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Raises
Elad Gil
Total Investments16
DeFi2
Infrastructure2
Gaming1
Analytics1
L11
Web31
L21
DAO infrastructure1
| Name | Round | Category | Description | Lead Investor | Chains | Other Investors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Succinct | Mar 22, 2024 | $55m | Seed and Series A | Infrastructure | open-source zkVM that lets developers write Rust without sacrificing performance | Paradigm | Robot Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Geometry, ZK Validator, Sreeram Kanan, Sandeep Nailwal, Daniel Lubarov, Elad Gil | ||
| Llama | Nov 6, 2023 | $6m | Seed | DAO infrastructure | Access control and governance platform for smart contracts. | Founders Fund, Electric Capital | Stani Kulechov, Viktor Bunin, Elad Gil, Sandeep Nailwal, Amplify Partners, Reverie, Nathan McCauley, Sina Habibian, Will Gaybrick, FJ Labs | ||
| smlXL | Oct 24, 2023 | $13.4m | Seed | Infrastructure | instrumented Ethereum Virtual Machine (iEVM) - a proprietary EVM client implementation geared towards simulating and instrumenting blockchains | a16z crypto, Greylock | Silicon Valley VC, Naval Ravikant, Robert Leshner, Elad Gil | ||
| DeForm | Aug 30, 2023 | $4.6m | Seed | Web3 | web3 marketing | Kindred Ventures | Elad Gil, Scalar Capital, Next Web Capital, A Capital, Naval Ravikant, Marc Bhargava, Nader Dabit, Sep Kamvar, Scott Belsky, Patrick Collins, Charley Ma, Albert Hu, Sina Habibian | ||
| Argus | Jun 6, 2023 | $10m | Pre-Seed | Gaming | Web3 Gaming Studio | Haun Ventures | Alchemy, Robot Ventures, Elad Gil, Balaji Srinivasan, Calvin Liu, Siqi Chen | ||
| Exponential | Oct 3, 2022 | $14m | Seed | DeFi | Investment Platform | Paradigm | FTX Ventures, Haun Ventures, Circle Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Anthony Pompliano, Elad Gil, Solana Ventures, Polygon, Robot Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Launchpad Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Henrique Dubugras, Zach Perret, Adam Nash, Othman Laraki, Gokul Rajaram | ||
| Tactic | Sep 27, 2022 | $11m | Accounting | FTX Ventures | Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Ramp, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Coinbase Ventures | ||||
| Goldsky | Sep 13, 2022 | $20m | Seed | Data Infrastructure | Felicis , Dragonfly Capital | Elad Gil, Zach Perret, William Hockey, Zhuoxun Yin, Uniswap Labs Ventures, 0x Labs, Alex Xu, Robert Leshner | |||
| OpenBB | Mar 30, 2022 | $8.8m | Seed | Analytics | Investment research platform | Naval Ravikant, Elad Gil | |||
| Mysten Labs | Dec 6, 2021 | $36m | Series A | L1 | a16z | Redpoint, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital, Standard Crypto, NFX, Slow Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Samsung Next, Lux Capital, Bienville, Hack VC, Elad Gil | |||
| Bitwise | Jun 15, 2021 | $70m | Series B | Bitwise is a crypto index fund manager for individuals, investment managers, and institutions navigating cryptocurrency. | Abby Adlerman, Adam Nash, Alison Davis, Asha Sharma, Ashley Yuki, Benjamin Stein, Blockchain Capital, C.J. Fitzgerald, Carolyn Everson, Carrie Pomerantz, Castle Island Ventures, Charles Goldman, Coinbase Ventures, Daniel Saul Sundheim, Dave Fogel, David McCormick, Elad Gil | ||||
| Iron Fish | Apr 6, 2021 | $5.3m | Seed | Iron Fish is a novel cryptocurrency focused on privacy and accessibility. | A.Capital Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Electric Capital, Jack Abraham, Jack Chou, James Prestwich, John Lilly, Juan Benet, Linda Xie, MetaStable, Roderik van der Graaf, Slow Ventures | ||||
| Celo | Jun 25, 2018 | $6.5m | L1 | Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. | a16z, Arianna Simpson, Avichal Garg, Coinbase Ventures, Curious Endeavors, Elad Gil, Future Perfect Venture , General Catalyst, Jack Dorsey, Kilowatt Capital LLC, Lakestar, Naval Ravikant, Nima Capital, Polychain, Social Capital, SV Angel, Version One Ventures | ||||
| StarkWare | Jan 31, 2018 | $6m | Seed | L2 | STARK-Based Scaling Solutions | Pantera Capital, Naval Ravikant, MetaStable, Floodgate, Polychain Capital, Vitalik Buterin, Zcash Co., Arthur Breitman, Da Hongfei, Bitmain, Elad Gil, Fred Ehrsam, Linda Xie | |||
| dYdX | Dec 19, 2017 | $2m | Seed | DeFi | dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow / lend pools on Ethereum. | 1Confirmation, a16z, Abstract Ventures, Avichal Garg, Brian Armstrong, Caffeinated Capital, Christopher Golda, David King, Elad Gil, Fred Ehrsam, Jack Herrick, Kindred Ventures, Polychain, Scott Belsky | |||
| Bitwise | Dec 12, 2017 | $4m | Seed | Bitwise is a crypto index fund manager for individuals, investment managers, and institutions navigating cryptocurrency. | Adam Ludwin, Adam Nash, Blockchain Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Collaborative Fund, Craft Ventures, David King, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Ryan Petersen, Suna Said, Third Point Ventures |