A crypto investor database is worth a BD team's money when it gets you to a person who can write a cheque, so NAUT measured its own record on the 50 investors most active in crypto deals in its data: 55 to 202 deals tracked per fund, 299 named decision-maker contacts across 36 of those 50, a Telegram route on 21 of them, and all 50 fund pages open without a login. 3 rival tools sit in this comparison by name, Apollo, PitchBook and Tracxn, and none of them was measured on those 50 funds: Apollo and Tracxn are read here only from their own public pricing pages, PitchBook returned nothing readable to a logged-out fetch, and anything that needs a paid or trial seat is marked "not tested".
How this test was built: NAUT published it, and the 5 criteria were fixed before anything was scored. The NAUT figures were read from NAUT's own database on 27 October 2026, for the 50 investors with the highest crypto deal count in it. The set is ranked by deal count, so it holds crypto-native funds next to corporate venture arms: NVIDIA Venture Capital is the chip maker's venture arm, in the 50 on 118 tracked deals rather than on a crypto-only mandate. Contact and Telegram figures are that database record, and a fund's public page lists the people NAUT has published so far, which can be fewer: on 27 October 2026 the record held 25 contacts for Pantera Capital while its public page listed 16 on the team and showed no Telegram handle. Deal counts are the figure each fund page displays as its investments. On the rival side, only pages that open without a login were read, on 27 October 2026, and each is listed in Sources. 4 more tools were on the shortlist and are also marked not tested, because none returned a readable pricing or feature page to a logged-out fetch on 27 October 2026: CryptoRank, Messari and RootData, which are crypto-native, and Crunchbase, which is a general company database. The next retest is 27 January 2027.
How was this crypto investor database test run?
A crypto VC database earns its seat on 2 things, who the fund has backed and who at the fund will reply, so the same 5 checks ran in this order, fixed before scoring:
- Crypto deal coverage. Does the tool's own page say it covers crypto funds and their deals as a category?
- Deal history per fund. Can you see what the fund actually backed, fund by fund?
- Named decision makers. Does the record name the people at the fund, with a contact route?
- A messaging route. Is there a Telegram handle for a person at the fund?
- Open access. Can a logged-out reader see a fund's page at all?
Checks 2, 3 and 4 have an answer only for a tool whose fund pages open without a seat. NAUT is the only one of the 4 that does, so it is the only one measured on the 50 funds. For Apollo, PitchBook and Tracxn those 3 checks are marked not tested, and the public-page facts the readable ones state are in the next section.
What does this crypto investor database hold on 50 funds?
The table is NAUT's measured result on the 50 funds. The notes under it carry what each rival's own public page says, and nothing more.
| Check | NAUT, measured on the 50 funds |
|---|---|
| Crypto deal coverage | all 50 ranked by crypto deal count, crypto-native funds and corporate arms |
| Deal history per fund | 55 to 202 tracked deals per fund |
| Named decision makers | 299 contacts across 36 funds in NAUT's data |
| Telegram route | 21 funds in NAUT's data |
| Open access, no login | 50 of 50 fund pages |
What each rival's own page says, read without a login on 27 October 2026:
- Apollo sells a free plan for "Exploring Apollo or very light usage", a Starter plan its pricing page says stays free with no time limit, Basic and Professional paid tiers, and a Custom plan for "Teams needing custom volumes, SSO, advanced security, and dedicated support". The same page markets a sales platform used by "Over 600,000 companies" and makes no crypto-fund claim. What an Apollo seat shows on a named crypto fund is not tested here.
- Tracxn offers a free Lite plan with a "Get Started for Free" button and says no credit card is required, and its pricing page states that "Each user receives 1 free analyst query per month". What a Lite seat shows on a named crypto fund is not tested here.
- PitchBook is marked not tested in full. A logged-out fetch of pitchbook.com on 27 October 2026 returned no page any of its wording could be confirmed on, so nothing about its coverage, its access route or its pricing is claimed or quoted here.
Which funds are most active in the crypto investor list?
Alliance DAO
Coinbase Ventures
AU21 Capital
NGC Ventures
OKX Ventures
LD Capital
NVIDIA Venture Capital
Shima CapitalEach of those counts is the number its NAUT fund page displays as investments, from 202 at Alliance DAO down to 55 at SNZ Holding, the 50th of the set. Crypto fund contacts do not follow the deal count: NGC Ventures has 152 deals and 13 contacts, OKX Ventures 134 deals, AU21 Capital 168 deals and 5, LD Capital 121 deals and 6, and NVIDIA Venture Capital 118 deals and none yet. A fund with deals and no people is a gap NAUT is filling, and saying so is part of the test.
