New York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
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
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Symbolic Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 57 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×20AI & Machine Learning ×13Developer Tools ×11Fintech ×10Data & Infrastructure ×8Cybersecurity ×5Consumer ×2Deep Tech ×2
HQs:United States×5Canada×1Spain×1Nigeria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 57 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12023 · 13 dated
Co-investorsBankless Ventures
Co-investorsLemniscapPaper Venturesgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
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 FundRepublic Crypto
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 CapitalFlowdeskFounders FundModular CapitalPantera Capital
Babylon Chain provides trustless infrastructure enabling native Bitcoin to be used as collateral in DeFi protocols and participate in Bitcoin staking without requiring custody transfer, wrapping, or bridging to other networks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCBreyer CapitalCandaq Fintech GroupDefinanceXEdessa Capital
Competitive gaming platform combining decentralized payments and a gaming-focused prediction market.
Co-investorsA100X VenturesConsenSys MeshOpen Opportunity FundWoodstock Fund
Co-investorsTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures
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)Polychain Capital
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
Pasadena, US
David Alexander Watts(Executive Officer, Director)Jordan Blayne Hagan(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Destaing(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Mugno(Director)Oscar Salcedo-Ibanex(Director)
Co-investorsDBAFigment Capital
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
Co-investorsBorderless VentureGenerative VenturesLifeX Ventures
Inco provides a confidentiality layer that integrates with existing blockchains, using isolated hardware environments and cryptography to protect address and transaction details.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsCoinbase VenturesGSRZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)1kxScript Capital+1 more
Lorenzo Protocol offers on-chain asset management aimed at institutional users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsD1 Ventures
Co-investorsPolygon Ventures
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(Founder)inIni Udoh(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorHack VCVelocity Digital1kxa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz
Miden is a blockchain protocol using zero-knowledge (ZK) architecture to enable programmable privacy, quantum-resistance, and scalability for onchain finance.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechMenlo Park, US
Bobbin Threadbare(Co-founder)Azeem Khan(Co-founder)inDominik Schmid(Co-founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoBloccelerate VCAndreessen HorowitzHack VC
Co-investorsCrucible Capital
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
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 VenturesInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)+14 more
NodeKit builds infrastructure for blockchain rollups, letting them customize their stack from the data-availability layer to the execution environment.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsKira Studio
Co-investorsL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Protagonist
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)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlphaLab CapitalAnimoca BrandsBaseTwoBlockchain BuildersCaladan+14 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-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkTranspose Platform ManagementSevenX Ventures
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
Co-investorsArcane GroupL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)LongHash VenturesMapleblock CapitalPuzzle VenturesRR2 Capital+7 more
Co-investorsMaelstromSamsung Next
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)in
Co-investorsBuilder CapitalEv3 Ventures LlcTRGCWeb3com VenturesIndex VenturesOKX Ventures
Community Gaming operated a platform for grassroots competitive gaming tournaments and player payouts; it wound down in 2026.
Co-investorsA100X VenturesBitDAOMantle NetworkMoonhill CapitalMulticoin CapitalOpen Opportunity Fund+4 more
Sentient Foundation is a collective of researchers and engineers developing open-source artificial intelligence and AGI, releasing frameworks such as ROMA (multi-agent reasoning and coordination), OML (open, monetizable model distribution), and ODS (search-augmented reasoning).
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsArrington CapitalGSRHack VCHypersphere VenturesMH VenturesPantera Capital+9 more
Co-investorsZEMU Venture Capital
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Gaming
Co-investorsDorm RoomBig Brain HoldingsBinance LabsEmirates ConsortiumGenblock CapitalJungle Ventures+3 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-investorsBinance LabsOKX VenturesPolychain CapitalSevenX Ventures
An EVM-compatible network extension for TON.
Pavel Altukhov(Founder)in
Co-investorsHack VCBITKRAFT Ventures
TAC is a blockchain protocol and Layer that lets Ethereum/EVM developers deploy their DeFi applications and distribute them to Telegram and TON users, enabling "hybrid dApps" that combine EVM logic with TON UX.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsHack VCPaper VenturesBITKRAFT 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-investorsKuCoin 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)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlphaLab CapitalCaladanEarl Grey CapitalParadigmSCB 10X+2 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)
BoardJack Altman(Director)
Co-investors137 VenturesCathexis VenturesStruck CapitalY Combinatora16z cryptoBlack Dragon+11 more
Co-investorsReciprocal VenturesTRGC
EZKL provides verification tools that confirm AI models run as intended and detect tampering, hardware failures, or corrupted outputs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsLemniscapBloomberg Beta
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLorenzo · kvia.com · Aug 10, 2026
Prodia Labs · chipstrat.com · Jul 15, 2026
Cube3 · todayscrypto.news · Jun 3, 2026
Verifiable · prnewswire.com · Apr 14, 2026
TAC · indianstartupnews.com · Oct 15, 2025
TAC · indianstartupnews.com · Oct 15, 2025
Babylon · theartnewspaper.com · Sep 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Symbolic Capital made?
- Symbolic Capital has 52 tracked investments.
- What stage does Symbolic Capital invest at?
- Symbolic Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A 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 BitDAO, GSR, Mantle Network, among 87 tracked co-investors.
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