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VC field guide · August 2026

Crypto Venture Capital Map

Follow the money behind ten emerging DeFi, RWA, stablecoin, and crypto-AI builders, with linked investor profiles and funding status.

Projects
10
Investor profiles
36
Coverage
DeFi · RWA · AI

What is hot

Infrastructure is getting funded before the consumer story is settled.

2 tracked

DeFi credit

Capital efficiency, lending markets, and credit infrastructure.

5 tracked

Stablecoins + RWA

Treasury, settlement, tokenized assets, and institutional rails.

2 tracked

Crypto + AI

Agent identity, payments, execution, and programmable wallets.

The funded builders

Ten bets shaping the current scene

Round size is company financing, not a token endorsement. Open a profile for product status, founder evidence, token status, and risks.

The capital side

Investor directory

Profiles distinguish venture funds from strategic corporates, asset managers, and protocol ecosystems.

ParadigmCrypto-native VCResearch-led investing in crypto protocols and companies, from early technical work through later network scale.a16z cryptoCrypto-native VCCrypto protocols and companies spanning infrastructure, DeFi, consumer applications, and institutional adoption.Ribbit CapitalGeneralist VCFinancial technology and businesses that change how money, credit, and financial services move.ApolloAsset managerAlternative asset management across yield, equity, and retirement services; crypto participation is strategic and institutional.RRE VenturesGeneralist VCTechnology companies, including fintech and infrastructure businesses, from early rounds onward.CreandumGeneralist VCEarly-stage technology companies across fintech, software, and consumer markets.Framework VenturesCrypto-native VCCrypto networks and applications with an emphasis on DeFi, infrastructure, and active network participation.Coinbase VenturesCorporate ventureOpen financial-system builders across protocols, infrastructure, stablecoins, wallets, and applications.Franklin TempletonAsset managerGlobal asset management, with a growing digital-assets and tokenized-fund strategy.Solana VenturesProtocol ecosystemTeams extending the Solana ecosystem, including payments, financial accounts, developer infrastructure, and consumer applications.Haun VenturesCrypto-native VCCrypto founders building protocols, financial infrastructure, consumer products, and policy-sensitive businesses.Electric CapitalCrypto-native VCCrypto protocols and companies, informed by open-source developer and ecosystem research.Jump CryptoStrategic investorCrypto trading, infrastructure, research, and strategic investments linked to market structure and network performance.Cyber FundCrypto-native VCEarly crypto, decentralized systems, cryptoeconomics, and emerging autonomous or agentic networks.Ethereal VenturesCrypto-native VCEthereum and adjacent crypto infrastructure, applications, and protocol teams.Euler LabsProtocol ecosystemDevelopment and ecosystem support around Euler’s modular lending infrastructure.DaedalusCrypto-native VCEarly-stage crypto protocols and infrastructure.DragonflyCrypto-native VCCrypto protocols and companies across DeFi, stablecoins, infrastructure, consumer applications, and AI-adjacent systems.FirstMarkGeneralist VCEarly-stage technology companies, with experience in fintech, marketplaces, data, and infrastructure.Activant CapitalGeneralist VCCommerce infrastructure and technology businesses modernizing how value and goods move.QED InvestorsGeneralist VCFinancial technology across payments, lending, banking, insurance, and infrastructure.RippleStrategic investorEnterprise blockchain, payments, custody, and stablecoin infrastructure, including strategic ecosystem investments.Wintermute VenturesCrypto-native VCEarly crypto infrastructure, DeFi, and market-structure projects, supported by Wintermute’s trading network.Blockchange VenturesCrypto-native VCEarly-stage blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and applications.Compound VCGeneralist VCFrontier technology across finance, crypto, AI, and other emerging technical markets.Primitive VenturesCrypto-native VCCrypto protocols and infrastructure, especially teams with new coordination and market mechanisms.PayPal VenturesCorporate ventureCommerce, payments, financial services, and enabling infrastructure with strategic relevance to PayPal’s network.General CatalystGeneralist VCTechnology companies across AI, fintech, health, resilience, and consumer markets from creation through scale.8VCGeneralist VCTechnology platforms in software, logistics, financial services, healthcare, and defense.Animoca BrandsStrategic investorWeb3 companies and networks across digital property rights, gaming, infrastructure, and tokenized economies.Y CombinatorGeneralist VCVery early-stage technology companies across software, fintech, AI, crypto, and industrial markets.Qube Research & TechnologiesStrategic investorQuantitative investment and technology; its role in venture rounds is strategic rather than a general-purpose VC franchise.AccelGeneralist VCTechnology companies from early stage through scale across cloud, security, fintech, consumer, and AI.Gradient VenturesCorporate ventureAI-first companies, with operational support and connections to the wider Google ecosystem.VanEck VenturesCorporate ventureEarly-stage fintech, digital assets, and AI businesses adjacent to VanEck’s investment-management platform.AnthropicStrategic investorAI model development and safety; participation in startup rounds is strategic rather than a standalone venture-fund mandate.