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New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Symbolic Capital pursues a people-driven approach to Web3 investing, backing founders building in the crypto and blockchain space. The firm pairs capital with original research, publishing deep dives on topics such as Bitcoin restaking, BitVM, and reinforcement learning environments, reflecting an interest in the intersection of crypto infrastructure and emerging AI. It also runs the Nailwal Fellowship program to support builders. Its activity spans announcements of new investments and thesis-driven writings that inform its convictions across frontier crypto and adjacent technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Symbolic Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 57 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×21AI & Machine Learning ×14Developer Tools ×12Fintech ×10Data & Infrastructure ×8Cybersecurity ×5Deep Tech ×4Enterprise Software ×3
HQs:United States×8Canada×1Spain×1Nigeria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×3Stanford University ×2The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×9Engineering ×6Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Carnegie Mellon University ×2Stanford University ×2
Investments · 57 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 22023 · 12022 · 16 dated
Vertically integrated Ethereum infrastructure stack offering wallets, rollups, interoperability, and ZK services.
Diego Kingston(Founder)Federico Carrone(Founder)Mauro Toscano(Founder)Roberto Catalan(Founder)
Co-investorsLemniscapOddiyana VenturesPaper Venturesgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Hetz Ventures
Arcana Network (operating as Avail Nexus) provides multi-chain infrastructure that lets decentralized applications operate across blockchains without rebuilding, including unified balances that combine tokens across chains and a verifiable data availability layer for high-throughput applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Mayur Relekar(Founder)in
Co-investorsCogitent VenturesDigital Currency GroupWoodstock FundArcanum CapitalAU21 CapitalBuilders Tribe+4 more
Avantis is a decentralized derivatives exchange built on Base that lets users trade leveraged perpetuals on crypto, forex, metals, commodities, and indices directly from their wallets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEdessa CapitalFlowdeskGalaxy VenturesFounders FundModular Capital+1 more
Babylon Labs develops trustless infrastructure that enables Bitcoin to be used as collateral in decentralized finance and through a Bitcoin staking protocol for blockchain validation.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Fisher Yu(Founder)inDavid Tse(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBasecamp FundBloccelerate VCBreyer Capital+13 more
Community Gaming operated a platform for grassroots competitive gaming tournaments and player payouts; it wound down in 2026.
New York, US
Michael Kriak(Director)Evan Feng(Director)Chris Gonsalves(Executive Officer, Director)Hayder Sharhan(Director)
Co-investorsA100X VenturesBitDAOCoinFundConsenSys MeshMantle NetworkMoonhill Capital+14 more
Cubist develops cryptographic proof systems and tools for verifying software correctness and security, serving developers and organizations building secure systems.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Riad(CEO)inAnn(COO)inFraserinDeianinRohanin
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersPROOFVery Serious VenturesZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)BlizzardNotation Capital+2 more
dappOS is a Web3 operating system that turns natural-language user intents into executed on-chain actions.
Ty Shen(Founder)in
Co-investorsLBANK LabsLeland Ventures
FastLane provides a maximal extractable value (MEV) protocol and liquid staking token (shMON) for the Monad blockchain, enabling validators and token holders to capture transaction ordering fees and staking rewards.
Crypto & Web3FintechPasadena, US
David Alexander Watts(Executive Officer, Director)Alex W.(Founder)inJordan Hagan(Founder)inEric Destaing(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Mugno(Director)Oscar Salcedo-Ibanex(Director)
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalCoinbase VenturesFigmentL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Multicoin CapitalDBA+1 more
Fluent Labs develops blockchain infrastructure and consumer products, including the Fluent Network with blended execution that allows programs written for different virtual machines to run within the same blockchain state.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsPolychain Capital
Inco provides a privacy layer for blockchain networks, enabling privacy solutions that adapt to different chains, use cases, and regulatory requirements.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Remi
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Big Brain HoldingsCoinbase VenturesGSRZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)1kx+9 more
Lorenzo Protocol offers on-chain asset management aimed at institutional users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Matt Ye(Founder)in
Co-investorsD1 VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Miden builds modern payments infrastructure for businesses across Africa and beyond, offering compliant cross-border money movement and embedded banking solutions.
