Polychain Capital

Polychain Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in blockchain technologies and the blockchain assets sector. It supports protocols and companies in the blockchain space and aims to advance the global adoption of cryptocurrencies. The firm manages actively managed portfolios of blockchain assets to generate returns for investors.

Bobby Beniers

Research Partner

Olaf Carlson-Wee

Founder and CEO

Jeffrey Maganis

Investor

Niraj Pant

General Partner

Ben Perszyk

Partner

Past deals in Asset Management

Noble XYZ

Series A in 2024
Noble XYZ is an asset issuance appchain that seeks to communicate and exchange assets directly with each other by using blockchain communication.

StakeStone

Seed Round in 2024
StakeStone is a technology company that develops an omnichannel liquidity protocol for optimizing crypto staking and asset management. Its protocol integrates dynamic staking networks, deep liquidity pools, and adaptive consensus mechanisms to maximize staking yields and ensure secure, transparent transactions. This enables cryptocurrency investors and developers to achieve efficient, scalable, and high-return staking operations across multiple blockchain networks.

Noble XYZ

Seed Round in 2023
Noble XYZ is an asset issuance appchain that seeks to communicate and exchange assets directly with each other by using blockchain communication.

Quasar Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Quasar Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Potion Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Potion Labs is a base layer for a wide range of asset risk-management applications.

Kresko

Seed Round in 2021
Kresko develops an online capital platform for synthetic stocks, commodities, and crypto, with the goal of making wealth accessible on mobile. The company provides an asset protocol featuring a per-account data model that enables developers to integrate digital assets into applications and wallets, while improving capital efficiency, user experience, asset listing, and risk management. Its platform offers a unified DeFi experience that supports minting, swapping, pooling, and farming of assets, and includes portfolio health indicators to monitor risk. By building on its protocol, developers can deliver asset-backed functionality within their apps and wallets, expanding access to diverse digital assets and simplifying how users interact with them.

Altonomy

Seed Round in 2019
Altonomy is a trading, advisory, and asset management firm focused on cryptocurrency and digital assets. It operates an institutional-grade sell-side desk that provides 24/7 OTC trading and execution, liquidity management, and advisory services to institutional clients, aiming to deliver deep liquidity and best execution across crypto assets. The company maintains a broad network of partners with token issuers, exchanges, hedge funds, and other funds to support liquidity and market access. Its services are organized into OTC trading and execution, liquidity management and advisory, and institutional cloud mining (AltMiner), a cloud-based program for long-term exposure to bitcoin. Altonomy also supports moving funds between exchanges, wallets, and counterparties, serving a global client base that includes institutions, funds, and sophisticated investors. The firm operates internationally, combining trading, advisory, and asset management capabilities on a single platform to navigate primary and secondary token markets.

MakerDAO

Venture Round in 2017
MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates a smart contract platform on the Ethereum blockchain to back and stabilize the value of its Dai stablecoin through collateralized debt positions and autonomous governance mechanisms. It issues Dai, a collateral-backed cryptocurrency designed to maintain low volatility, and MKR, a token used for governance and recapitalization of the system. Founded in 2015, MakerDAO is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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