Cologne · Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked
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Investment thesis
SMAPE Capital invests in tokenised economies and internet-native ecosystems, backing value-driven founders who work on fundamental problems. The firm emphasizes decentralisation, open and newly incentivised markets, and the people behind and affected by the projects it funds. Operating as a global fund with European values, it commits to institutional-grade investing that adheres to industry standards and supports founders in a hands-on manner. A core focus is improving the sustainability of the digital asset ecosystem, looking beyond short-term hype cycles and technical limitations.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through SMAPE Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 37 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×27Developer Tools ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Fintech ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Cybersecurity ×4Cloud Computing ×3Cleantech ×2
HQs:Austria×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×23 founders×1
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathArcium operates a decentralized network for confidential computing that uses Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) to execute computations without exposing input data.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Yannik Schrade(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LongHash VenturesAsymmetricGreenfieldJump Crypto
Olas is a decentralized platform for autonomous AI agents where users can own and operate agents through Pearl (an AI Agent App Store) and businesses can monetize agents on the Mech Marketplace.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3MarketplacesSector Agnostic
Co-investorsARKN venturesGenerative VenturesSignature Ventures1kxSigil Fund
Berachain is a Layer 1 blockchain network built around a Proof of Liquidity mechanism that directs block reward emissions as non-dilutive growth capital to ecosystem applications in exchange for revenue sharing with the network and tokenholders.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Smokey the Bera(Founder)
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalArrington CapitalBorderless VentureCaladanCVP NoLimitHack VC+13 more
Beraborrow is a decentralized protocol on Berachain that lets users deposit collateral to mint NECT, an over-collateralized stablecoin, and use auto-compounding vaults ("Dens") and onchain leverage tools.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBlack DragonBorderless VentureOptic Capital
Beramonium develops a single-player RPG that integrates optional NFT minting and play-to-earn mechanics, designed for both traditional gamers and those interested in crypto gaming.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Bio Protocol is a decentralized science (DeSci) platform where people can fund, develop and govern tokenized early-stage scientific research from universities, companies and researchers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsBinance LabsPfizer VenturesBig Brain HoldingsPolymorphic CapitalSerafundSignature Ventures+3 more
DAIC Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies and projects focused on digital assets and blockchain technology, including Layer 1 blockchains, DeFi infrastructure, and digital asset trading platforms.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLinz, AT
Peter Schöllauf(Managing Director)Simon Günther(Managing Director)
Energy Web builds blockchain-based infrastructure and a marketplace (Energy Web X) offering compute pools such as SmartFlow, Carbon-Aware, and GP4BTC for energy and sustainability applications.
CleantechCrypto & Web3Energy
Ed Hesse(Founder)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxAdvanced BlockchainBlackhorn VenturesFuture Energy VenturesMerkle Tree Capital+3 more
functionSPACE offers a programmable financial primitive that lets product builders design custom payoff structures and take exposure to numerical events, rather than using preset derivative shapes.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsMaven 11
Infrared is a liquid staking protocol built on Berachain that offers liquid products for Proof of Liquidity, including liquid solutions for BGT and BERA tokens, node infrastructure, and PoL vaults.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsCVP NoLimitNo Limit Holdings (NLH)
Kodiak is a decentralized trading and liquidity platform built on Berachain, offering concentrated and full-range AMMs, automated liquidity managers (Kodiak Islands), a permissionless token deployer (Panda Factory), perpetuals with leverage, and auto-compounding vaults.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsKeneticPivot Global
Lava Network provides decentralized RPC access for interacting with blockchains, handling requests such as trading, swapping, deploying, and staking across multiple chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
YairGil
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)AlphaLab CapitalBlack DragonBreakOrbitCaladanDivergence+10 more
