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Bengaluru · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Polygon is a blockchain platform positioned as infrastructure for global payments and money movement, enabling assets to move onchain at scale. It offers an open stack for accessing the onchain economy and is powered by its native token $POL.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
The Polygon mafia →12 people who came through Polygon went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 24 of 43 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×18Fintech ×9Developer Tools ×6Cybersecurity ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Enterprise Software ×3Gaming ×3
HQs:United States×8Switzerland×1Italy×1South Korea×1Singapore×1
Investments · 43 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 52024 · 42023 · 42022 · 172021 · 234 dated
MPCH builds and operates cryptographic infrastructure for signing authority and key management, combining purpose-built secure facilities, hardware-backed signing, and software-defined governance.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise Software
Miles Parry(Founder)in
Co-investorsOak HC/FTLiberty City VenturesRIT Capital PartnersBorderless VentureMantis CapitalFinality Capital Partners+4 more
Airstack offers an AI-based quant engineer tool that codes trading strategies and identifies issues ("leaks") in them, aimed at quantitative trading users.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechMiami Beach, US
Jason Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBlack DragonDelta BlockchainFenbushi CapitalLecca VenturesRed Beard VenturesResolute Ventures+16 more
Overland Park, US
Randall Wasinger(Executive Officer, Director)Randy Wasinger(Founder)in
Co-investorsalphabet angelsDragonflyGobi PartnersKCRise FundMetastableRed Beard Ventures+8 more
Cubist develops cryptographic proof systems and tools for verifying software correctness and security, serving developers and organizations building secure systems.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Riad(CEO)inAnn(COO)inFraserinDeianinRohanin
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersPROOFSymbolic CapitalVery Serious VenturesZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)Blizzard+2 more
Curvance is a decentralized finance protocol that combines depositing, borrowing, leveraging, swapping, and yield earning into a single dashboard.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalV3V VenturesYunt CapitalCurveFlowdeskFRAX Finance+4 more
Exponential.fi is a San Francisco-based DeFi platform for discovering, risk-assessing and investing in crypto liquidity pools.
Mehdi Lebbar(Founder)Driss Benamour(Founder)Greg Jizmagian(Founder)
Co-investorsCircle VenturesLaunchpad CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersParadigmScribble VenturesA*+8 more
Fabric builds the Verifiable Processing Unit (VPU), a chip and card/server hardware line that accelerates core cryptographic primitives for cryptographers and cryptography engineers.
Crypto & Web3HardwareSemiconductors
Michael Gao(Founder)inSagar Reddy(Founder)Tina Ju(Founder)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockchain CapitalInflection.xyzMetaplanetMatter Labs+2 more
Indian esports fantasy platform where users build fantasy teams around professional esports tournaments.
Co-investorsInfo Edge VenturesAlpha Wave Global
FanClash is a mobile app where fans vote on head-to-head matchups across sports, celebrities, and music, draft fantasy-style star squads, and trade cosmetic and content assets on a peer-to-peer marketplace.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalInfo Edge
Cross-platform gaming discovery platform offering game guides, reviews, news, deals and player rewards through one unified profile.
Mostafa Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyperithmTaisu VenturesWWVenturesArkStream CapitalCompute VenturesDouble Peak Group+7 more
Safe provides smart contract wallets on Ethereum and other networks, using multisignature setups that distribute access control across multiple owners with features like spending limits, approval thresholds, role-based access, transaction simulation, and recovery guardians.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Martin Köppelmann(Founder)in
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCryptonite CapitalDigital Currency Group1kxA&T Capital+10 more
Health Hero is an enterprise platform that turns employee health actions into tokenized, on-chain assets and rewards, offering a private-label real-world-asset (RWA) toolkit, AI-powered dashboards, and a marketplace for trading tokenized organizational assets.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareWellness & Fitness
Anthony Diaz(Founder)
Co-investorsAcacia Digital HoldingsAlumni VenturesCalifornia Technology VenturesEmerging VenturesHouston Angel NetworkNeer Venture Partners+6 more
Holyheld is a non-custodial crypto spending app that lets users connect their own wallet, convert stablecoins and other tokens to fiat, and spend via virtual/physical debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDCV CapitalMoonlanding VenturesTomahawk.VCKosmos VenturesTempleDAOToyota Ventures+1 more
Imaginary Ones is a Web3 brand that develops a digital IP with tokenomics and NFT-related products, working with entertainment and blockchain partners.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsCypher CapitalIlluminati CapitalK300 VenturesMapleblock CapitalMH Ventures+1 more
KoinX provides automated cryptocurrency tax calculation, accounting, and compliance management for individual and business users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAmesten CapitaliSeedWe Founder Circle Global Angels Fund
Mighty offers SecretSauce, an AI tool that learns a brand's style from a URL, brand guidelines, or mood board to generate on-brand assets.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSingapore, SG
Simon Davis(Founder)in
Co-investorsFermionMaC Venture CapitalPlay VenturesSkycatcher FundAncient8Atlas Ventures+14 more
Modulus Labs uses zero-knowledge cryptography to build specialized ZK provers that verify AI model outputs were not tampered with, enabling smart contracts to access AI results in a trustless way.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Daniel ShorrRyan Cao
Co-investors1k(x)1kxAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Bankless VenturesBlockchain BuildersEthereum Foundation+4 more
Moonray develops gaming experiences distributed across major platforms including PlayStation, Steam, Xbox, iOS, and Android.
