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Semantic Ventures
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Also known as Semantic
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Investment thesis
Semantic Ventures is a London-based venture firm that invests in infrastructure for data and the digital economy. Its homepage offers little further detail on stage or portfolio focus.
Team · 2 people
from curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 18 of 20 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×12Data & Infrastructure ×7Fintech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×5Cybersecurity ×2Deep Tech ×2Biotech ×1
HQs:United States×4Germany×1European Union×1France×1Norway×1
Investments · 20 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 42023 · 32022 · 62021 · 12020 · 116 dated
Aplo is an EU-regulated institutional-grade crypto broker and custodian offering agency execution services, direct market access, and smart order routing to asset managers, hedge funds, and institutional investors.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Oliver Yates(CEO)inSimon Douyer(COO)inJacques Lolieux(CIO)
Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalAtomicoDraper Dragon
AUAR builds robotic MicroFactories that deploy directly onto live construction sites to produce housing, working alongside homebuilders in the construction industry.
Construction TechPropTechRobotics
Mollie ClaypoolinGilles Retsinin
Co-investorsBacchus Venture CapitalConcrete Venture CapitalIcebook Investments Corp.Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Planet A VenturesPT1+2 more
DFNS provides wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech platforms, and digital asset management.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR
Clarisse Hagège(Founder)inChristopher Grilhault des Fontaines(Founder)inClarisse Hagege(Founder)
Co-investorsTechstarsWhite Star CapitalWintermuteHashed6th Man VenturesCoinbase Ventures+10 more
Dune provides normalized blockchain datasets covering 130+ chains, including stablecoin, prediction market, tokenized real-world asset, and token balance data, delivered into customers' existing data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechOslo, NO
FredrikMatsFredrick Haga(Founder)Fredrik Haga(Founder)Mat Olsen(Founder)Mats Julian Olsen(Founder)
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalBitDAOCoinbase VenturesCoinFundDigital Currency GroupDivergence+15 more
Eden Bio develops machine-learning technology for genetic engineering and protein yield optimization across food, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries.
AI & Machine LearningBiotech
Co-investorsSynBioVenUnruly CapitalSARAS CAPITAL
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 HorowitzArchetypeAnagram VenturesElectric CapitalJutta Steiner+5 more
Golden builds a self-constructing knowledge graph that combines artificial and human intelligence to automatically map and reconcile human knowledge from millions of disparate sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jude Gomila(Founder)inFrancois Ajenstat(Founder)
Co-investorsFounders FundGigafundSV Angela16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzDCVC (Data Collective)+14 more
Lido is a liquid staking protocol for Ethereum that allows users to stake ETH and earn rewards while maintaining liquidity through the stETH token.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Vasily Shapovalov(Founder)Konstantin Lomashuk(Founder)Vasiliy Shapovalov(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAegis VentuesAndreessen HorowitzBR CapitalCoinFundDeepTech Ventures+19 more
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for launching lending products.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Paul Frambot(Founder)inJulien Thomas(Founder)Mathis Gontier Delaunay(Founder)Merlin Egalite(Founder)Merline Egalite(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCathay InnovationEntropy Industrial CapitalFaculty GroupFlowdesk+34 more
NeoCarbon converts industrial waste heat into captured CO₂, cooling, and recovered water by retrofitting existing industrial cooling and waste-heat infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyBerlin, DE
Tobias Sodoge(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsPT1RAISESpeedinvestAntlerInvesting for Purpose AEDAKESUnruly Capital
Threshold Network is a decentralized protocol that enables Bitcoin to be used across multiple blockchain networks and financial markets through its tBTC token, facilitating lending, staking, trading, and yield-generation activities.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechAustin, US
MacLane Wilkison(CEO)inMichael Egorov(CTO)John Pacific(Engineer)Ravital Solomon(Cryptographer)Arjun Hassard(Product Lead)
Co-investorsCathay CapitalCollab+CurrencyCompoundDigital Finance GroupFusionReciprocal Ventures+21 more
Sidekick sells the AxisBoard, a physical training and rehabilitation device used to improve foot stability, control, and address issues such as Achilles tendon problems and stiffness.