LI.FI builds cross-chain infrastructure for decentralized finance, using chain abstraction to aggregate and optimize DeFi components.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Philipp(Co-founder)Max(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDCInvestorSunny Aggarwal1k(x)1kx6th Man VenturesBloccelerate VC+7 more
Lighthouse provides decentralized file storage built on IPFS and networks like Filecoin and Walrus, with encryption, token-gated access, and dedicated IPFS gateways.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Mangrove is an order book decentralized exchange (DEX) that lets users trade and place limit orders without locking their funds, allowing them to generate yield from other protocols while their liquidity is deployed.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsWintermutegumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
Mezzanine is an on-chain protocol that structures crypto yields into tranche-based risk tiers.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Neuron provides an SDK and network that turn physical devices—from GPU clusters to a Raspberry Pi—into edge nodes that AI agents and software platforms can discover, access, and control via encrypted peer-to-peer communication.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3IoT
Co-investorsDecasonicActivant CapitalChona Family OfficeKarman VenturesPunch CapitalSuffolk Technologies+1 more
NodeOps provides a unified operating system for builders and creators to deploy blockchain nodes, build AI models, and execute applications with one-click simplicity and minimal prerequisites.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Pratik Balar(Founder)in
Co-investorsYAP Capital
OKcontract Labs builds Chainwall, an onchain security layer that stores approval rules and allowlists in smart contracts and verifies that a submitted transaction's function, arguments, account, and operator match an approved action before execution.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Orochi Network builds a verifiable data infrastructure, including a zero-knowledge database (zkDatabase), a decentralized oracle (Orocle), and a verifiable random number generator (Orand), using cryptographic primitives such as ZKP, FHE, and TEE to make data provable.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Chiro Hiro(Founder)in
RDDL provides a data and intelligence layer for electricity grids, using cryptographically secured hardware and sub-10-second telemetry to measure activity behind the smart meter for households, SMEs, and microgrids.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Rilla augments content delivery networks with an AI-orchestrated peer-to-peer network layer to reduce costs and improve streaming performance for broadcasters and content platforms.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingMedia & Entertainment
Hal Smith Stevens(CEO | Co-Founder)inPul Bandara(CTO | Co-Founder)inJustin Tomlinson(CCO | Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalEdessa CapitalFuture Perfect VenturesGD1Arrington XRP CapitalCrew Capital
Ryder is a cryptocurrency wallet and asset management platform designed to simplify crypto storage and transactions for everyday users.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardware
Co-investorsBorderless VentureDraper Associates
Subsquid provides permissionless, cost-efficient access to large-scale Web3 onchain data, aimed at decentralized application developers building across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Wanja S. Oberhof(CEO)
Co-investorsD1 VenturesDigital Finance GroupHypersphere VenturesLattice Capital
Stroom generates native Bitcoin yield through the Lightning Network, allowing users to earn returns by staking.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsLemniscapUnicorn Factory VenturesCogitent VenturesGreenfield
Supra provides blockchain oracle services that deliver data feeds to smart contracts and decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsWashington, US
Jonathan Nelms(Managing Member)in
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBitDAOCastrum CapitalCoinbase VenturesCVP NoLimitDeepTech Ventures+7 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Mangrove · stocktitan.net · Aug 21, 2026
Bio Protocol · cryptobriefing.com · Aug 5, 2026
Arcium · bitcoinfoundation.org · Jul 6, 2026
Neuron · finance.yahoo.com · Mar 31, 2026
Bera · bera.house.gov · Feb 9, 2026
Rilla · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Dec 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has SMAPE Capital made?
- SMAPE Capital has 37 tracked investments.
- What stage does SMAPE Capital invest at?
- SMAPE Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does SMAPE Capital focus on?
- SMAPE Capital focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is SMAPE Capital located?
- SMAPE Capital is headquartered in Cologne, DE.
- Who does SMAPE Capital co-invest with?
- SMAPE Capital most often shares deals with Borderless Venture, Coinbase Ventures, CVP NoLimit, among 72 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAstrid Woollard and Christian Niedermüller - What is SMAPE Capital | Beginner's Mind Podcast Clips
Christian Soschner · Astrid Woollard
Folge 015: Wann ist der Crypto-Winter vorbei? (feat. Astrid Woollard, SMAPE Capital)
Krypto.Logisch Podcast · Astrid Woollard
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