Polychain Capital

San Francisco, United States · VC · DeepTech Purist

About

Polychain Capital Polychain Capital is a pioneer crypto VC founded by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was Coinbase's first employee. AUM stands at roughly $2.5B+, making it one of the largest dedicated crypto funds globally. The firm was an early investor in foundational Layer 1 protocols: Cosmos, Polkadot, and Dfinity. The deep technical team brings cryptography and protocol expertise, with a focus on protocol development, DeFi infrastructure, and zero-knowledge proofs. Led investments in Compound, dYdX,

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Cosmos
Polkadot
Dfinity
Compound
dYdX

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