Fundraising FoxZMT Capital
Venture capitalSilicon Valley · Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
ZMT Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Founded and staffed by former founders and operators, it aims to empower entrepreneurs using cutting-edge technology to change the world. The firm maintains both an equity portfolio spanning fintech, AI, blockchain, gaming, hardware and consumer companies, and a dedicated crypto portfolio focused on decentralized infrastructure, exchanges, oracles, blockchains and web3 protocols. ZMT invites founders building the next generation of the internet to partner with the firm.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 27 of 41 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×17AI & Machine Learning ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Fintech ×8Cybersecurity ×5Developer Tools ×5SaaS ×4Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×14Singapore×2Liechtenstein×1Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×6
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Tsinghua University ×3Fudan University ×2Stanford University ×2University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ×2University of Colorado Boulder ×2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ×2University of Waterloo ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×17Engineering ×9Business & Management ×4Economics ×3Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
Google ×3Microsoft ×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
9 founders hold a PhD · 8 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12021 · 12019 · 13 dated
0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Will Warren(Founder)inAmir Bandeali(Founder)inAlex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)inFulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)inTheo Gonella(Group Product Manager)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesArchetypeBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase Ventures+15 more
aelf is a blockchain platform with a multi-dAppChain, cloud-native architecture and AI-enhanced features designed to support parallel transaction processing.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsContinue CapitalHyperchain CapitalNirvana Capital
AERGO is a blockchain platform positioned for broad, general-purpose use.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsWolfEdge CapitalArrington XRP CapitalBlock Crafters CapitalDekrypt CapitalFBG CapitalGBIC+2 more
AiFi builds camera-based computer vision software that turns physical retail and venue spaces into autonomous, checkout-free environments.
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCSC UpshotSeaX VenturesCERVIN VENTURESMithril Capital ManagementQualcomm Ventures+1 more
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ApplePie Capital provides franchise financing, including SBA and conventional loans, to franchisees and franchisors across the United States.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Denise Thomas(Founder)inJoel Hornstein(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFrank Rotman(Director)inZaw Thet(Director)Steve Pelletier(Director)
Co-investorsCamp One VenturesQED InvestorsSignia Venture PartnersStory VenturesDocuSignFreestyle Capital+1 more
Brave makes a privacy-focused web browser built on the open-source Chromium core that blocks third-party ads and trackers by default, along with an independent search engine, a device-wide VPN, and a built-in AI assistant.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurity
Brendan Eich(Founder)inBrian Bondy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupFoundation CapitalIncrypt BlockchainPage One Ventures+11 more
Prove AI provides observability and auditing tooling for multi-agent AI systems, letting AI engineers trace how and why agents reach decisions, evaluate outcomes at runtime, and replay candidate fixes against trace archives to catch regressions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Mrinal Manohar(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDigital StrategiesDraper Goren BlockchainMapleblock CapitalPentos VenturesSaxon+5 more
Celer is a blockchain interoperability protocol that enables decentralized applications to access tokens, DeFi products, NFTs, and governance across multiple blockchains through a simplified user experience.
Crypto & Web3Singapore, SG
Junda Liu(Founder)inXiaozhou Li(Founder)inMo Dong(Founder)Qingkai Liang(Founder)
Co-investorsContinue CapitalFenbushi CapitalHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)IOSG VenturesLD CapitalPantera Capital+3 more
Cere Network is a decentralized data infrastructure protocol that uses edge clusters and AI agents to enable secure, real-time data automation for Web3 and AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsAlphabit FundArrington CapitalBlack DragonElliptiLD CapitalRed Building Capital+1 more
CertiK is a Web3 security platform that combines formal verification with smart contract audits, penetration testing, on-chain monitoring, AML/compliance tools, and incident response for blockchain projects, exchanges, and wallets.
Crypto & Web3CybersecuritySaaSNew York City, US
Sergey Gorbunov(Co-Founder)Alex Wilke(Co-Founder)Zhong Shao(Founder)inRonghui Gu(Founder)inProfessor Ronghui Gu(Founder)Professor Zhong Shao(Founder)
Co-investors10T FundCandaq Fintech GroupCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesContinue CapitalCyberport Hong Kong+17 more
O3 Swap is a cross-chain aggregation protocol from Tokyo-based O3 Labs for swapping assets across Ethereum, BSC, Heco and Neo.
