Bengaluru · Pre-Seed–Series A · 12 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 · 12 people
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Founder mafia
The Polygon mafia →11 people who came through Polygon went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 16 of 22 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×14Developer Tools ×5Cybersecurity ×4Fintech ×4Enterprise Software ×3Consumer ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Defense Tech ×2
HQs:United States×4South Korea×1
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22023 · 12022 · 72021 · 111 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 Tech
Miles Parry(Founder)in
Co-investorsOak HC/FTLiberty City VenturesRIT Capital PartnersBorderless Venture
MPCH offers a platform for cryptographic key governance and operational oversight, providing real-time client monitoring, multi-party approval workflows, and immutable audit trails.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise Software
Miles Parry(Founder)in
Co-investorsLiberty City VenturesOak HC/FTRIT Capital PartnersBorderless VentureMantis CapitalLedgerPrime+3 more
Airstack is a developer platform providing unified, AI-queryable APIs for onchain and web3 social data across chains and dapps.
Miami Beach, US
Jason Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBlack DragonDelta BlockchainFenbushi CapitalRed Beard VenturesResolute VenturesWWVentures+13 more
Overland Park, US
Randall Wasinger(Executive Officer, Director)Randy Wasinger(Founder)in
Co-investorsalphabet angelsGobi PartnersKCRise FundMetastableRed Beard VenturesSora Ventures+3 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)Amplify Partners CV+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+2 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)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockchain CapitalInflection.xyzMetaplanetMatter Labs+1 more
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
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 VenturesDigital Currency Group1kxA&T CapitalBlockchain Capital+7 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
Co-investorsHouston Angel NetworkNeer Venture PartnersOne Planet GroupPortfoliaAnimoca BrandsBlockchain Founders Fund+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
Singapore studio that shipped 45+ games and now builds SecretSauce, an AI platform generating on-brand content.
Simon Davis(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFermionMaC Venture CapitalPlay VenturesAncient8Dune VenturesFolius Ventures+5 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 CapitalAnimoca BrandsBlockchain Founders FundCardanoGBV Capital+3 more
Questbook operates a platform that connects builders and grant applicants with grant managers, recommending applicant profiles and delivering relevant grant opportunities.
Crypto & Web3MarketplacesSaaS
Sriharsha Karamchati(Founder)in
Co-investorsAll In CapitalBetter CapitalCoinbase VenturesFirst ChequeKube VCAlameda Research+3 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+8 more
Decentralized blockchain-based gaming application using non-fungible tokens
Matthew Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoAppWorks VenturesChainfir CapitalIlluminati CapitalTechMeetsTraderYoubi Capital+5 more
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 LlcFoundersHaun VenturesMantle NetworkShrug Capital+5 more
Web3 domain company; raised a $65M Series A.
Las Vegas, US
Matthew Gould(Executive Officer, Director)inBraden Pezeshki(Founder)in
Co-investorsDivergenceDraper AssociatesPantera CapitalRed Beard VenturesSound Media VenturesTokoin+7 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGnosis Safe · cryptobriefing.com · May 26, 2026
Revolving Games · freedom251.com · May 22, 2026
KoinX · rfp.wiki · May 20, 2026
Splinterlands · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Unstoppable Domains · sullysblog.com · Mar 3, 2026
Curvance · phemex.com · Nov 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- 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 · 74
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.
Haun Ventures backs founders building the future of finance, investing from seed to scale in teams applying decentralized technology to reshape the global economy.
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.
Divergence is a crypto-focused investment firm that describes itself as backing every radical form of capital, investing across DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and blockchain infrastructure.
Quantstamp is a web3 security firm providing smart contract audits, managed security services, and blockchain security research, along with an insurance product (Chainproof) that protects against smart contract hacks and slashing risks.
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.
Borderless is a Web3-focused investment firm led by operators, founders, and engineers with experience building and scaling blockchain infrastructure, offering hands-on partnership to the teams it backs.
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.
Woodstock is an investment firm focused on Web 3.0, backing teams building technologies, tools, infrastructure and applications that define the future of the internet, and actively collaborating with portfolio companies.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
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GV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesAlumni VenturesUnknown VenturesKrakenTrue VenturesSlow VenturesLiquid VenturesPioneerStellar CapitalElectric Capital8VCHack VCNot Boring CapitalParadigmWEEKENDNexus Venture PartnersBitkraft Esports VenturesCiti VenturesDreamers VCRobot VenturesCoinFundShaan All AccessIVCMulticoin CapitalBasis Set VenturescLabsSolana VenturesLCXQuona CapitalVisionaries ClubAmbush CapitalVisionaire VenturesPrimitive VenturesSID Venture PartnersJump CapitalParaFi CapitalEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.f7 VenturesVenture Catalysts | India's First Integrated IncubatorKindred CapitalVariant FundBrighter CapitalBEENEXTGnosis DAOMechanism CapitalCastle Island VenturesCourtside VenturesFMFWConsensys VenturesCross Culture VenturesReciprocal VenturesAlloy FundBlocktower CapitalRedbud VCMicrotractionFormless CapitalSignum CapitalWhite Loop CapitalEast West Ventures EWVOP CryptoTessera Venture Partners
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