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Crypto VC list: 40 investors led 51 rounds in 2026, 31 led once

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

40 Crypto VC list investors that led at least 1 crypto round in 2026, read from NAUT on 1 November 2026. Logos: Blockchain Capital, CMT Digital, CoinFund, Maven 11 Capital, Polychain Capital, Portal Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Tether, Variant, Pantera Capital, Sequoia Capital, Multicoin Capital, Dragonfly, Founders Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

This crypto VC list names the 40 investors that NAUT records as lead on at least 1 crypto round announced in 2026, from 17 March to 28 October 2026, covering 51 lead records across 43 companies. 31 of the 40 led exactly 1 round and 9 led 2 or more, with Blockchain Capital on 4, the highest lead count on NAUT's record as of 1 November 2026.

How this crypto VC list was built: on 1 November 2026, NAUT read every round in its database announced in 2026 where an investor carries the lead flag, then kept the row only when the company it funded is a crypto or Web3 company by its own description. That filter dropped 9 lead records whose companies work outside crypto, among them an AI compute provider and an AI research lab. The list is ordered A to Z by investor name, so it is a directory rather than a ranking; the ranked view sits in NAUT's most active crypto VCs table. Most of the 40 are crypto venture capital firms, and the list also holds generalist funds (Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund), 1 chain venture arm (Solana Ventures) and 1 operating company that invests from its own balance sheet (Tether). A lead count here is NAUT's record of who led, not the world's: 6 of the 43 companies have 2 or more investors flagged as lead on the same round. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

2 details the data pass flagged, stated plainly. NAUT lists Blockchain Capital under 2 unmerged company rows, each carrying its own 2026 leads, so the count of 4 is the union of both rows and the fund page linked here shows 2 of them, NG.CASH and 0xPredicate. On HoneyB's seed round of 20 October 2026, NAUT flags both Portal Ventures and PEER VC as lead, while the 2 news reports read for this article name Portal Ventures as the lead and Peer Venture Partners as a participant.

Crypto VC list: which investors led a crypto round in 2026?

These are the 40 crypto lead investors on NAUT's 2026 record, A to Z. Rounds is the number of rounds it led, Last is the date of its most recent lead and Round types are the round types it led at. Every date in the tables below falls in 2026. The tables shorten 2 names: NEA is New Enterprise Associates and Lightspeed is Lightspeed Venture Partners. Each name opens that investor's NAUT page, which lists its team and its rounds.

Investor Rounds Last Round types
1 31 Aug Undisclosed
1 8 Oct Undisclosed
4 27 Oct Extended Series C, Seed, Series A, Strategic
1 24 Sep Pre Seed
2 27 Oct Series A, Strategic
2 26 Oct Seed, Series C
1 28 Sep Extended Seed
1 21 Oct Seed
1 14 Jul Series A
1 5 Oct Strategic
1 23 Sep Seed
1 3 Sep Series A
1 14 Jul Series A
1 6 Oct Seed
1 6 Oct Otc Purchase
1 2 Oct Seed
1 1 Sep Seed
1 21 Oct Seed
1 24 Sep Series A
1 5 Oct Series A
2 24 Sep Pre Seed
1 28 Oct Seed
1 6 Oct Series B
1 8 Oct Seed
1 28 Sep Extended Seed
1 9 Sep Series A
1 15 Oct Series A
1 20 Oct Seed
2 15 Oct Seed, Strategic
2 20 Oct Seed
2 6 Oct Series A, Undisclosed
1 8 Oct Seed
1 20 Aug Undisclosed
1 20 Oct Strategic
1 6 Oct Private Token Sale
2 20 Oct Series A
1 28 Sep Extended Seed
1 28 Sep Extended Seed
2 22 Sep Extended Seed, Seed
1 17 Mar Series A

Multicoin Capital holds the most recent lead on this list, Birch Hill's seed round of 28 October 2026. Vertex Ventures holds the oldest, dtcpay's Series A of 17 March 2026.

Which investors on the crypto VC list led more than 1 round?

9 of the 40 led 2 or more rounds in 2026. Blockchain Capital led 4, and the other 8 led 2 each.

Investor Rounds Companies led Last
4 , , , 27 Oct
2 , 27 Oct
2 , plus 1 company with no NAUT project page 26 Oct
2 , 24 Sep
2 , 15 Oct
2 , 20 Oct
2 , plus 1 company with no NAUT project page 6 Oct
2 , 20 Oct
2 , 22 Sep
Round size in 2026 where a source states the amount, $M
  1. Polymarket$1000M
  2. Spiko$90M
  3. Luxor$16M
  4. Mural$15M
  5. Atum$13.5M
  6. Fission Labs$10M
  7. dtcpay$10M
  8. Beldex$8M
  9. Pact Labs$7M
  10. hylo_so$1M

10 of the 51 lead records sit on a round whose amount is stated by a source read for this article, and those 10 add up to $1.17B, with Polymarket's $1B making most of it. The other 41 lead records are on rounds this article does not put an amount against.