Gaming
Rodrigo Etcheto(Founder)inHans Andersson(Founder)in
Co-investorsChampion Hill VenturesGossamer CapitalTaisu VenturesAnimoca BrandsBlockchain Founders FundCardano+4 more
Pawnfi is a decentralized liquidity protocol that lets holders of NFTs and other non-standard assets trade, borrow and earn.
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)CatcherVCCoinbase VenturesAnimoca BrandsDapper LabsDigital Currency Group+1 more
A non-custodial prediction protocol for earning rewards on high-yield prediction markets.
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalChronos VenturesTenzor CapitalAnimoca BrandsBrilliance VenturesHashed+3 more
Questbook operates a platform that connects builders and grant applicants with grant managers, recommending applicant profiles and delivering relevant grant opportunities.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsMarketplacesSaaS
Sriharsha Karamchati(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyHashedLemniscapMirana VenturesAll In Capital+9 more
Boulder-based game studio building the Unioverse, a community-owned, blockchain-linked sci-fi videogame franchise.
Boulder, US
ANTHONY HARMAN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)ANNA FARR(Executive Officer)WYETH RIDGWAY(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalAppWorks VenturesAsymmetricBrainstorm VenturesResolute VenturesID345+1 more
Ready Games operates The Ready Games, a competitive hyper-casual mobile gaming platform, and builds web3 game-creation technology.
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesBlack DragonCogitent VenturesMapleblock CapitalMulana CapitalPurechain Capital+4 more
Mobile game studio developing massively multiplayer online games with deep strategy mechanics, based in Lahore and San Francisco.
Co-investorsBlack DragonPantera CapitalSarmayacarSpirit DAOAnimoca BrandsDapper Labs
Router Protocol operates an open, permissionless cross-chain swap network that connects solvers, DEXs, and bridges into a unified system for executing low-slippage swaps across blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Ramani Ramachandran(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBitDAOCoinbase VenturesMantle NetworkMapleblock CapitalO1exTDeFi+17 more
SpaceComputer is a distributed satellite network providing censorship-resistant computation and verifiable settlement across Earth and orbit, using satellite-hosted trusted execution environments (TEEs), confidential smart contracts, and quantum-hardened cryptography.
CybersecurityDeep TechSpace Tech
Daniel Bar(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsLattice CapitalMaven 11Primitive VenturesStarship VenturesNext Frontier Capital
Decentralized blockchain-based gaming application using non-fungible tokens
Matthew Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoAppWorks VenturesChainfir CapitalG1 VenturesIlluminati CapitalTechMeetsTrader+7 more
Synq is a non-custodial trading platform that lets users trade tokens across multiple EVM and SVM blockchains (including Solana, BSC, Base, Ethereum, and Monad) from a single account and balance, without bridging or gas fees.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Ahmed Attia(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesInitialized Capital
thirdweb provides a developer platform for building web3 applications, offering tools for creating and managing tokens, bridging and swapping across blockchain networks, and wallet infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsBitDAODraft Ventures LlcFelicis VenturesFoundersHaun VenturesMantle Network+7 more
A library of educational games handmade by educators worldwide; acquired by Animoca Brands.
Co-investorsAlephMetropolis VCInimitiLiberty City VenturesSequoia CapitalShima Capital
Tria offers a self-custodial crypto platform where users can spend digital assets via a Visa card in over 150 countries, earn yield through on-chain strategies, swap tokens cross-chain, trade perpetual futures, and cash in/out crypto.
Crypto & Web3FintechCologno Monzese, IT
Vijit Katta(Founder)in
Co-investorsCogitent VenturesG1 VenturesMarin Digital VenturesEthereum FoundationWintermute
The Unioverse is a science-fiction action-adventure video game set in an interstellar frontier where players customize heroes, engage in combat and traversal, and explore the setting.
Gaming
Co-investorsAppWorks Ventures2 Punks CapitalAsymmetricID345IGNIAResolute Ventures
Web3 domain company; raised a $65M Series A.
