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Placeholder

Venture capital

New York

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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.

HQ
New York, US
Tracked investments
12

What they invest in

from 12 of 12 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 Γ—11Fintech Γ—6Data & Infrastructure Γ—4Cloud Computing Γ—2AI & Machine Learning Γ—1Cybersecurity Γ—1Deep Tech Γ—1Developer Tools Γ—1

HQs:FinlandΓ—1

Investments Β· 12 tracked

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Eclipseeclipse.buildersπ•βœ“ verified

Eclipse is an Ethereum Layer 2 using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to provide high-throughput execution while leveraging Ethereum's liquidity and security.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3

Neel SomaniVijay Chetty(CEO)Terry Chung(Head of Strategy)Ben Livshits(CTO)

Eclipseeclipse.xyzπ•βœ“ verified

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)Vijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)

Sarcophagussarcophagus.ioπ•βœ“ verified

Sarcophagus is a decentralized dead man's switch built on the BASE blockchain.

Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity

Matter Labsmatter-labs.ioin𝕏SEC filingmedium confidence

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)Christopher Burniske(Director)Aleksandr Vlasov(Director)

Board seatChristopher BurniskeΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $39.7M raise Β· filed Jan 2022

Altitudesquads.xyz𝕏

Squads builds financial services infrastructure on open platforms and internet capital markets, serving businesses, individuals, and developers.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Arxarx.org𝕏

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

Freaticfreatic.team𝕏

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

Gearboxgearbox.fi𝕏

Gearbox provides institutional credit infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins, offering margin, prime brokerage, and portfolio loan products.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Gyroscopegyro.finance𝕏

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

Monadmonad.xyzin𝕏

Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure<UNKNOWN>

Keone Hon(Founder & CEO)

Squadssquads.so𝕏

Squads delivers financial services to businesses, individuals, and developers using open infrastructure and global internet capital markets.

Fintech

Stepan Simkin(Founder & CEO)

Zerionzerion.ioin𝕏

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 & InfrastructureFintech

Evgeny Yurtaev(Founder & CEO)in

Rows marked β€œSEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D β€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Where is Placeholder located?
Placeholder is headquartered in New York, US.

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