Co-investorsCatcherVCNGC VenturesPuzzle VenturesSevenX Ventures
Cortex is a public blockchain that supports AI algorithms in smart contracts and rewards contributors who submit and optimize models.
Ziqi C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapital B Private HoldingsContinue CapitalNirvana Capitalat.inc/
Curio is an independent crypto and Web3 media publication offering reviews, plain-English explainers, and guides on exchanges, wallets, NFTs, GameFi, and DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Media & EntertainmentBoulder, US
Ben Arnon(Co-Founder & CRO / Co-CEO)inJuan M. Hernandez(Co-Founder & CEO)inRikin Mantri(Co-Founder & COO / Co-CEO)inNiel Robertson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAvestria VenturesPICUS CAPITALBlockchain CapitalFoundryFuture Perfect VenturesLongHash Ventures
Nuco is a Toronto-based developer of a modular enterprise blockchain platform for business environments.
Hadron is a decentralized AI platform that lets people build AI applications ("AiApps") running on its protocol and token, using distributed intelligence collection to gather ground-truth data and a decentralized network to train and run machine learning models.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
HOPR operates a decentralized network where participants run nodes to relay data privately and earn HOPR tokens, with rewards tied to the amount staked and data relayed.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBlack DragonChronos VenturesDCV CapitalSpark Digital CapitalTRGC
IoTeX operates an open blockchain-based ecosystem for real-world AI, turning data from physical machine networks (DePIN devices) into collective intelligence for AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3IoT
Qevan G.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAU21 CapitalDraper DragonIOSG VenturesNotch VenturesOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Outpost Capital+4 more
Kiavi provides real estate investment financing technology, offering loans to investors for property flipping, rentals, and development across the United States.
FintechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Matthew Humphrey(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Humphrey(Founder)inJames Herbert(Founder)inArvind Mohan(Chief Executive Officer & Board Member)inTim Lawlor(Chief Financial Officer)inVicente Medrano(Chief Risk Officer)in
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalCowboy VenturesFirst Round CapitalFJ LabsR136 VenturesRibbit Capital
Kyber Network operates an on-chain liquidity aggregation protocol that sources token liquidity from multiple decentralized exchanges and protocols to provide traders, DApps, and aggregators with token swap rates across chains including Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Fantom.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Victor Tran(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital StrategiesFenbushi CapitalGenblock CapitalHyperchain CapitalIOSG VenturesOptic Capital+6 more
Meter is a blockchain platform designed for decentralized applications that prioritizes speed, fairness, and MEV resistance, with a native metastable currency (MTR) pegged to 10 kWh of energy.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsCapital B Private HoldingsElliptiGeneral CatalystPantera CapitalBaillie Gifford
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MultiversX operates the EGLD blockchain network, a sharded proof-of-stake distributed ledger with a WASM-based virtual machine for building decentralized applications and smart contracts.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsVaduz, LI
Adrian Dobrita(Founder)inLucian Mincu(Founder)inBeniamin Mincu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlock54 CapitalBrilliance VenturesElliptiExtra WattsHyperchain CapitalMapleblock Capital+4 more
Nantero develops NRAM, a carbon nanotube-based nonvolatile random access memory, plus other nanotube semiconductor technologies.
Woburn, US
Greg Schmergel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDave Fachetti(Director)Bruce Sachs(Director)Jennifer Fonstad(Director)Margaret Seif(Director)OB Bilous(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupCisco InvestmentsGlobespan Capital PartnersTEL Venture Capital, Inc.Dell Technologies CapitalDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
Oasis Labs develops privacy-preserving data analytics and AI tools using differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs for organizations that need to analyze sensitive data while protecting individual privacy.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Dawn Song(Founder)inBobby Jaros(Executive Officer)Noah JohnsonRaymond Cheng
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 GlobalAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAngelONE Capital+25 more
Omnity Network is an on-chain omnichain interoperability protocol built on the Internet Computer that bridges Bitcoin assets across chains.
