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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.

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