Which sectors do these crypto VC funds lead in?

23 of the 43 companies carry no sector tag on NAUT, so 19 of the 40 investors led only untagged companies. Across the 20 companies that do carry a tag, 15 distinct tags appear. These are the 6 tags on 2 or more companies, with the count of companies led that carry the tag and the investors that led one of them.

Sector Companies Investors
DeFi 8 , , , , , , , ,
Infrastructure 5 , , , ,
Payment 4 , , , ,
Stablecoins 4 , , , ,
Money Market 2 ,
Prediction Market 2 , ,

9 more tags sit on 1 company each: DePIN, GambleFi, Insurance, Intelligence, L1/2/3, Privacy, RWA, Store of Value and Wallet.

Which stages did the 2026 lead rounds sit at?

Seed and Series A hold 29 of the 51 lead records between them. The counts below are lead records, so a round with 2 lead investors counts twice.

Round type Lead records Investors
Seed 16 15
Series A 13 12
Extended Seed 5 5
Strategic 5 5
Undisclosed 4 4
Pre Seed 3 2
Extended Series C 1 1
Otc Purchase 1 1
Private Token Sale 1 1
Series B 1 1
Series C 1 1

What this crypto VC list tells a founder raising in 2026

  • The seed and Series A end of the market is where the leads are: 16 lead records at Seed and 13 at Series A, against 1 Series B and 1 Series C.
  • Repeat leads are rare on NAUT's 2026 record. 31 of the 40 investors led exactly 1 round, so a fund that led once is a live target rather than a closed door.
  • Co-led rounds happen. 6 companies have 2 or more lead investors on the same round, including Limited, where 4 investors share the lead, plus Dataline, Velocity, Diameter Pay, functionSPACE and HoneyB.
  • Sector tags are thin: 23 of the 43 companies carry none, so read the fund's actual 2026 companies on its NAUT page rather than its stated thesis.
How a founder can work this crypto VC list
  1. Filter by stage16 of the 51 lead records are Seed and 13 are Series A, so start with the investors that led at the stage you are raising.
  2. Match the sector8 of the 20 tagged companies carry a DeFi tag, 5 Infrastructure, 4 Payment and 4 Stablecoins.
  3. Sort by recencyLeads run from 17 March to 28 October 2026, and Multicoin Capital holds the most recent one.
  4. Open the fund pageEach NAUT investor page lists the fund's team and its rounds, so you can pick the partner who signed the round closest to yours.

Which 2026 rounds have a confirmed amount?

Each row below has an amount stated by at least 1 source read for this article on 1 November 2026, with those sources listed at the end. NAUT's data shows the lead investor and the announce date.

Company Lead Amount Announced
$1B 31 Aug
$90M 6 Oct
$16M 27 Oct
$15M 20 Oct
$13.5M 22 Sep
$10M 15 Oct
$10M 17 Mar
$8M 20 Aug
$7M 14 Jul
$1M 20 Oct

Related reading on NAUT: Most active crypto VCs: 44 funds ranked, the leader led none and Crypto VC partners: 141 at 45 funds, 41 with a channel.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/blockchain-capital returns 1 fund with its team and its portfolio, and each portfolio row carries the company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate and isLead, so reading isLead on rounds announced in 2026 rebuilds this list for any of the 40 investors; GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors?q=capital&sort=portfolio searches funds, and every call takes the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY. A data call costs 5 credits, and the Essential plan at $49 a month carries 3,000 credits, which is 600 data calls (API docs, plans and prices). Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people at these funds unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

Crypto VC list FAQ

Which crypto VC funds are active in 2026?

As of 1 November 2026, NAUT records 40 investors that led a crypto round announced in 2026, among them Blockchain Capital with 4 leads and CMT Digital, CoinFund, Maven 11 Capital, Polychain Capital, Portal Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Tether and Variant with 2 each. Their 51 lead records cover 43 companies funded between 17 March and 28 October 2026.

Which crypto VC fund led the most rounds in 2026?

Blockchain Capital, with 4 lead rounds on NAUT's record as of 1 November 2026: trmlabs on 9 September, Tare on 16 September, NG.CASH on 23 September and 0xPredicate on 27 October 2026. NAUT holds the fund under 2 unmerged rows, and the count of 4 is the union of both.

How many crypto VC funds led more than 1 round in 2026?

9 of the 40 investors on this crypto VC list led 2 or more rounds announced in 2026, and the other 31 led exactly 1. The 9 are Blockchain Capital, CMT Digital, CoinFund, Maven 11 Capital, Polychain Capital, Portal Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Tether and Variant.

Where can I find these crypto VC funds and the people to contact there?

Each of the 40 investors has a NAUT page, linked in the list above, that holds its team and the rounds it led, and the same data comes back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/<fund-slug> for 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those people unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

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