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Pre-seed crypto investors in California

16 of 24 pre-seed crypto firms that report a preference say they can lead. 1 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active

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

California · Fund $30M+ (2021)

Jeff Dorman, Phil Liu+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1

Check size not reportedCan 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

California

Anand Iyer, Anthony Avedissian

Pre-seedLeadsCryptoConfirmed by the firm

$500K to $3MCan lead

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

California

Maria Alegre, Tomer Bariach+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +2

Check size not reportedCan lead

California · Fund $150M (2024)

Alexander Pack, Borna Shoa+6 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto +1

$250K to $10MCan lead

California · Fund $1B (2026)

Diogo Monica, Katie Haun+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsCrypto +1

$3M to $30M+Can lead

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

California

Dan Elitzer

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto

$250K to $1MCan lead

Primitive Ventures

California

Dovey Wan

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCrypto

$100K to $10MCan lead

California · Fund $75 (2025)

Robert Leshner, Tarun Chitra

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1

$100K to $10MCan lead

California · Fund $200M (2022)

Mike Liou, Yida Gao

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto

Check size not reportedCan lead

California · Fund $45M Fund I (2025)

Baoning Kenny Fan, Clarice Qiu+6 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1

$100K to $3MCan lead

California

Joe Lau, Nikil Viswanathan

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Blockchain Builders Fund

California

Gil Rosen, Kun Peng+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedCrypto

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Carbide Ventures

California

Dan Weirich, Hiro Yoshikawa+5 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep tech +2

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Claribay Capital

California

Anthony DeMartino, Tracy Li

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto +1

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Coinbase Ventures

California

Clinton Begin, Cuong Ho+6 on the team

Pre-seedSeedCrypto

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Finality Capital Partners

California

Adam Winnick, Kamal Mokeddem+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto +1

Check size not reportedLead not reported

California

Simon Kim

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto

Check size not reportedLead not reported

L2 Iterative Venture

California

Kevin Lee, Dennis Won+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto +1

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Modular Capital

California · Fund $20M initial fund (2022)

James Ho, Vincent Jow

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACrypto

Check size not reportedLead not reported

California

Dennis Liu, Garlam Won

Pre-seedSeedCrypto

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Peer Venture Partners

California

Laurie Kan, Mark Campbell+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedCrypto

Check size not reportedMostly follows

California

Chenxi Wang

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACybersecurity +3

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Stellar Development Foundation

California

David Mazières, Denelle Dixon+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BCrypto +1

$100K to $30M+Mostly follows

California

Tess Hau, Douglas Park+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedCrypto +5

Check size not reportedMostly follows

California

Barbara Bickham

Pre-seedDeep tech +1

Up to $500KMostly follows

Uncorrelated Ventures

California · Fund Approximately

Salil Deshpande

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADev tools and infra +1

$250K to $3MMostly follows

California

Dave Goldblatt, Timothy Ryan

Pre-seedSeedCrypto +1Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $500KMostly follows

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Questions

How many pre-seed crypto investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 33 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 1 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do pre-seed crypto investors in california write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 11 firms on this list.

Which pre-seed crypto investors in california lead rounds?

16 of 24 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.