Data & InfrastructureFintechIkeja, NG
Okiemute Avworhokai(CEO)inIni Udoh(CTO)inAdeleke Adekoya(Founder)inDominic Okiemute Avworhokai(Founder)Ini-obong Udoh(Founder)Okiemute Avworhokai Ini Udoh(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorHack VCVelocity Digital1kxa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz+4 more
Miden is a blockchain protocol using zero-knowledge (ZK) architecture to enable programmable privacy, quantum-resistance, and scalability for onchain finance.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechMenlo Park, US
Bobbin Threadbare(Co-founder)Azeem Khan(Co-founder)inDominik Schmid(Co-founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAlpha Wave GlobalBig Candle CapitalBloccelerate VC+20 more
Morph Payments is a stablecoin payment platform that lets online businesses accept payments, send payouts, convert to fiat, and earn on idle balances through an API or no-code tools.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCPantera Capital
Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Adeniyi Abiodun(Founder)inKostas Kryptos Chalkias(Founder)inSam Blackshear(Founder)inEvan Cheng(Founder)inGeorge Danezis(Founder)Kostas Chalkias(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Brain Holdings+38 more
Nillion is a decentralized secure computing network that uses privacy-enhancing technologies to store and process sensitive data by distributing trust across nodes.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Andrew Yeoh(Founder)in
Co-investorsARKN venturesBig Brain HoldingsChapter OneFlowdeskFOMO VenturesG1 Ventures+16 more
NodeKit builds blockchain data analytics and cross-rollup infrastructure for Web3 developers and applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Noah Pravecek(Chief Executive Officer)Nick Preszler(Chief Technology Officer)Ricardo Tavarez(Founding Software Engineer)
Co-investorsKira Studio
0G (Zero Gravity) is a blockchain infrastructure stack for AI applications, combining an EVM-compatible Layer 1 chain, a distributed storage network, a compute network, and a scalable data availability layer.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Ming Wu(Founder)inMichael Heinrich(Founder)inAda Heinrich(Founder)Arne Hartmann(Founder)Fan Long(Founder)Thomas Yao(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlphaLab CapitalAnimoca BrandsBaseTwoBlockchain BuildersCaladan+17 more
OpenGradient operates a decentralized network for verifiable AI computing, letting users host models, run secure inference, and deploy AI agents onchain.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechNew York City, US
Adam B(Founder)
Co-investorsPragma VenturesThanefield CapitalTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Venturesa16z cryptoAlloy Fund+8 more
ORA operates a live platform for AI-managed investment funds, including a competitive "World Cup" leaderboard for such funds.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSunnyvale, US
Jiatian Wang(Founder)Kartin Wong(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOGeekCartelMantle NetworkTranspose Platform ManagementAzur Innovation FundSevenX Ventures
The company provides a data wallet for personal data ownership and management, alongside AI-powered personal agent cards that deliver automated recommendations without requiring manual user input.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCrypto & Web3Deep TechSector AgnosticSan Mateo, US
Regan Peng(Founder)in
Co-investorsHack VC
Polyhedra Network builds blockchain infrastructure for AI applications, including EXPchain, a chain for verifiability, data security, and performance of AI systems, and the ZKJ token for gas and governance.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Tiancheng X.(Founder)in
Co-investorsArcane GroupGeekCartelL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LongHash VenturesMapleblock CapitalPuzzle Ventures+8 more
Prodia provides APIs for high-quality image and video generation using generative AI, delivered at scale without requiring GPU provisioning or infrastructure management.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Shawn Wilkinson(Founder)inMonty Anderson(CEO, CTO)in
Co-investorsBuilder CapitalEv3 Ventures LlcTRGCWeb3com VenturesIndex VenturesOKX Ventures
Sentient Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to building open-source AGI independent of single-entity control.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSector Agnostic
Himanshu Tyagi(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalGSRHack VCHypersphere VenturesMH VenturesPantera Capital+9 more
Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.
Christopher Yeo(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesDG Ventures, Inc.Primitive VenturesUntroD CapitalArrington CapitalCanonical Crypto+10 more
Sleektext is a news and information platform dedicated to World of Warcraft coverage, offering game updates, player guides, strategies, and tournament information to WoW players globally.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsBAM VenturesDorm RoomStartXArkStream CapitalBig Brain HoldingsBinance Labs+7 more
StakeStone is a crypto-native neo bank offering self-custody accounts with yield-bearing balances, gasless transactions, and borderless payments across DeFi and CeFi venues.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Cheryl Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBankless VenturesGTS VenturesBinance LabsOKX VenturesPolychain CapitalSevenX Ventures
TAC is a blockchain built for Ethereum-based decentralized applications to access TON and Telegram's user base of over 1 billion users.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsHack VCPaper VenturesThe Open Platform
Toledo, ES
Harshita Singh(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkMulticoin Capital
Tomo offers a multichain "social wallet" for Web3 users, including a mobile app, browser extension, and Telegram bot for connecting, trading, and earning across crypto networks.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)KuCoin Labs
Vana is an open data infrastructure platform that enables individuals to control and manage the data they generate, with the ability to choose how it is used by AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Art Abal(Founder)Anna Kazlauskas(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlphaLab CapitalCaladanEarl Grey CapitalParadigmSCB 10X+10 more
Verifiable provides an AI-powered platform for healthcare credentialing and provider network management that combines autonomous agents with regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Nick Macario(Founder)inViv Rajkumar(Founder)inElina Cadouri(Executive Officer)in
BoardJack Altman(Director)
Co-investors137 VenturesCathexis VenturesCraft VenturesSoma CapitalStruck CapitalY Combinator+24 more
EZKL provides verification tools that confirm AI models run as intended and detect tampering, hardware failures, or corrupted outputs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Jason Morton(Founder)
Co-investorsLemniscapBloomberg Beta
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
0G LabsAvantisCodaCompute LabsCornFluentFraction AIInco NetworkMemelandMiraMosoMystic MooseNubitPrimusPrimuslabsProdiaSideSide ProtocolSkateWarlock
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOpenGradient · prnewswire.com · Jun 4, 2026
Miden · finsmes.com · May 10, 2025
Inco · globenewswire.com · Apr 24, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Symbolic Capital made?
- Symbolic Capital has 57 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Symbolic Capital invest at?
- Symbolic Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Symbolic Capital focus on?
- Symbolic Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
- Where is Symbolic Capital located?
- Symbolic Capital is headquartered in New York, US.
- Who does Symbolic Capital co-invest with?
- Symbolic Capital most often shares deals with L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV), GeekCartel, Coinbase Ventures, among 107 tracked co-investors.
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