Standard Crypto
Venture capitalSeed–Series B · 12 people tracked
Also known as STANDARD CRYPTO MANAGEMENT LP · Standard Crypto OS
Investment thesis
Standard positions itself as a venture capital firm with company-building experience and expertise in frontier technology. It backs entrepreneurs and communities leveraging advances in decentralization, intelligence, and cryptography to reimagine the internet, marketplaces, and finance, aiming to help create a new standard.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 25 of 68 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×22Fintech ×10Developer Tools ×5Social ×4AI & Machine Learning ×2Consumer ×2Creator Economy ×2Cybersecurity ×2
HQs:United States×11Israel×1
Investments · 68 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCastro Valley, US
Roger Chen(Executive Officer, Director)Alok Prahalad Vasudev(Director)Bharath Ramsundar(Director)
Board seatAlok Vasudev· per SEC Form D · filed Feb 2018
Decentralized lending protocol; early and continued core holding.
Protocol for decentralized audio
Roneil Rumburg(Cofounder)
Forta provides onchain security and compliance monitoring through a firewall platform that detects and prevents malicious transactions, smart contract exploits, and compliance risks for teams building blockchain applications.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Foundation was a non-custodial platform for NFT trading and creator monetization.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3
Liquid staking protocol for Ethereum
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)
BIT Invest, a flagship unit of BIT Group, offers investment solutions for cryptocurrency and digital asset holders, including structured products, fixed income instruments, and lending services secured by digital collateral.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Farcaster is a decentralized social network where users own their identity and can discover people and express themselves.
Crypto & Web3SocialVenice, US
Daniel Romero(Executive Officer, Director)Varun Srinivasan(Executive Officer, Director)
A mobile game developer that creates games for smartphone and tablet platforms, consistently achieving high revenue rankings in the mobile gaming market.
ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US
Josh Buckley(Founder/CEO)in
Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper Tools
Adeniyi Abiodun(Founder)in
Offchain provides enterprise infrastructure and blockchain products for the programmable economy, including scaling solutions, consensus clients, and smart account infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Courtyard.io is a marketplace and tokenization service that enables users to own and trade physical collectible cards on the blockchain, with options to store them vaulted, sell them, or redeem the NFT for physical delivery.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3MarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US
Devin Finzer(Founder/CEO)in
PleasrDAO is a decentralized collective that acquires and preserves culturally significant digital assets, including NFTs and artifacts of internet history, using blockchain technology to enable community ownership.
Crypto & Web3Social
Reflexer Finance develops a decentralized stable asset that operates independently from traditional fiat currencies, built on blockchain technology.
Crypto & Web3FintechWilmington, US
Stefan-Codrin Ionescu(Executive Officer, Director)
StarkWare develops zero-knowledge proof and validity rollup solutions for blockchain applications, enabling secure, scalable, and trustless transactions.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsNetanya, IL
Eli Ben-Sasson(Co-Founder, CEO)Uri Kolodny(Co-founder, Board Member)Alessandro Chiesa(Co-Founder)Avihu Levy(Head of Product & Blockchain Research)Harish Devarajan(Director)Michael Riabzev(Chief Architect)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Standard Crypto invest at?
- Standard Crypto invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Standard Crypto focus on?
- Standard Crypto focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Does Standard Crypto lead rounds?
- Standard Crypto typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamLedgerFest 21: Standard Crypto's Adam Goldberg interviews Zaki Manian, Co-Founder of Sommelier
Blockchain at Columbia · Adam Goldberg
LedgerFest 21: Standard Crypto's Alok Vasudev interviews Rachel Lin, Founder/CEO of SynFutures
Blockchain @ Columbia · Alok Vasudev
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