Las Vegas, US
Matthew Gould(Executive Officer, Director)inBraden Pezeshki(Founder)in
Co-investorsDivergenceDraper AssociatesDraper Goren BlockchainPantera CapitalRainfall VenturesRed Beard Ventures+10 more
Veda builds multichain, multiprotocol yield vaults that accept deposits on one chain and route capital across multiple DeFi protocols and chains to pursue the best risk-adjusted yield, while showing users a single balance and allocation view.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Sunand Raghupathi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCoinFundDraper DragonMirana VenturesPEER VCBitGo+9 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Cosmic WireDefxMultiplierNiftyApesRise ChainSelf ProtocolSuperGaming
Exits · 2
2 acquisitions · showing 1TinyTapacq. by Animoca Brands
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTria · finance.yahoo.com · Oct 14, 2025
Veda · prnewswire.com · Jun 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Polygon made?
- Polygon has 43 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Polygon invest at?
- Polygon invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Polygon focus on?
- Polygon focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming.
- Where is Polygon located?
- Polygon is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team[LIVE] Is Polymarket Leaving Polygon? The $2B Bet, x402 & Moving ALL Money Onchain | Marc Boiron
SolanaFloor · Marc Boiron
Why Polygon is betting everything on payments, with Marc Boiron
51 Insights · Marc Boiron
Keynote by Marc Boiron - CEO, Polygon
Stable Summit · Marc Boiron
SandDunes Episode 5: Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder and CEO, Polygon
Entrepreneur ME · Sandeep Nailwal
Crypto Corner With Co-Founder Of Polygon, Sandeep Nailwal | N18V | CNBC TV18
CNBC-TV18 · Sandeep Nailwal
Marc Boiron's Rise From Legal Partner to Polygon Labs CEO
BitGo · Marc Boiron
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Co-investors · 75
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
BITKRAFT Ventures is a global investment platform focused on gaming, interactive media, and related technologies, backing companies building at the convergence of physical and digital worlds (which it calls Synthetic Reality).
Haun Ventures backs founders building the future of finance, investing from seed to scale in teams applying decentralized technology to reshape the global economy.
Robot Ventures is a $75M early-stage crypto fund founded and led by Robert Leshner (Compound) and Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), who actively run major DeFi companies while managing the fund, giving founders direct access to operators at the center of on-chain markets. The fund specializes in backing highly technical crypto primitives at the pre-seed stage before they become marquee names, leveraging deep quant research expertise to evaluate complex DeFi mechanisms that many generalist VCs struggle to understand.
Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment firm comprising Dragonfly Ventures, Dragonfly Liquid, and Metastable, an early crypto hedge fund it acquired. It invests in and researches blockchain, tokens, and crypto companies.
Shima Capital is a $200M web3 seed fund led by Forbes 30 Under 30 investor and MIT instructor Yida Gao, who combines traditional finance, venture capital, and academic credentials rare among dedicated crypto funds. The firm maintains one of the highest early-stage deployment paces in crypto with over 100 investments in two years, using more than half its team for hands-on operational support through a proprietary platform that helps portfolio companies with talent, tokenomics, and specialized expertise like gaming.
Variant is a venture capital firm investing in technology that expands user autonomy through greater access, knowledge, and ownership, focusing on new markets, infrastructure, and applications.
Consensys is a US-based blockchain software company founded in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. It builds consumer, developer, and enterprise infrastructure for decentralized finance, including the MetaMask self-custodial wallet, the Infura API platform, and protocol clients that help secure the Ethereum network.
1kx is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in blockchain and crypto infrastructure with a focus on decentralized finance, payments, and Web3 applications. The firm has deployed over $400 million in exit proceeds across more than 160 investments over eight years.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.
Stellar Capital is a finance services firm describing itself as a team with diverse experience across a range of finance disciplines.
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ParadigmCoinFundIVCDivergencePrimitive VenturesQuantstampMechanism CapitalBorderless VentureWoodstock FundFormless CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesUnknown VenturesKrakenTrue VenturesSlow VenturesLiquid VenturesPioneerElectric Capital8VCHack VCNot Boring CapitalWEEKENDNexus Venture PartnersCiti VenturesDreamers VCShaan All AccessMulticoin CapitalBasis Set VenturescLabsSolana VenturesLCXQuona CapitalVisionaries ClubAmbush CapitalVisionaire VenturesSID Venture PartnersJump CapitalParaFi CapitalEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.f7 VenturesVenture Catalysts | India's First Integrated IncubatorKindred CapitalBrighter CapitalBEENEXTGnosis DAOCastle Island VenturesMission and MarketCourtside VenturesFMFWCross Culture VenturesReciprocal VenturesAlloy FundBlocktower CapitalRedbud VCMicrotractionSignum CapitalWhite Loop CapitalEast West Ventures EWVInception CapitalTessera Venture Partners
Firms observed investing alongside Polygon, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Polygon's recorded portfolio.
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