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Crypto fund portfolio followers: 4 steps, 41 of 45 at Wintermute

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

82,606 Portfolio followers median X followers across 41 of 45 Wintermute portfolio companies on NAUT. Logos: Monad, Taiko, Ondo Finance, SynFutures, Zerion, Arcus (Previously dYdX), Backpack, Analog, WOO Network, Ethena, Hashflow, Treehouse Finance.

Crypto fund portfolio followers can be sized in 4 steps, and on Wintermute's portfolio the answer is a median of 82,606 X followers, with 41 of its 45 backed project companies carrying a follower count on NAUT as read on 13 November 2026. NAUT tracks the 45 live project companies it records Wintermute as backing, and the 3 largest audiences belong to Monad (1,218,463), Taiko (810,967) and Ondo Finance (372,659).

How this was built: on 13 November 2026 NAUT read every live project company linked to the Wintermute investor row, 45 companies on 53 round records, with none archived or merged and no investor rows in the set. 41 of the 45 carry a stored X follower count. Those counts are snapshots: 34 are dated 30 May 2026, 6 were taken between July and October 2026, and 1 (Tempus) has no snapshot date stored, so the date column in the table matters. In a source check, 4 X handles were matched to their live profiles: Wintermute's own @wintermute_t and the accounts of Monad, Taiko and Ondo Finance. The other 38 portfolio handles are NAUT's stored values as read. A 2021 report in The Block described Wintermute as "a firm that's traded billions of dollars worth of crypto" (The Block), and it invests through Wintermute Ventures.

How do you size crypto fund portfolio followers before outreach?

Pull the fund's portfolio, read each company's X count with its date, take the median, then rank the companies against the fund's own audience. Each step below uses the Wintermute numbers.

  • A portfolio total hides who carries it: the 41 counted companies add up to 6,510,692 followers, and 1 project holds 1,218,463 of them.
  • The median says what a typical company in the fund reaches: 82,606 at Wintermute.
  • 4 of 45 companies have no count on NAUT, so name them before you quote any total.
  • A count from May 2026 is a starting point, so open the company page before you pitch on it.
4 steps to size a fund's portfolio audience on X
  1. Pull the portfolioOpen Wintermute on NAUT: 45 live project companies on 53 round records.
  2. Read the counts and dates41 of the 45 carry an X follower count, 34 of them dated 30 May 2026.
  3. Take the medianThe middle company is Clearpool at 82,606, far below the top 3.
  4. Rank against the fund12 of the 41 have more followers than Wintermute's own 145,913.

Step 1: pull the portfolio from the fund's page

Start on the fund's NAUT page, where each backed company links to its own page. For Wintermute that is 45 live project companies across 53 round records, so a few companies appear on more than 1 round. Count each company once: an audience figure counted per round would double the companies Wintermute backed twice.

Step 2: read each follower count and its date

41 of the 45 companies carry a stored X follower count. The 4 without one are Ruby Exchange, Synchrony, codex_pbc and OpenReserve: leave them out of the median and say so when you quote it. Then read the snapshot date beside each count. 34 counts are dated 30 May 2026, so a project that grew or shrank since then will not show it here.

Step 3: take the median, then look at the spread

The median of the 41 counts is 82,606, held by Clearpool, the 21st of 41. The spread is wide: 16 companies sit at 100,000 followers or more, 18 sit between 10,000 and 100,000, and 7 sit under 10,000, down to Tempus at 46. So how big is a crypto fund portfolio audience on X? At Wintermute, 82,606 for the typical company. Quote the median when you describe the VC portfolio audience and the top 3 when you describe its reach.

Step 4: rank the companies against the fund's own audience

Wintermute's own X account, @wintermute_t, holds 145,913 followers on NAUT's record. 12 of the 41 portfolio companies have more, led by Monad, Taiko and Ondo Finance. For a co-marketing or distribution pitch, those 12 are where the reach sits. For a pitch to a smaller team that needs reach, the 7 under 10,000 are the other end of the list.

Which Wintermute portfolio companies have the most X followers?

Ranked by crypto project X followers, Monad leads with 1,218,463, then Taiko with 810,967 and Ondo Finance with 372,659. The chart ranks the 10 largest stored counts.

