Fundraising FoxTangent Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Tangent Ventures focuses on foundational technologies it believes will shape the coming decade and take humanity on new tangents. The firm argues that transformative technologies — from the internet and smartphones to social media, blockchains, and AI — consistently begin as controversial, dismissed ideas before achieving paradigm-shifting impact. It backs bold founders and operators with conviction, notably funding every investment entirely from its own founders' capital rather than outside LPs, aligning its interests directly with the teams it supports. Areas of interest span robotics, deep tech, and crypto, with investments in humanoid robotics, decentralized infrastructure, physical AI, and verifiable compute.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 26, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteDarryl Wang helped build Southeast Asia's largest crypto fund as Principal at DeFiance Capital, an early investor in DeFi protocols such as Axie Infinity. A lifelong multi-asset investor with a traditional finance background, he holds a bachelor's from the London School of Economics.
Jason Choi previously co-led an institutional digital assets investment platform in Asia and founded Blockcrunch, a crypto-focused podcast and research platform featuring conversations with industry builders. He studied at the Wharton School.
What they invest in
from 7 of 12 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Robotics ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2Hardware ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Biotech ×1Deep Tech ×1
HQs:United States×2
Investments · 12 tracked
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AminoChain builds decentralized infrastructure for biomedical research that connects biospecimens, participant consent, and research data through a network of biorepositories.
BiotechData & InfrastructureHealthtechNew York, US
Caspar Barnes(CEO)in
BoardMichael Calvey(Director)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntlerLightshift CapitalPlug and Play Ventures+1 more
Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Jeff Cardenas(Founder)inNicholas Arden Paine(Executive Officer, Director)Luis Sentis(Founder)Nick Paine(Founder)
BoardClarence Gordon Daugherty, IV(Director)Howard Lee Morgan(Director)in
Co-investors1435 CapitalAssembly VenturesAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.B Capital GroupB4 CapitalBaseTwo+41 more
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BitRobot is a decentralized network that coordinates researchers, hardware operators, and compute providers to advance embodied AI and robotics R&D.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Robotics
Michael Cho
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsTioga Capital PartnersFabric VenturesProtocol LabsVirtuals ProtocolZee Prime Capital
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DAWN is a decentralized broadband network that enables users to share internet capacity and operate as their own internet providers through a hardware node and protocol system.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investors6th Man VenturesAdvancit CapitalArchetypeEv3 Ventures LlcFlowdeskLattice Capital+4 more
Ethena operates a crypto protocol offering USDe, a digital dollar, and sUSDe, a reward-accruing asset backed by collateralized assets with third-party attestations.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Jeremy Huff(Partner & Co-founder)Guy Young(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalArkStream CapitalAtaraxia CapitalBascom VenturesBitDAOBreed+25 more
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GEODNET operates a decentralized network of GNSS satellite reference stations ("Satellite Miners") that deliver centimeter-level RTK correction data to robots and devices, correcting GPS navigation errors.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechHardwareIoT
Mike(Project Creator)inDavid Chen(Founder)inMike Horton(Founder)
Co-investorsBorderless VentureG1 VenturesMulticoin CapitalNIVParaFi CapitalParafi General Fund+4 more
Mecka builds a data and integration layer for robotics, providing annotation, context, QA, motion understanding, and evaluation workflows that turn real-world activity into training data for robot learning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRobotics
Josh Gao(Founder)inDuy Nguyen(Founder)inJason Chong(Founder)inMogen Cheng(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdverb VenturesCade VenturesDecimaForerunner VenturesFramework VenturesA*+7 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
EigenRed Rabbit RoboticsRetronSpencer VenturesVitalbridge
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMecka · citybiz.co · Sep 15, 2026
Apptronik · vctavern.com · Apr 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tangent Ventures made?
- Tangent Ventures has 12 tracked investments.
- What stage does Tangent Ventures invest at?
- Tangent Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Tangent Ventures's typical check size?
- Tangent Ventures typically writes checks of $500K.
- What sectors does Tangent Ventures focus on?
- Tangent Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Robotics.
- Who does Tangent Ventures co-invest with?
- Tangent Ventures most often shares deals with Big Brain Holdings, Multicoin Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, among 93 tracked co-investors.
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