RockawayX
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series B · 11 people tracked
Also known as BLOCKAD S.R.O.
Investment thesis
RockawayX invests in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects and then works hands-on to help them grow. Beyond capital, the firm's engineers contribute on-chain code daily, operates validators from its own data centers, and develops protocol-ready hardware and bare-metal infrastructure so projects can launch faster and operate more efficiently. As one of the largest on-chain liquidity providers across blockchain ecosystems, the firm brings deep DeFi expertise, having partnered with over 100 projects to design products and scalable liquidity programs. It was a seed backer of Solana and continues to expand within that and other ecosystems.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 40 of 66 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×34Fintech ×24Data & Infrastructure ×12AI & Machine Learning ×6Developer Tools ×6Cybersecurity ×4Deep Tech ×3Gaming ×3
HQs:United States×14United Kingdom×3Switzerland×2Bermuda×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×63 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
University of California, Santa Cruz ×2
Investments · 66 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12021 · 38 dated
1inch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for crypto users, offering token swaps through a DEX aggregator with intent-based and cross-chain functionality, MEV protection, and wallet security features.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Sergej Kunz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+12 more
Ackee is a blockchain security firm that performs smart contract audits and builds open-source security and developer tooling for Solana, Ethereum, and EVM-based projects.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Josef Gattermayer(CEO and Co-Founder)Tomas Bayer(Chief Operating Officer)
Agoric provides an orchestration layer that lets smart contracts coordinate and execute automated workflows across multiple blockchains, secured by its native BLD token and an object-capability security model.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Dean Tribble(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBollinger Investment GroupDanu VenturesFigmentMarin Digital VenturesRed Beard Ventures+6 more
Auto Legends is an online multiplayer car racing game where players customize vehicles with licensed performance parts, tune builds, and compete in races, alongside community and creator features.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDraper DragonFermionWhite Star Capital
Axelar is a blockchain interoperability network that connects institutions to onchain ecosystems through a single integration, letting them deploy stablecoins, real-world assets, and funds across 80+ blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechWaterloo
Sergey Gorbunov(Executive Officer, Director)Georgios Vlachos(Director)
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBitDAOCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDCVC (Data Collective)Divergence+11 more
Azra is a video game developer that creates role-playing games for mobile platforms, leveraging proprietary AI technology to accelerate development and bring titles to market faster.
GamingSacramento, US
Mark Otero(CEO)inDavid Scurfield(Executive Officer, Director)Sonny Mayugba(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFranklin Bi(Director)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesNFXPantera Capital+1 more
BCB Group provides payment infrastructure and instant settlement for financial institutions operating across fiat and crypto markets, offering a unified platform to manage, pay, store, and trade fiat, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies via UI and API.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Oliver Tonkin(Co-founder and President)in
Co-investorsBackedDigital Currency GroupNIVPantera CapitalWintermuteFoundation Capital
Observability platform for decentralized applications (acquired by thirdweb in 2024).
Dover, US
Amine Afia(Executive Officer, Director)Gery Pollak(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsSpeedinvestEntrepreneur FirstIDEO CoLab Ventures
bloXroute provides a blockchain distribution network offering real-time data streams, transaction propagation, and validator solutions to enable faster trading and MEV optimization across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEvanston, US
Uri Klarman(Executive Officer, Director)inAleksandar Kuzmanovic(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJeffrey Bussgang(Director)in
Co-investors1confirmationBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBlindspot Ventures Management CoCoinbase VenturesDragonfly+10 more
Wilmington, US
Co-investorsC2 VenturesIOBC CapitalMechanism CapitalRound13 Capital
Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)Markus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlueYard CapitalBorderless Venture+16 more
DeepNFTValue produces AI-generated stories and content covering trends in cryptocurrency and NFTs, with search functionality across collections and items.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Media & EntertainmentMiami Beach, US
Nikolai Yakovenko(Executive Officer, Director)Dusan Kovacic(Director)Robert Tillman(Director)
Co-investors1confirmation
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)
Co-investorsB3 CapitalBlue Lion GlobalChaos VenturesConversion CapitalDCM VenturesDigital Currency Group+20 more
Gevulot builds Zenith, an Ethereum-compatible execution environment (EVM) that extends the Canton Network for high-frequency institutional finance, offering EVM and SVM deployment and custom blockchain environments with atomic settlement.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsMoonhill CapitalVOLT CAPITAL
BOB is a hybrid Bitcoin/EVM layer built on the OP stack that provides Bitcoin DeFi—swapping, saving, earning, staking, lending, and borrowing with native BTC via BitVM, without wrappers or custodians.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesIOSG VenturesSignum CapitalSilvermine CapitalWeb3com VenturesAsymmetric+1 more
Co-investorsCVP NoLimitFirestreak VenturesNo Limit Holdings (NLH)
Bootstrapped decentralized perpetual futures exchange running on its own Layer 1 blockchain with an on-chain order book.