X followers, the 10 largest of 41 Wintermute portfolio companies
  1. Monad1218463
  2. Taiko810967
  3. Ondo Finance372659
  4. SynFutures330370
  5. Zerion324699
  6. Arcus (Previously dYdX)322580
  7. Backpack316189
  8. Analog314559
  9. WOO Network256033
  10. Ethena246052

The 10 run from 1,218,463 at Monad down to 246,052 at Ethena, whose count is dated 8 September 2026.

What are the crypto fund portfolio followers for all 41 companies?

All 41 Wintermute portfolio companies with a stored X count, ranked by follower count, largest first. The date is when NAUT took that snapshot.

Rank Project X followers Snapshot date
1 1,218,463 30 May 2026
2 810,967 30 May 2026
3 372,659 30 May 2026
4 330,370 30 May 2026
5 324,699 30 May 2026
6 322,580 4 July 2026
7 316,189 30 May 2026
8 314,559 30 May 2026
9 256,033 30 May 2026
10 246,052 8 September 2026
11 177,589 30 May 2026
12 175,253 30 May 2026
13 143,655 30 May 2026
14 135,068 30 May 2026
15 110,853 30 May 2026
16 104,868 30 May 2026
17 92,982 30 May 2026
18 92,498 30 May 2026
19 92,245 30 May 2026
20 88,466 30 May 2026
21 82,606 30 May 2026
22 80,147 30 May 2026
23 78,551 30 May 2026
24 76,205 30 May 2026
25 71,297 30 May 2026
26 71,033 30 May 2026
27 62,719 30 May 2026
28 55,251 30 May 2026
29 48,286 30 May 2026
30 40,422 30 May 2026
31 38,667 8 September 2026
32 31,172 30 May 2026
33 23,803 30 May 2026
34 15,448 30 May 2026
35 3,778 30 May 2026
36 3,340 2 October 2026
37 633 2 October 2026
38 522 17 July 2026
39 464 30 May 2026
40 254 30 May 2026
41 46 No date stored

Arcus (Previously dYdX) is listed under that name on NAUT, with its count taken on 4 July 2026.

What this tells a BD team

  • Size the fund's reach before you ask for an intro: Wintermute's 41 counted companies have a median of 82,606.
  • The 12 companies above Wintermute's own 145,913 are the ones whose launch posts reach the most people on X.
  • Each company page on NAUT lists its team, so you go from a follower count to a named person in 1 click.
How a BD team can use this list
  1. Pick the reach band16 companies sit at 100,000+, from Monad to Usual.
  2. Check the date34 counts date from 30 May 2026, so reopen the company page first.
  3. Name the personOpen the page of Zerion or Backpack and pick from its team.

What this tells a founder pitching Wintermute

  • A fund's portfolio audience is part of what it brings: 41 of its 45 companies carry an X count on NAUT.
  • The median company in the portfolio sits at 82,606, a fair benchmark for your own account before the meeting.
  • Ask the founders of 2 or 3 portfolio teams near your size how the fund helped, using each company's NAUT page to find them.

Related reading on NAUT: How to research a VC fund: 6 checks, 23 rounds, 27 partners and Crypto market makers list: 24 firms and 102 people on NAUT.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/wintermute with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns the fund with its team and portfolio rows (company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate, isLead), and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/monad returns 1 company with its team, at 5 credits per call (API docs, pricing). Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on those teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Crypto fund portfolio followers FAQ

How many X followers does the Wintermute portfolio have?

NAUT's data shows 41 of the 45 live project companies Wintermute backs carry a stored X follower count, as read on 13 November 2026. Their median is 82,606 and they add up to 6,510,692.

Which Wintermute portfolio company has the most X followers?

Monad has the most, at 1,218,463 X followers on NAUT's 30 May 2026 snapshot. Taiko follows at 810,967 and Ondo Finance at 372,659.

Why use the median for crypto fund portfolio followers?

A few large accounts carry most of a portfolio total: at Wintermute, Monad alone holds 1,218,463 of 6,510,692. The median of 82,606 across 41 companies describes the typical backed project.

Where can I find Wintermute's portfolio companies and their teams?

NAUT lists all 45 live project companies Wintermute backs at naut.so/investors/wintermute, each linked to a company page with its X count and team, and the same portfolio comes back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/wintermute. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

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