Blockchain Capital

Arrington Capital is a digital asset management firm primarily focused on blockchain-based capital markets. The firm, founded in 2017 by TechCrunch and CrunchBase founder Michael Arrington and TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, has invested in hundreds of startups across the world. Arrington Capital is a seasoned, international team composed of Silicon Valley veterans and operators with deep venture capital experience and crypto native roots. Arrington Capital’s first fund was Arrington XRP Capital, and has expanded to multiple funds over time, including the Arrington Algo Growth Fund and the recently launched Arrington Moonbeam Growth Fund.

Variant is a venture firm built for the ownership economy. We take a decentralized, network-driven approach to scaling our operations and value-add, from sourcing new opportunities to supporting the portfolio. Our investor base is comprised of 100+ builders in crypto, who each own a piece of the fund.

Global in influence and crypto-native, HashKey Capital is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, founders and talents advance the blockchain industry and find adoption anywhere. Since 2015, HashKey has backed the most disruptive blockchain projects. We continue to invest in the best teams from Pre-Seed to Series B+, across both equity and tokens. We back projects across the stack (layer0 to dapps) and sectors (ZK to NFTs) because we believe crypto is tectonically big and globally ubiquitous. We are a team of cryptographic researchers, crypto-native BUIDLers and long-term investors, who bring our years of experience working for and building the most disruptive businesses in crypto to help teams build legendary companies and protocols.

Since 2013, Pantera has invested in digital assets and blockchain companies, providing investors with the full spectrum of exposure to the space. Involved from the start Pantera Capital was founded by former Tiger Management Head of Macro Trading and CFO Dan Morehead. Pantera’s global macro strategy invested over $1 billion of institutional allocations. In 2013, Pantera created the first blockchain hedge and venture funds in the United States. 4 Office locations spread across the Bay Area, New York, and Puerto Rico $242 million Pantera Venture Funds have realized $242 million on $57 million of invested capital across 28 companies. 210 Pantera has led about half of 210 investments since 2013. A history of firsts Pantera launched the first cryptocurrency fund in the U.S. when bitcoin was at $65 /BTC in 2013. The firm subsequently launched the first blockchain-focused venture fund. In 2017, Pantera was the first to offer an early-stage token fund. Pantera at a glance$3.7bn Assets Under Management 3 Fund Strategies 75% Deals Led (Blockchain Fund) 100 Venture Investments 110 Early-Stage Token Investments 40% Investments Outside U.S. Investment typesVENTURE EQUITY: Exposure to equity in companies building products and services in the nascent blockchain ecosystem. Our long standing reputation and technical edge allows us to see virtually every deal in the market, and lead about half of our portfolio company investments. EARLY-STAGE TOKENS: Exposure to new, efficient, and scalable protocols. Similar to venture capital equity, but investing in tokens (not companies) during the private stage at a discount to the listing price. LIQUID TOKENS: Exposure to the largest and most liquid digital assets. We use our deep market and technical expertise to trade tokens while exploiting market inefficiencies.

We're not your typical VC outfit. We're a crypto native founder/investor collective on a mission to democratize the world of venture capital. We believe that the next generation of analysts, associates, and partners in the VC world should have access to top-notch education, hands-on experience, and a network that will catapult them to success. Founded by Joseph Argiro is a 3x founder with a background in marketplace technologies and blockchain. He was employee #2 at ICO Alert, scaling the company to 30+ and multi-millions in revenue. He then worked in the blockchain innovation lab at Hewlett Packard before founding Enter the Void(https://enterthevoid.io/), an NFT protocol, and Iron Key Capital, a digital asset investment company across liquid tokens and venture.