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyFramework VenturesLvna CapitalParadigm
Ingonyama develops cryptography acceleration technology, including ICICLE, a library that speeds up algorithms and protocols such as zero-knowledge proofs across compute backends like CPUs, GPUs, Apple Silicon, and its ZPU hardware.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalIOSG VenturesMaven 11Samsung NextZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)Geometry+2 more
Kamino is a DeFi protocol on Solana that combines lending, liquidity provision, and leveraged trading in a single platform.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)FactionHack VCLongHash VenturesMulticoin CapitalParaFi Capital+7 more
Le Random is a curator and collector of generative art, acquiring and managing digital artworks created through algorithmic processes.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
thefunnyguys(Founder & Overall Direction)Conrad House(Co-founder & Curator)Peter Bauman(Editor in Chief & Generative Art Timeline Author)
Co-investorsMetaversalCollab+Currency
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for launching lending products.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Paul Frambot(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsEntropy Industrial CapitalFlowdeskIOSG VenturesMirana VenturesMulticoin CapitalPantera Capital+9 more
Neon Labs develops technology to bridge Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) applications with the Solana blockchain, aiming to make Web3 transactions faster and cheaper.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsGrand Cayman
Petrus Dorfling Basson(Executive Officer, Director)Marina Guryeva(Executive Officer, Director)David Charles Lloyd(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBollinger Investment GroupNxGenPuzzle VenturesWintermuteIDEO CoLab Ventures+3 more
Oasis Labs develops privacy-preserving data analytics and AI tools using differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs for organizations that need to analyze sensitive data while protecting individual privacy.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Dawn Song(Founder & CEO)Bobby JarosNoah JohnsonRaymond ChengRobert Gilchrist Jaros(Executive Officer)
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 GlobalAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAngelONE Capital+19 more
OnRe is the first BMA-approved reinsurer operating under both the Digital Asset Business Act and the Insurance Act, connecting onchain capital to real-world reinsurance risk.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechHamilton, BM
Co-investorsBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesUDHC
Opium is a Web3 protocol for creating, trading, and settling on-chain derivative products such as options and structured products, with a Request For Quote system for aggregating market-maker liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Orca is a liquidity protocol and trading platform on the Solana blockchain that enables users to discover, deploy, and manage yield strategies across decentralized liquidity pools.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investors6th Man VenturesCollab+CurrencyMarin Digital VenturesPlaceholder VCRyze LabsJump Crypto+2 more
Playmakers develops a platform enabling players to create and share user-generated games.
Creator EconomyGamingMarketing Tech
Co-investorsv3ntures
Pocket Network operates decentralized infrastructure for Web3 applications, providing blockchain data access.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBorderless Venture1kxKuCoin Labs
Rarible operates an NFT marketplace where users can browse collections and view trading data such as floor prices, sales, and volume.
Crypto & Web3MarketplacesWilmington, US
Alexei Falin(Executive Officer, Director)Salnikov Alexander(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBrukhman Jake(Director)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesParaFi Capital+1 more
RISC Zero provides verifiable computation technology that lets anyone cryptographically confirm a computation's output is correct without recomputing it, while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep TechSeattle, US
Frank Laub(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Retford(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Bruestle(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalD1 VenturesFenbushi CapitalFigmentL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)+3 more
Bitcoin Suisse Group is Switzerland's leading premium crypto financial services provider offering regulated digital asset and investment management services.
Crypto & Web3FintechSwitzerland, CH
Co-investorsExelixis CapitalWhite Paper Capital
Community Gaming operated a platform for grassroots competitive gaming tournaments and player payouts; it wound down in 2026.
Co-investorsA100X VenturesBitDAOCoinFundMantle NetworkMoonhill CapitalMulticoin Capital+5 more
Thomas Bohner(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesParaFi CapitalValor Capital Group
DoubleZero operates a network that delivers raw market data feeds over dedicated fiber links contributed by independent operators, bypassing public internet latency for trading firms, validators, and platforms.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechGeorge Town
BoardOLIVER BELL(Director)
Co-investorsCrucible CapitalDragonflyGSRMetastableMH VenturesMulticoin Capital+3 more
Sang Kim(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlowdeskHypersphere VenturesHashed
Hel.io (MoonPay Commerce) provides crypto checkout, deposit, and subscription tools that let merchants accept payments in thousands of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, with instant settlement or auto-conversion to fiat.
