Investments

Organizations

Strangelove is an early-stage venture fund focused on DeFi protocols in the broader IBC ecosystem, validator and advisory services. Previously Pylon Validation.

It is a ​cryptocurrency venture capital firm, lab, and validator, that builds alongside the companies and technologies we invest in.

Jack Zampolin

Strangelove

SAGA

Penumbra

Ridge Ventures is the new name for IDG Ventures USA.  The name is inspired by the daring journeys we share with the founding teams we back and reflects our long-term independent status.  Founded in 2007, Ridge evolved out of a single-LP fund started by the media company IDG.  The new name contains an homage to our roots.

Ridge Ventures

Placeholder venture capital partnership that invests in decentralized information networks, open blockchain networks and Web3 services.

Placeholder VC

MULTICOIN CAPITAL’s mission is to accelerate the transition from the centralized institutions of the industrial age to the decentralized institutions of the Internet age.

MULTICOIN CAPITAL

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.

pillar

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

Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd. is a leading fund manager focused on providing superior risk-adjusted returns. The firm has exhibited outstanding growth since inception with ambitious long-term plans to grow its alpha within the firm’s core competencies.

The firm is a Registered Fund Management Company with the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (Cap. 289) with the registration UEN number being 201302969M.

Three Arrows Capital

Spark Capital takes risks on exceptional founders and the products they design. We believe the world can never get enough magical products and experiences. Making them requires a balance of art and technology, as well as a maniacal focus on delivering joy to the people who use them. We believe amazing products can create markets, not just find market fit. The people who make those products are creative, high-energy and are more often than not on a mission. They are technologists with the heart of an artist. Spark partners with visionary entrepreneurs who are driven to move people with the products and experiences they create. We invest in companies at all stages of their life cycle. Our most recent funds include a $400 million early-stage venture fund and a $600 million venture growth fund. In total we have $3 billion under management. We have offices in San Francisco, Boston and New York.

Spark Capital

Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage companies, and both consumer and enterprise technology companies. To date, a16z has raised $7.1B, across seven funds, including the $650M Bio funds.

a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners who are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services.

We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building.

ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ

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

Strangelove

Previously Pylon Validation.

Strangelove Introduction

Strangelove Team