ZMT Capital
Venture capitalSilicon Valley · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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 26 of 48 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×16AI & Machine Learning ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Fintech ×8Cybersecurity ×5Developer Tools ×5Consumer ×3SaaS ×3
HQs:United States×13Singapore×2Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×2
Investments · 48 tracked
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0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Will Warren(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inAmir Bandeali(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly Co-Founder & CTO))Alex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)Fulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)Theo Gonella(Group Product Manager)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesArchetypeBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase Ventures+14 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 Capital
AERGO is a blockchain platform positioned for broad, general-purpose use.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsWolfEdge CapitalSequoia Capital
AI for human-level perception of poses and 3D world from a single picture
AiFi builds camera-based computer vision software that turns physical retail and venue spaces into autonomous, checkout-free environments.
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCSC Upshot
ApplePie Capital provides franchise financing, including SBA and conventional loans, to franchisees and franchisors across the United States.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Denise Thomas(CEO & Founder)inJoel Hornstein(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFrank Rotman(Director)inZaw Thet(Director)Steve Pelletier(Director)
Co-investorsCamp One VenturesQED InvestorsStory VenturesFreestyle CapitalSignia Venture PartnersSocial Leverage
Co-investorsDraper DragonFaberHoxton VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)
Blockchain-based smart securities for Wall Street
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 & CEO)Brian Bondy(Founder & CTO)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupPage One VenturesPantera CapitalPropel Venture Partners+7 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)Xiaozhou Li(Founder)
Co-investorsContinue CapitalFenbushi CapitalIOSG VenturesPantera CapitalSignum CapitalSpark Digital Capital+1 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 DragonElliptiRed Building CapitalArrington XRP Capital
CertiK is a Web3 security platform that provides smart contract audits, penetration testing, compliance solutions, and real-time project evaluation for blockchain projects and institutions.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityNew York, US
Sergey Gorbunov(Co-Founder)Alex Wilke(Co-Founder)Ronghui Gu(Director)Zhong Shao(Director)
BoardMuhan Zou(Director)Kai Jiang(Director)
Co-investorsCandaq Fintech GroupContinue CapitalEureka PartnersFoothill VenturesInsight PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners+7 more
Platform for brands to leverage consumer generated images
O3 Swap is a cross-chain aggregation protocol from Tokyo-based O3 Labs for swapping assets across Ethereum, BSC, Heco and Neo.
Co-investorsCatcherVC
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-investorsContinue Capitalat.inc/
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
Digital bank for Latin America
Los Angeles NFT and digital-collectibles platform that helped entertainment brands issue licensed fan collectibles and drops (including Fremantle’s American Gods and later Topps/Mars Attacks).
Boulder, 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-investorsPICUS CAPITALBlockchain CapitalFuture Perfect VenturesLongHash Ventures
MultiversX (the EGLD network, formerly Elrond) is a distributed blockchain network for building decentralized applications, using adaptive state sharding and a Secure Proof of Stake consensus mechanism.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Beniamin Mincu(Founder)inLucian Mincu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrilliance VenturesElliptiMapleblock CapitalSpark Digital Capital
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
Hard money and rental loans for real estate investors
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 VenturesSpark 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 VenturesSamsung NextStruck 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-investorsFenbushi CapitalGenblock CapitalIOSG VenturesPantera CapitalSignum CapitalWolfEdge Capital+3 more
Kiavi (formerly LendingHome) is an online lender providing financing to residential real estate investors, offering bridge/fix-and-flip, DSCR/rental, and construction loans through a technology platform.
FintechPropTech
James Herbert(Co-Founder)inMatt Humphrey(Co-Founder & former CEO)inArvind Mohan(Chief Executive Officer & Board Member)inTim Lawlor(Chief Financial Officer)inVicente Medrano(Chief Risk Officer)inJonathan Muller(SVP of Product and Technology)in
Co-investorsFoundation Capital
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-investorsElliptiPantera CapitalBaillie Gifford
Innovative mobile gaming trailblazer
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 PartnersNAV.VCTEL Venture Capital, Inc.Dell Technologies Capital
Next generation non-volatile memory with DRAM performance and endurance
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 & CEO)Robert Gilchrist Jaros(Executive Officer)Bobby JarosNoah JohnsonRaymond Cheng
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 GlobalAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAngelONE Capital+19 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
Co-investorsBlack Dragon
Oxygen was a fintech platform offering financial products aimed at small businesses and entrepreneurs, launched as a neobank serving mid-to-high income millennials, gig economy workers, and SMBs.
FintechSaaSPrinceton, US
David RafalovskyHussein Ahmed
Co-investors500 GlobalDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCVibe CapitalVU Venture PartnersEarl Grey Capital
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/CEO)inSteven Stewart(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCDragonflyFifty YearsLegalTechManhattan Venture PartnersMetaplanet+8 more
Secure, fast and private web browser with adblocker
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)inAlan Yu
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+36 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)Sherman He(Founder)
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystNotable CapitalSource Code CapitalVision Plus Capital
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
New York enterprise blockchain company behind the Assembly smart contract platform for financial markets; assets sold in Chapter 11 in 2023.
New York, US
Co-investorsConductive VenturesSenaHill PartnersCommunitas Capital Partners
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 StrategiesMapleblock CapitalPentos VenturesSora VenturesSpark Digital Capital+2 more
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-investorsColopl NextDCM VenturesDeepTech VenturesGFR FundHeuristic Capital Partnersgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
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)in
Co-investorsBlack DragonContinue CapitalGenblock CapitalWolfEdge Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio0x Labs Decentralized P2P tradingcrypto exchanges: ZRX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSymbiont · coverager.com · Aug 26, 2026
Hadron · ctvc.co · Aug 17, 2026
0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading · 0x Labs Blog · Aug 4, 2026
Meter High-performance Sidechain · marketbeat.com · Jul 16, 2026
Kyber Network · gurufocus.com · Jul 6, 2026
Quantstamp · cryptopolitan.com · Jul 3, 2026
Solana · cryptobriefing.com · Jul 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has ZMT Capital made?
- ZMT Capital has 56 tracked investments.
- What stage does ZMT Capital invest at?
- ZMT Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, 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, Spark Digital Capital, among 146 tracked co-investors.
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