Co-investorsFaction
Co-investorsGreenfield
Dan Schmerin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency Group
David Amor(Founder)in
Co-investorsIOSG VenturesRoosh VenturesPlay Ventures
Co-investors1kx
Teneo Protocol operates a decentralized network where AI agents can access data, APIs, and on-chain execution, paying per request in USDC via the x402 standard, while community members run nodes to contribute public data and earn rewards.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBorderless VentureGenerative Ventures
Iron, a MoonPay company, provides API-first stablecoin payment infrastructure including virtual accounts, fiat-to-stablecoin on/offramps, global payouts, checkout, and OTC services.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Ivan Soto-Wright(CEO, MoonPay)
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesPlaceholder VCReverie
Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) develops on-chain smart wallet and multisig infrastructure for the crypto ecosystem, including a smart wallet SDK, multisig interface, recovery modules, and transaction builder.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Lukas Schor(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesCollider VenturesFenbushi Capital+10 more
Schuman Financial issues EURØP, a regulated, fully-backed euro stablecoin that lets businesses and global users transact on-chain in euros.
Crypto & Web3FintechZug, CH
Amrita Srivastava(Founder)Eduardo Morrison Gómez(Founder)Martin Bruncko(Founder)
Co-investorsDelta BlockchainFactionTriton Capital
Silhouette offers shielded onchain trading on the Hyperliquid network, using encryption to protect traders' order flow and strategies from exploitation while accessing HyperCore's orderbook liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Chandler(Co-founder)Stenton(Co-founder)Aidan(Head of Engineering)
Co-investorsHivemind Capital PartnersProtagonist6th Man VenturesAmber GroupHivemind Capital LLCPolychain Capital
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)inAlan Yu
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+36 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
Switchboard provides a data integration layer that unifies fragmented data sources into governed, AI-ready pipelines for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ju-kay Kwek(Founder)Michael Manoochehri(Founder)
Co-investorsGFT VenturesQuest Venture PartnersAptos LabsArche Capital VentureAscensive AssetsBreed VC+8 more
Tallahassee, US
Jackson Jessup(Founder)Mitchell Gildenberg(Founder)
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyLemniscapMarin Digital Ventures
TIG Foundation develops frameworks and protocols for distributed incentive systems and decentralized coordination.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechLondon, GB
Dr. John Fletcher(CEO & Co-Founder)Ying(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsARKN ventures
Vega is a decentralized exchange protocol built on CometBFT proof-of-stake that enables programmable trading with public key cryptography and built-in governance for market creation.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsElliptiGenblock CapitalPantera CapitalAccelCRV (Charles River Ventures)Cyberstarts+3 more
Virtuals Protocol is a blockchain-based platform giving AI agents identity, wallets, marketplaces, tokenized ownership and governance.
Co-investorsLongHash VenturesY2Z Ventures
Wintermute is a digital asset trading firm that provides liquidity, OTC spot and derivatives trading, market making, and DeFi services for token issuers, protocols, and institutional market participants globally.
Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
Evgeny Gaevoy(Founder & CEO)inYoann T.(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraft Ventures LlcFabric VenturesFactionPantera Capital
Xverse is a self-custodial Bitcoin financial platform, built on Bitcoin L1 and L2s (Starknet, Stacks, Spark), that lets users earn yield, borrow against their BTC, and spend or transfer money onchain without an intermediary.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ken Liao(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Bitcoin FrontierDraper AssociatesEdessa CapitalFermionGossamer Capital+7 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Hyperliquid · cryptorank.io · Aug 23, 2026
Breakout Trading Group · cryptoslate.com · Aug 14, 2026
Figure · startbase.com · Jul 16, 2026
Azra Games · gamedeveloper.com · Jul 14, 2026
Morpho Labs · kucoin.com · Jul 4, 2026
Solana · cryptobriefing.com · Jul 2, 2026
Centrifuge · businesswire.com · Jun 30, 2026
Squads · fintechfutures.com · May 7, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has RockawayX made?
- RockawayX has 63 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does RockawayX invest at?
- RockawayX invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does RockawayX focus on?
- RockawayX focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is RockawayX located?
- RockawayX is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does RockawayX lead rounds?
- RockawayX typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does RockawayX co-invest with?
- RockawayX most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Collab+Currency, Pantera Capital, among 185 tracked co-investors.
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