dao5

dao5 is an investment firm established in 2022 and registered in the British Virgin Islands. Founded by Tekin Salimi, it operates an early-stage venture fund that backs cryptocurrency and blockchain ventures, spanning protocols and applications across the broader digital-asset ecosystem. Public statements of support include projects in privacy technology and the Bittensor ecosystem.

The firm describes itself as an experimental investment model rather than a conventional fund. Its stated central objective is a transition into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) - a structure in which participation and governance are distributed among members rather than concentrated in a single management entity. Under this framing, the firm's current investing activity is presented as an initial phase toward that decentralization.

Areas of focus include cryptocurrency, blockchain, privacy technology, the Bittensor ecosystem, decentralized autonomous organizations and digital assets. The firm has not published headcount figures, fund size, check sizes or portfolio metrics. Its public material emphasises investment thesis and proposed organisational change rather than employee practices or benefits.