Co-investorsContinue CapitalD1 VenturesPuzzle VenturesYoubi Capital
Oxygen was a neobank offering financial products and banking services to small business owners, entrepreneurs, and gig economy workers.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Hussein Ahmed(Founder)inDavid RafalovskyinGeraldine Laybourne(Founder)Oprah Winfrey(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesBase Venture Management, Inc.Digital HorizonDigital Horizon VCFox Ventures+31 more
Emplifi (formerly Pixlee) offers an AI-powered "Autonomous CX" platform that unifies social marketing, commerce, and customer care, with autonomous agents for publishing content, sourcing user-generated content, and automating customer service replies.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Awad Sayeed(Cofounder)
Co-investorsElizabeth Street VenturesGrace Beauty CapitalGVA CapitalTheVentureCityWorldQuant VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+2 more
Quantstamp provides smart contract and blockchain security audits and verification services for Web3 and Web2 projects.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Richard Ma(Founder)inSteven Stewart(Founder)in
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCDragonflyFifty YearsFJ LabsLegalTechManhattan Venture Partners+22 more
Razor Network is a decentralized oracle network that supplies external data to smart contracts through a network of stakers, aimed at decentralized finance and other decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureNew York, US
Hrishikesh H(Founder)inMartin Bringmann(Executive Officer, Director)Katharina Volz(Executive Officer, Director)Narang Robbie(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBlack DragonSpark Digital Capital
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Anatoly Yakovenko(Founder)inGregory Fitzgerald(Executive Officer)Rajiv Gokal(Executive Officer)Alan YuGreg Fitzgerald(Founder)Raj Gokal(Founder)
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+56 more
Stori offers a mobile app with consumer financial products in Mexico, including a no-annual-fee credit card with up to 10% cashback, an interest-bearing debit account, and personal loans.
ConsumerFintechMexico City, MX
Bin Chen(Founder)inGY L(Founder)Guangyu (GY) L(Founder)inSherman He(Founder)inGY Liu(Founder)Gaurav Bhatnagar(Founder)
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystLightspeed Venture PartnersNotable CapitalSource Code CapitalVision Plus CapitalBAI capital+4 more
Stryd makes a wearable power meter and adaptive training software for runners.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceHardwareSports TechBoulder, US
LI SHANG(Founder)Robert Dick(Founder)Kun Li(Founder)inGus Pernetz(Founder)inJamie Williamson(Founder)inWyatt Mohrman(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesTechstars
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New York enterprise blockchain company behind the Assembly smart contract platform for financial markets; assets sold in Chapter 11 in 2023.
New York, US
Robert Dermody(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Smith(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNeil DeSena(Director)
Co-investorsConductive VenturesSenaHill PartnersCommunitas Capital PartnersNasdaq VenturesRaptor Group
Web3API is a WebAssembly-based integration standard for building lightweight, multi-platform decentralized applications.
Theta operates a blockchain and decentralized edge-cloud network providing GPU compute for AI, video and rendering workloads.
Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsColopl NextDCM VenturesDeepTech VenturesGFR Fundgumi Inc+8 more
OmiseGO is an Ethereum-based white-label digital wallet and payments platform from Thai fintech Omise, aimed at unbanked users.
Co-investorsBaseTwoPantera CapitalPanxora Management Corporation
Zilliqa is a layer-1 blockchain developing credentialed infrastructure for institutional finance, including a Mediation Layer that verifies whether two parties are permitted to transact before settlement.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSingapore, SG
Max Kantelia(Founder)inAmrit Kumar(Founder)Xinshu Dong(Founder)Yaoqi Jia(Founder)
Co-investorsBlack DragonContinue CapitalGenblock CapitalHyperchain CapitalKosmos VenturesNirvana Capital+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CR3 LabsHard Money & Rental LoansHifiOracle on Polkadot
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 10x Labscrypto exchanges: ZRX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
0x Labs · 0x Labs Blog · Aug 4, 2026
Quantstamp · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has ZMT Capital made?
- ZMT Capital has 41 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does ZMT Capital invest at?
- ZMT Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does ZMT Capital focus on?
- ZMT Capital focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Hardware, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
- Where is ZMT Capital located?
- ZMT Capital is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Who does ZMT Capital co-invest with?
- ZMT Capital most often shares deals with Pantera Capital, Continue Capital, Hyperchain Capital, among 197 tracked co-investors.
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