Iron Key

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.

Volt Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on elevating crypto founders who are reimagining our systems. Since its founding in 2019 by General Partner Soona Amhaz, Volt Capital has made 35+ investments in early-stage crypto companies and protocols like Nansen, Magic Eden, LayerZero, Magic, and Coinshift. We roll up our sleeves. We’re former founders and engineers with the ability and willingness to build alongside our founders, road test the tech and offer guidance. We support networks. Volt Labs supports projects by staking and validating, liquidity provisioning, collaborating on product architecture and more. We scale ecosystems. We are expert community builders here to share our growth insights and facilitate integrations + partnerships with our deep network. We help founders navigate market cycles. With years of experience operating in crypto, we guide our founders through the inevitable ups and downs of the market.

Digital Finance Group (DFG) is a global blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm founded in 2015 with assets under management of over $1 billion. Through a wide range of sectors within the blockchain ecosystem such as Web3.0, CeFi, DeFi, NFTs, the Polkadot ecosystem. Investments include Circle, Ledger, Coinlist, FV Bank, Astar, ChainSafe and over 100 more. DFG intends to create value, through analytical research, based on the most impactful and promising global blockchain and Web3.0 projects that will bring a paradigm shift to the world. INDUSTRY BUILDER DFG promotes laying out the foundation of blockchain and Web3.0, by investing in promising solutions and empowering their growth. DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENTS DFG has diversified investments in blockchain and Web 3.0, including CeFi, DeFi, NFTs, the Polkadot ecosystem, among others. LONG-TERM VALUE DFG provides comprehensive support to its portfolio projects through business consultancy, resources, and engagement with a broader community to help create long-term value.

Our team has founded and led some of the most important blockchain companies in the world, and we leverage this background to provide unparalleled support to the companies in our portfolio. Trends, technology, and these all change, but people don’t. That’s why we call ourselves a people-driven firm. We are in this business for the relationships that we build with our founders. When we back founders, we’re entering into a lasting and evolving partnership based on trust and conviction. We want to understand your passions, values, and motivations in order to be the best support system for you. And as we get to know you better, we want to tell your stories and share them with the world.

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.

Red Beard Ventures has developed an ecosystem of platforms, investment vehicles, Web3 properties, DAOs, and influencer relationships, to ultimately further the adoption of Crypto and Web3 platforms. The Red Beard Ventures Syndicate has established our brand as a major investment player in the web3 ecosystem over the past 18 months. With investments in over 100 companies, deploying $40m in capital, and a growing network of over 3,000 strategic LPs, the RBV brand and ecosystem is rapidly expanding. RBV Fund I is only a few months old, and due to our syndicate, we have the portfolio, advisory/diligence network, and brand cache of an established fund of many years. The ability to facilitate partnerships across the fund and syndicate portfolio companies has already produced value in a number of instances. The combination of RBV Fund I and the RBV Syndicate as investment platforms enables Red Beard Ventures to offer unique benefits to both our LPs and portfolio founders. For portfolio founders, we can invest across all stages building long-lasting investment relationships with the companies. In addition, because we offer opportunities to our syndicate to participate alongside the fund, we can write bigger checks beyond the constraints of our fund. For LPs, the syndicate provides opportunities at later stage deals, co-investment opportunities to double down on deals, and exposure to other frontier technology sectors outside of Web3. Red Beard Ventures is not a traditional venture capital firm. As the Web3 space develops a group of investors will gain dominance. The common factor across all of these firms will be their ability to not only act as a source of capital, but function as a multifaceted brand and participating partner in the ecosystems the companies are developing, often powered by their token assets. RBV’s ecosystem positions us to secure allocations in competitive rounds, create relationships with thought leaders, and support portfolio companies in a differentiated way.