ConsumerHardwareHealthtech
Hin Lai(Founder)in
Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedColumbia Lake PartnersDevelopment Bank of WalesMS&AD VenturesOctopus VenturesPact VC+1 more
Shipsidekick provides a logistics platform combining warehouse management, order management, transportation management, and ERP functions, with an AI assistant, for shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsMute VenturesColumbia Lake PartnersDevelopment Bank of WalesMS&AD VenturesOctopus VenturesPact VC+1 more
Station70 builds institutional-grade security products for enterprise asset protection, including private key backup and recovery (Bunker) and secrets management (Gatekeeper).
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareConcord, US
Adam Healy(Founder)inAdam Everspaugh(Founder)in
Co-investorsA100X VenturesCastle Island VenturesMetalayerSCB 10XCyberstartsNotation Capital
Superfluid Labs builds digital credit scoring, customer analytics, and automated machine learning tools that help retail lenders and other businesses reduce losses, segment customers, and make data-driven decisions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
ZhiCheng "Miao" Miao(Founder)in
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupBR CapitalDivergenceEterna CapitalFabric VenturesHyperithm+7 more
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Union is a blockchain infrastructure project building interoperability technology for connecting decentralized networks, with work spanning liquid staking and DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNorfolk, US
Emir B(Co-founder & CSO)Karel(Co-founder & CEO)Cor(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless VentureEterna CapitalFounderheads,LongHash Ventures+14 more
Valantis offers Prime Trading, a service that gives stHYPE holders up to 40% off trading fees on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange across perps, spot, and HIP-3 markets.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsFigmentTriton CapitalFigment CapitalKraken VenturesRobot VenturesSevenX Ventures
Valory builds Olas, an open-source stack and decentralized marketplace for autonomous AI agents, including a desktop "agent app store" that lets users own and run AI agents for use cases from social influencers to DeFAI.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
David Minarsch(Co-founder & CEO)inDavid Galindo(Co-founder & CTO)inGemma(COO)
Co-investorsSignature VenturesATKAKleiner PerkinsProof GroupTrue Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CaSRevolutionNiulinx
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Valantis · chainwire.org · Aug 27, 2026
Morpho · finsmes.com · Jun 9, 2026
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘYannick Roux — 25–50% of voting rights, right to share surplus assets 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership, right to appoint and remove members limited liability partnership
Alexander Shelkovnikov — 25–50% of voting rights, right to share surplus assets 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership, right to appoint and remove members limited liability partnership
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Semantic Ventures made?
- Semantic Ventures has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Semantic Ventures invest at?
- Semantic Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Semantic Ventures focus on?
- Semantic Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, SaaS.
- Where is Semantic Ventures located?
- Semantic Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
Co-investors · 18
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.
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.
Hack VC is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage crypto, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, and AI companies.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
UpHonest Capital is a Silicon Valley-based investment firm founded in 2017 that supports cross-border entrepreneurship and investment between China and the United States, and runs media, scout, and incubation programs.
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from company inception through to IPO, operating across roughly 30 locations worldwide and running cohort-based programs to help entrepreneurs build and scale companies.
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.
Baruch Future Ventures is a climate-tech focused family investment firm that backs entrepreneurs building companies in the climate economy.
Helium-3 Ventures is a venture capital firm backing founders building innovative companies across sectors including space, energy, robotics, and consumer, on Earth and beyond.
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.
XAnge is a European early-stage venture capital firm that has backed over 200 startups over more than 20 years, with hubs in Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
Mission and Market is an early-stage investment firm backing founders pursuing bold missions in large markets.
▶6 more co-investors
7percent VenturesVoyager CapitalSolana VenturesStartupGymP101 VenturesLeap Forward Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Semantic Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Semantic Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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