Investments

Organizations

Protofund is an early-stage venture fund founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We invest in passionate teams building blockchain/web3 and consumer products.

Jonathan Chu

Edward Moncada

Protofund

Arcade

Katana

Blockchain Ventures, supported by Blockchain.com, Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Blockchain Ventures support and invest in distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects that advance the industry and provide positive societal impact. With support from Blockchain.com, Blockchain Ventures aims to contribute to the creation of an open, fair, and accessible financial system and promote DLT use-cases that are revolutionary beyond finance.

Blockchain Ventures

The emergence of bitcoin and subsequent blockchain technologies has generated a new digital asset class in which scarcity is based on mathematical properties. Through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic equilibrium, blockchain-based digital assets can be created, issued, and transmitted using software. Polychain is an investment firm committed to exceptional returns for investors through actively managed portfolios of these blockchain assets.

Polychain Capital

Managed by experienced VCs from the U.S. and Asia, Dragonfly Capital Partners brings together the leading participants in the decentralized economy. Our global ecosystem enables us to invest in and support the most promising opportunities in the cryptoasset class.

Dragonfly Capital Partners

Nova Ecofund consists of Bitrise Capital, Consensus Lab, Chain Capital, Tron, QRC Group, China Blockchain Expert and 8 Decimal Capital.

The general partners of this Ecofund include Kevin Shao from Bitrise Capital, Kevin Ren from Consensus Lab, Simon Li from Chain Capital, Baolong Xu from TRON, Shin Huang from QRC Group, Vadim Krekotin from CBE and Zheng Wei from 8 Decimal Capital. Advisor for this fund is Jun Yu from OK Blockchain Capital.

Nova Ecofund was incorporated this year and is a fund alliance with participation of the top leading crypto funds in Asia and beyond. The objective of this Ecofund is to not only invest in promising projects applying blockchain technology but to also support them in growing their business and increasing their competitiveness in domestic and international markets.

Nova EcoFund

Signal Ventures is an investment firm specializing on technology in emerging cryptocurrencies. We invest in early stage blockchain startups and decentralized protocols.

Signal Ventures

We believe we can only build the next generation of Pillar companies if we form a trusted partnership with founders of the companies we back. From our investment terms to the capabilities and support we provide, our mission is to align every step we take, every decision we make with the interests of entrepreneurs, right from the start.

As early-stage investors, many of our companies are ideas beginning to take flight; so we are investing in the people, the founders. We look for unstoppable founders who know how to blow through walls. Founders who rally people around their vision for the future and have the ability to create a swell of momentum around a market-transforming idea.

We co-founded Pillar with a group of 17 world-class executives, who have built some of the most substantial companies in Boston with a combined total of more than $30B in enterprise value. All are investors in our fund, and are active as hands-on advisors, mentors and board members to our entrepreneurs. An investment from Pillar is an investment from them.

Our partners are serial entrepreneurs with decades of operating experience in high-growth start-ups. We know what it’s like to build a team, a product, a community of customers. We know what it’s like to pour your time, energy and resources into scaling your company. That’s why we’re so committed to helping you align with the people and capabilities you need to win.

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Greylock Partners, a Leading Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firm. Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.

Greylock Partners

ParaFi Capital is an SF-based alternative investment firm focused on the fintech and blockchain ecosystem.

ParaFi Capital

Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc. We’ve invested in more than 300 companies that push the edge of what’s possible. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security, and agriculture, our companies aim to improve lives and change industries. We’ve built a team of world-class engineers, designers, physicians, scientists, marketers, and investors who work together to provide these startups exceptional support on the road to success. We help our companies interface with Google, providing unique access to the world’s best technology and talent.