrency fund that invests in crypto infrastructure and decentralized protocols, providing hands-on technical and network-design support in addition to capital.
CoinFund is a crypto-focused investment firm that backs and partners with companies building open, decentralized technology across finance, infrastructure, and AI.
Andreessen Horowitz's Strategic Partnerships page describes collaborations that connect its portfolio companies with established institutions to help scale and deploy their technology.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests in companies at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures.
Archetype is an early-stage crypto venture firm backing founders building crypto-native companies and protocols, providing support across investing, engineering, protocol and mechanism design, policy, and community-building.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm known for backing bold, contrarian bets in world-class teams that can reshape entire industries.
Winklevoss Capital is an investment firm that backs founders working on hard problems in critical, frontier technology domains.
Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment fund that backs researchers and builders working to advance the crypto ecosystem.
General Catalyst is a venture capital and investment firm that backs founders across industries, with a strong focus on AI-driven transformation, fintech, healthcare, and other sectors.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building transformative technologies across defense, space, data analytics, and other frontier sectors.
▶23 more co-investors
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Firms observed investing alongside NIV, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with NIV's recorded portfolio.
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