Sfermion

Sfermion is a multi-strategy investment firm and Registered Investment Advisor founded in 2019 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm focuses on the immersive internet - particularly the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem - backing founders, companies and entities building the infrastructure and environments of the digital future. Its stated technical domains include web3, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, digital assets and metaverse infrastructure.

Capital formation to date has centred on the Sfermion NFT Fund, which raised $100 million. The fund targets the NFT space, investing at the intersection of digital assets, AI and immersive internet technologies. Alongside it, Sfermion operates a multi-strategy investment platform that applies domain expertise and a broad network to companies building products on web3, AI and AR/VR technologies - giving the firm exposure across both fund- and direct-investment structures.

The firm describes its approach as leveraging specialist knowledge and a wide industry network within the sectors it covers, and frames its mission around accelerating the emergence of the open metaverse. Industry verticals of focus include metaverse, NFTs, web3, digital assets, the immersive internet, augmented and virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.