Placeholder
Venture capitalNew York · 3 people tracked
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Fund manager profile
Placeholder is a venture fund manager based in New York. SEC filings show 4 venture funds on record, most recently Placeholder Fund III, LP ($200M offering) filed July 2023.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
Team · 3 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 18 of 20 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×14Fintech ×9Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×4Deep Tech ×3Healthtech ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Biotech ×2
HQs:United States×3Denmark×1Estonia×1Finland×1
Investments · 20 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 22024 · 12023 · 12022 · 32021 · 32020 · 113 dated
Eclipse is a Layer 2 blockchain network for Ethereum that runs the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), combining Solana's execution speed with Ethereum's liquidity to support high-throughput decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Neel Somani(Founder)inVijay Chetty(CEO)Terry Chung(Head of Strategy)Ben Livshits(CTO)
Co-investorsHack VCDBAFenbushi CapitalMaven 11OKX VenturesPolychain Capital+5 more
Eclipse builds an Ethereum Layer 2 network that uses the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) as its execution environment, combining Solana's high-throughput execution with Ethereum's liquidity and security.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Neel Somani(Founder)inVijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)
Co-investorsDBAFenbushi CapitalHack VCMaven 11OKX VenturesPolychain Capital+5 more
Sarcophagus is a decentralized dead man's switch built on the BASE blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investors3SE HoldingsCompoundLattice CapitalLD CapitalHinge CapitalNxGen+2 more
Matter Labs builds Prividium, an Ethereum-secured blockchain platform designed for banks and financial institutions to issue, settle, and manage digital assets with privacy and compliance controls.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechGeorge Town, Grand Cayman
Alex Gluchowski(Executive Officer, Director)inAleksandr Vlasov(Director)
Board seatChristopher Burniske· per SEC Form D · $39.7M raise · filed Jan 2022
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CapitalCoinFund+9 more
Agoric builds secure infrastructure for a composable cross-chain crypto economy, along with products that automate fragmented crypto workflows.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Dean Tribble(Chief Executive Officer)inMark S. Miller(Chief Scientist)inMichael Jablon(Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBollinger Investment GroupDanu VenturesFigmentMarin Digital VenturesRed Beard Ventures+11 more
Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, including a Solana multisig tool, a business account (Altitude), a personal finance app (Fuse), and its stablecoin infrastructure and developer platform (Grid).
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsHaun VenturesMulticoin CapitalCoinbase VenturesElectric Capital6th Man VenturesMarin Digital Ventures+6 more
Arx develops secure chips that embed blockchain authentication into physical items like apparel, collectibles, and certificates, enabling decentralized provenance verification and digital experiences without centralized servers.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechHardware
Co-investorsInflection.xyzPlaceholder VC1kxCastle Island VenturesSeed Club Ventures
ARx makes a hands-free wearable headset for people with low vision or sight loss, using a camera that streams video in real time to AI-powered visual assistance apps and bone-conduction audio to describe objects, text, and surroundings.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtech
Co-investors5Lion Ventures1kxCastle Island VenturesSeed Club Ventures
Freatic builds Murmur, a monetization layer for information goods based on decentralized mechanisms, cryptography, and game theory that enables trustless trading of valuable insights.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzArchetypeElectric Capital
An affiliate-based editorial review platform that evaluates crypto casinos, token-based bonuses, and blockchain payment methods for US-based online gambling players.
Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupFramework VenturesPlaceholder VCRibbit CapitalTrue.
Gearbox provides institutional credit infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins, offering margin, prime brokerage, and portfolio loan products.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsPlaceholder VCPolymorphic Capital1kxVariant Fund
Gearbox Biosciences develops Pop-Out-Plasmid (POP) technology, an E. coli platform that produces plasmid DNA and recombinant proteins without antibiotic selection markers or chemical inducers like IPTG, while decoupling growth from production.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechTartu, EE
Co-investorsSpecialist VC
Gyroscope operates a decentralized finance protocol enabling passive liquidity provision through concentrated swap yields on volatile and stable asset pairs, and issues GYD, a stablecoin designed for efficient liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsPlaceholder VCArchetypeRobot Ventures
Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalAmbush CapitalArchetypeBankless VenturesBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VC+23 more
A venture capital partnership investing in cryptonetworks to decentralize access to data, wealth, and power.
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalFoundryUnion Square Ventures (USV)Hack VCParadigmPlaceholder VC
Pantera Capital is a US-based institutional asset manager focused exclusively on blockchain and digital asset investing, offering venture, token, and liquid/hedge fund strategies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Dan Morehead(Founder)inPaul Veradittakit(Managing Partner)inCosmo Jiang(General Partner)inFranklin Bi(General Partner)inScott(President)Marc(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsBeacon VCCraft VenturesFirestartrMaven VenturesMirana VenturesSerafund+4 more
Polymer Labs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that raised a $23M Series A in 2024.
Bo Du(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesDigital Currency Group+8 more
Squads delivers financial services to businesses, individuals, and developers using open infrastructure and global internet capital markets.
Fintech
Stepan Simkin(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalPlaceholder VCReciprocal Ventures+9 more
Zerion is a self-custodial, multichain wallet and data platform that aggregates assets and positions across 58+ blockchains in real time, offering swap routing, trading, and an API for wallet data access.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Evgeny Yurtaev(Founder & CEO)inAlex Bashlykov(Director)in
BoardToby Coppel(Director)inVadim Koleoshkin(Director)inBrad Burnham(Director)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BitDAODigital Currency GroupMantle NetworkMosaic VenturesPlaceholder VC+14 more
Zerion is a pharmaceutical development company that uses its Dispersome formulation technology to improve the solubility and therapeutic performance of poorly soluble drugs.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechCopenhagen, DK
Korbinian LöbmanninJorrit Waterin
Co-investorsElmehøj VenturesBitscale CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase VenturesContinue CapitalG1 Ventures+7 more
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Arx · tech.eu · Sep 8, 2026
Pantera · clublaura.com · Jul 27, 2026

Arx · resiliencemedia.co · Jul 17, 2026

Monad · crypto-economy.com · Jul 17, 2026
Zerion · tradingview.com · Jun 30, 2026
Eclipse · mercomcapital.com · Jun 17, 2026
Eclipse · mercomcapital.com · Jun 17, 2026
Matter Labs · en.ain.ua · Jun 10, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Placeholder made?
- Placeholder has 20 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- Where is Placeholder located?
- Placeholder is headquartered in New York, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThe Placeholder Playbook w/ Chris Burniske and Joel Monegro
Solana · Joel Monegro
Decred In Depth - Ep. 3 Joel Monegro - Placeholder Capital DCR Investment Thesis + Governance
Decred · Joel Monegro
Placeholder's Joel Monegro on the Fat Protocols Thesis Today - Ep.65
Unchained · Joel Monegro
The Price and Value of Governance | Joel Monegro, Placeholder VC
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