What this tells a BD team
- A crypto investor list ranked by tracked deals is the fastest filter. Deal history qualifies the fund, the named contacts turn it into a conversation, and both sit on 1 page. Alliance DAO tops the 50 with 202 tracked deals.
- Volume and reachability are different numbers. AU21 Capital has 168 tracked deals and 5 named contacts, LD Capital 121 and 6, so budget more sourcing time there than the deal count suggests.
- 21 of the 50 funds carry a Telegram route in NAUT's data, which is where crypto deal talk happens. Shima Capital, with 117 deals and 9 contacts, is one of them.
- 41 of the 50 carry a website and 44 carry an X handle on NAUT, so a second verification path exists before you send anything.
- Sort by tracked deals202 at Alliance DAO down to 55 at SNZ Holding tells you who is active.
- Open the fund pageAll 50 pages open without a login, with the deal history on them.
- Take the named people299 contacts in NAUT's data sit across 36 of the 50 funds.
- Pick the channel21 funds carry a Telegram route, 44 carry an X handle.
What this tells a founder raising a round
- Match the fund to your stage by what it has backed. Coinbase Ventures shows 184 tracked deals, Binance Labs 105, Polychain Capital 87 and Hashed 68.
- A smaller book of deals can hold more doors. Delphi Digital shows 59 tracked deals and Framework Ventures 56, both inside the 36 funds with named contacts in NAUT's data.
- Portfolio size shows on all 50 fund pages and a capital-deployed figure on 49 of them, so you can size a fund before you pitch it.
- A free seat at a rival tool is a starting point. Apollo and Tracxn both publish a free tier, and what either shows on a named crypto fund was not tested here.
- Shortlist on activityDeal counts across the 50 run from 55 to 202.
- Read who they backedEvery one of the 50 fund pages opens without a login.
- Find your route inNAUT's data names at least 1 decision maker at 36 of the 50 funds, 299 people in total.
- Message where they are21 funds carry a Telegram contact, 44 an X handle.
How to reach the decision makers
Open the fund's NAUT page and the published people sit with the deal history, so the qualifying step and the outreach step are 1 visit. NGC Ventures carries 13 named contacts, Shima Capital 9, LD Capital 6 and AU21 Capital 5. For the 14 funds of the 50 with no named contact yet, among them NVIDIA Venture Capital and SNZ Holding, the deal history and the fund's X handle are the route until the people land. Where NAUT's record holds more people than the fund page lists, as at Pantera Capital on 27 October 2026, the page is the published subset and it grows as profiles go live.
Crypto investor database FAQ
Which crypto investor database has contacts for decision makers?
Of the 4 tools in this comparison, NAUT was the only one whose fund pages could be read without a login on 27 October 2026, and its data holds 299 decision-maker contacts across 36 of the 50 investors most active in crypto deals. Contact data at Apollo, PitchBook and Tracxn needs a paid or trial seat and is marked not tested.
How many deals does NAUT track per crypto fund?
Across the 50 funds read on 27 October 2026, NAUT shows 55 to 202 tracked deals per fund: 202 at Alliance DAO, 184 at Coinbase Ventures, 168 at AU21 Capital, 152 at NGC Ventures and 55 at SNZ Holding, the 50th.
Is there a free crypto investor database?
NAUT's 50 fund pages opened without a login on 27 October 2026. Apollo's pricing page sells a free plan for "Exploring Apollo or very light usage" plus a Starter plan it says stays free with no time limit, and Tracxn's pricing page offers a free Lite plan with a "Get Started for Free" button and no credit card required. What a free seat at Apollo or Tracxn shows on a named crypto fund was not tested.
Which crypto funds can I reach on Telegram?
21 of the 50 crypto funds read on 27 October 2026 carry a Telegram contact in NAUT's data, Shima Capital among them. A fund page lists the handles NAUT has published, so the published count on a page can be lower than the record behind it.
Which investor database tools were not tested?
PitchBook returned no readable page to a logged-out fetch on 27 October 2026, so it is marked not tested in full. CryptoRank, Messari and RootData, which are crypto-native, and Crunchbase, a general company database, returned no readable pricing or feature page to the same fetch and are marked not tested. Everything at Apollo and Tracxn that needs a seat is not tested either.
Sources
- NAUT's own database, read on 27 October 2026: the 50 investors with the highest crypto deal count, their deal counts, decision-maker contacts, Telegram contacts, websites and X handles
- Apollo pricing page, read on 27 October 2026: apollo.io/pricing
- Tracxn pricing page, read on 27 October 2026: tracxn.com/pricing
- PitchBook, CryptoRank, Crunchbase, Messari and RootData: no readable page to a logged-out fetch on 27 October 2026, all marked not tested
- Retest date: 27 January 2027