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Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Stake Capital Group underwrites physics and cryptography risk that markets price poorly, backing frontier deep tech from the earliest stages. It argues intelligence at scale is fundamentally an energy and infrastructure problem, that cryptography enforces trust mathematically, and that durable returns sit behind hard engineering problems only rare teams can solve. The group operates across several vehicles: a concentrated early-stage Deep Tech Fund, production compute and validation infrastructure, a studio that incubates and co-founds companies, advisory and M&A services for deep tech and digital-asset firms, and a fund-of-funds anchoring specialist managers. It invests, builds, and runs infrastructure itself rather than from the sidelines.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 10 of 14 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×7Fintech ×6AI & Machine Learning ×4Cybersecurity ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×3Enterprise Software ×3Deep Tech ×2
HQs:United States×3France×1United Kingdom×1
Investments · 14 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 32022 · 38 dated
Contango is a DeFi protocol that automates recursive borrowing and lending ("looping") into a single transaction, letting traders open leveraged positions on money markets and liquid (re)staking assets from the ETH and BTC ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsPerpetual ProtocolSolidity VenturesSwissBorgSymBiosisdlabParaFi Capital+2 more
Contango is a DeFi protocol that automates leveraged "looping" on money markets, letting traders open levered long/short and (re)staking positions in a single transaction using flash loans, lending, and spot swaps.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsPerpetual ProtocolSolidity VenturesSwissBorgSymBiosisAdvanced BlockchainCogitent Ventures+1 more
Fhenix is a blockchain research and development company building FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) infrastructure that lets developers run confidential computation on encrypted data in EVM-compatible smart contracts.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Guy Itzhaki(Founder)inGuy Zyskind(Founder)inDr. Guy Zyskind(Founder)
Co-investorsCollider VenturesGSRHack VCMulticoin CapitalNode CapitalAmber Group+15 more
Cometh provides a single API for businesses and financial institutions to integrate DeFi services including custody, staking and yield, trading and liquidity, and payments.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
⭐Jerome de Tychey(Founder)inJerome de Tychey(Founder)
Co-investorsCultur3 CapitalDelta BlockchainLD CapitalSerenaWhite Star CapitalWintermute+4 more
Cork provides an onchain programmable risk primitive that lets AI agents underwrite, price, and deploy risk across crypto assets, offering tokenized coverage against illiquidity and depeg events.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Phil Fogel(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Rob Schmitt(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Anna Stone(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsFounderheads,HyperithmDEPO VenturesFunFair VenturesPEER VCRoad Capital+1 more
Curve is a decentralized exchange and automated market maker optimized for low-slippage swaps between similarly priced crypto assets.
PartnerJulien Bouteloup· solo GP
Co-investors1k(x)1kxElectric CapitalFuel VenturesOutward VC
Eterlast is a London-based Web3 company building branded blockchain games and NFT experiences for sports and media brands.
London, GB
Joan Roure(Founder)inJoan Roure Parera(Founder)
Co-investorsSiesta VenturesSupernode GlobalActive PartnersFounders FactoryPlay Ventures
Hub operates a data collection and annotation platform that gathers real-world data from physical environments to train embodied AI and robotics models.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Tim Sprecher(COO)inArmin Kiani(CEO)inChristopher Miller(Executive Officer)Keivane Fadavi(Head of Community)Daniel Georr(Head of Staff)Loic Schaeffer(Head Of Staff)
Co-investorsEight CapitalSymbiotic VenturesY CombinatorZero Index007 Venture PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+13 more
KPK (karpatkey) is an onchain asset manager providing DeFi treasury mandates, vaults and tokenised funds.
Marcelo Ruiz de Olano(CEO and Co-founder)inAlejandro Romero(COO and Co-founder)inSantiago Gonzalez Zerbo(CTO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesBorderless VentureSaison CapitalThanefield CapitalWintermuteAppWorks+4 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)
PartnerJulien Bouteloup· solo GP
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCathay InnovationEntropy Industrial CapitalFaculty GroupFlowdesk+34 more
Parameter builds autonomous security software that continuously monitors and discovers vulnerabilities in modern applications as they are deployed, leveraging AI for application security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Prama Yudhistira(CPO)inHuzaifa Ahmad(CTO)inAhmad Khan(CEO)inPrama Yudhistria(Co-Founder)Huzaifa A.(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorNorthside VenturesPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+13 more
Synthetic Sciences develops foundation models trained on research process data to enable autonomous scientific work, combining data capture infrastructure with model training to create AI systems with scientific judgment.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ishaan Gangwani(CTO)inAayam Bansal(CEO)in
Co-investorsPioneerY Combinator468 CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBlast.Club+6 more
Zama provides encryption technology for onchain finance that keeps blockchain addresses public while encrypting transaction amounts and commercial references at the token level.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep TechFintechSilicon Valley, FR
Rand Hindi(Founder)inPascal Paillier(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinListHack VCLunar VenturesMetaplanetMulticoin CapitalPlug and Play Ventures+6 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Backed
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsBackedacq. by Kraken
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Curve · crypto-economy.com · Aug 27, 2026
Zama · kucoin.com · Aug 11, 2026
Hub · ycombinator.com · Jun 15, 2026
Morpho · finsmes.com · Jun 9, 2026
Synthetic Sciences · ycombinator.com · Feb 26, 2026
Parameter · ycombinator.com · Feb 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Stake Capital made?
- Stake Capital has 14 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Stake Capital invest at?
- Stake Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Stake Capital focus on?
- Stake Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cloud Computing, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Fintech, Quantum Computing, Space Tech.
- Who does Stake Capital co-invest with?
- Stake Capital most often shares deals with Hack VC, Multicoin Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, among 31 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamLe tour de la DeFi en 60 min : Julien Bouteloup fondateur de Stake Capital Group et Stake DAO
Blockchain Addict · Julien Bouteloup
Metagovernance, Curve & decentralization [Julien Bouteloup from Stake Capital] - The Defi Angle Ep.2
Angle Labs · Julien Bouteloup
Julien Bouteloup | Stake Capital, REKT News, CRV & Liquid lockers/VE Tokens | Amadeo Brands ON-DeFi
Amadeo Brands - ON DeFi · Julien Bouteloup
JULIEN BOUTELOUP #6 | OAK LIVE | STAKE CAPITAL, HEDGE FUND, DeFi
Oak Invest · Julien Bouteloup · youtube.com
Julien Bouteloup: Stake Capital/Rekt – Uncovering the Dark Side of DeFi #381
Epicenter Podcast · Julien Bouteloup
Amadeo Brands ON-DeFi talks with Julien Bouteloup | Stake Capital, CRV, NFT's & Black Pool Finance
Amadeo Brands - ON DeFi · Julien Bouteloup
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