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Pre-seed crypto investors

44 of 60 pre-seed crypto firms that report a preference say they can lead. 6 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
Diagram VenturesActive Sep 27
Quebec
Charles Poire, Emily Haniotis+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +2Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $1MCan lead
Foundation CapitalActive Sep 25
California · Fund $600M Fund 11 (announced)
Charles Moldow, Rodolfo Gonzalez+10 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +2
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Griffin Gaming PartnersActive Sep 24
LATAM
Nick Tuosto, Peter Levin+12 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGaming and media +2
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Mercury FundActive Oct 14
Texas
Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +10
$100K to $10MCan lead
Valhalla VenturesActive Sep 30
Florida
Devan Malhotra, Rohan Pujara
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDeep tech +4
$500K to $10MCan lead
VariantActive Sep 23
New York · Fund $222M Variant 4 (2026)
Jesse Walden, Alana Levin+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
$1M to $30MCan lead
Altari Ventures
New York
Anna Garcia
Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +2
$500K to $1MCan lead
Arca
California · Fund $30M+ (2021)
Jeff Dorman, Phil Liu+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
Archetype
New York · Fund $100M Fund III (2025)
Ash Egan, Danny Sursock+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
$500K to $10MCan lead
Blockchain Capital
California · Fund $2B+ AUM (2023)
Aleks Larsen, Bart Stephens+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
Check size not reportedCan lead
Blockchain Founders Capital
New York
Ben Horvath, Sagar Barvaliya+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1Confirmed by the firm
$250K to $500KCan lead
Borderless Capital
Florida
Arul Murugan, David Garcia+8 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
Canonical
California
Anand Iyer, Anthony Avedissian
Pre-seedLeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
Draper Dragon
California · Fund $80M (2026)
Andy Tang, Larry Li+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto
Check size not reportedCan lead
Electric Capital
California
Avichal Garg, Curtis Spencer+7 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1
$1M to $30MCan lead
Escape Velocity
New York · Fund $61.74M (2025)
Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Salvador Gala
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
$500K to $3MCan lead
F-Prime Capital
Massachusetts
Stephen Knight, Amber Cai+17 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +4
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Flori Ventures
California
Maria Alegre, Tomer Bariach+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
Hack VC
California · Fund $150M (2024)
Alexander Pack, Borna Shoa+6 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1
$250K to $10MCan lead
Haun Ventures
California · Fund $1B (2026)
Diogo Monica, Katie Haun+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto +1
$3M to $30M+Can lead
Hypersphere Ventures
Florida
Jack Platts, Mehdi Farooq+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
Check size not reportedCan lead
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Massachusetts · Fund $21M (2020)
Joe Gerber, Reuben Brama
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +2
$250K to $3MCan lead
Infinite Capital
Florida
Nathan Doctor, Sean Doctor+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsDefense and space +3
$3M to $30M+Can lead
Lattice Fund
California · Fund $60 (2022)
Mike Zajko, Regan Bozman
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1
$500K to $3MCan lead
LEAP Global Partners
California
Roberto Aguayo, Roman Leal+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +4
$25K to $10MCan lead
Multicoin Capital
Texas · Fund $422M (2022)
Shayon Sengupta, Spencer Applebaum+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto
$500K to $30M+Can lead
Nascent
California
Dan Elitzer
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
$250K to $1MCan lead
North Island Ventures
New York · Fund $125M Fund II
Glenn Hutchins, James Hutchins+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
$250K to $3MCan lead
Placeholder
New York
Joel Monegro, Chris Burniske
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto
$250K to $3MCan lead
Polymorphic Capital
New York
Vitaly Spassky, Eldar Khamitov+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm
$250K to $3MCan lead
Portal Ventures
New York · Fund $80.5 (2024)
Catrina Wang, Evan Fisher
Pre-seedLeadsCrypto
$100K to $3MCan lead
Primitive Ventures
California
Dovey Wan
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto
$100K to $10MCan lead
Reciprocal Ventures
New York · Fund $201 million AUM; Fund III
Craig Burel, Michael Steinberg+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
Check size not reportedCan lead
Redbeard Ventures
New York
Drew Austin, Elana Dickman+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto
$100K to $1MCan lead
Robot Ventures
California · Fund $75 (2025)
Robert Leshner, Tarun Chitra
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1
$100K to $10MCan lead
Room40 Ventures
New York
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto
$500K to $3MCan lead
Shima Capital
California · Fund $200M (2022)
Mike Liou, Yida Gao
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto
Check size not reportedCan lead
Strobe Ventures
New York
Steven Venino, Thomas Klocanas+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm
$1M to $10MCan lead
Third Prime
New York
Keith Hamlin, Mike Kim+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $10MCan lead
Trammell Venture Partners (TVP)
Texas
Christopher Calicott
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm
$250K to $10MCan lead

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Questions

How many pre-seed crypto investors are there?

Mode VC tracks 84 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 6 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do pre-seed crypto investors write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 32 firms on this list.

Which pre-seed crypto investors lead rounds?

44 of 60 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.