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Crypto VC partners: 141 at 45 funds, 41 with a channel

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

141 Crypto VC partners at the 45 funds that led a round announced in 2026, 41 with a Telegram or email. Logos: Blockchain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Variant, CoinFund, Maven 11 Capital, Ribbit Capital, CMT Digital, Polychain Capital, Portal Ventures, Foundation Capital, NVIDIA Venture Capital, Tether.

NAUT tracks 45 funds that led at least 1 round announced in 2026, and 141 people who currently hold a partner or general partner title at those funds. 41 of those 141 crypto VC partners have a Telegram handle or an email address on file at NAUT. 40 of the 41 are named below, and every name links to the person's own NAUT page.

How this list was built: NAUT's database of crypto VC firms and their people was read on 31 October 2026. A fund qualifies when NAUT's record marks it as the lead investor on at least 1 round with an announcement date in 2026. A person qualifies when their current title at that fund contains the word partner, which takes in general, managing, venture, investment, research, technical, deal and operating partners. Counts come from NAUT's own rows, so a count of 0 partners means NAUT holds no partner record for that fund yet, never that the fund has no partners. Round leads were checked against public announcements: 23 of the 27 leads were sent for review and 19 matched a source in full. The other 4 named the right lead but differed on the amount or missed a co-lead, are flagged for a fix, and are left out of the text below.

Which funds led 2 or more rounds in 2026, and who covers them?

12 of the 45 funds led 2 or more rounds announced in 2026. Rounds counts the rounds the fund led in 2026, Partners counts its partner or GP records on NAUT, and Channel counts those partners with a Telegram handle or an email address on file. The table is ranked by rounds led, then by partner records on NAUT.

Fund Rounds Partners Channel
4 6 1
3 34 5
2 7 4
2 6 3
2 6 1
2 6 1
2 4 0
2 4 1
2 1 0
2 0 0
2 0 0
2 0 0

Blockchain Capital tops the table by NAUT's record because NAUT holds its 2026 leads under 2 company rows, and the 4 rounds are the union of both. Public announcements confirm 2 of them: a $15M strategic round for the Brazilian fintech NG.CASH, and an $8M Series A for the compliance platform Predicate. Sequoia Capital led 3, including a $60M Series B for Mecka.ai, a $30M seed for Catalyst and co-led a $200M Series D for Whop. NVIDIA Venture Capital is 1 of the 10 funds that led 2 rounds, has 0 partner records on NAUT, and both of its 2026 leads on NAUT's record are AI deals, including a $2B strategic investment in Nebius.

Which crypto VC partners can you reach today?

41 of the 141 partners carry a channel, and 40 are named here: the 41st, at Multicoin Capital, has a malformed name on file and is flagged for a fix. Each row names the channel types NAUT holds, never the value itself: a Telegram handle or an email address is revealed on the person's NAUT page or through the API. The list is ordered by the rounds their fund led in 2026, then by fund and name.

Partner Fund Title Channel
Venture Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram, email
Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
CIO / Managing Partner Telegram
Partner / Director of Research Telegram
Founder / CEO / Managing Partner Telegram
General Partner Telegram
Partner Email
Partner Telegram
Investment Partner Telegram
Investment Partner Telegram
Founder / Managing Partner Telegram
Venture Partner Telegram
Managing Partner Telegram
Venture Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
Venture Partner Telegram
Junior Partner Telegram
General Partner Telegram
Co-Founder / General Partner Telegram
General Partner Telegram
General Partner Telegram
Venture Partner Telegram
Technical Partner Telegram
Managing Partner Telegram
Deal Partner Telegram
Deal Partner Telegram
Venture Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
Partner / Head of Investor Relations Telegram
Investment Partner Telegram
General Partner / Co-Head of Venture Telegram
General Partner Telegram
Founder & Managing Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
Partner Telegram
General Partner Telegram

Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Where are the crypto VC partners concentrated?

19 of the 45 funds have at least 1 partner record on NAUT, and 26 have none yet, including Tether, Foundation Capital, Solana Ventures and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The 12 funds below hold 124 of the 141 people.

Partner and GP rows on NAUT, the 12 funds with the most
  1. Sequoia Capital34
  2. Lightspeed Venture Partners20
  3. Dragonfly15
  4. Multicoin Capital8
  5. Variant7
  6. Faction7
  7. Blockchain Capital6
  8. CoinFund6
  9. Ribbit Capital6
  10. Maven 11 Capital6
  11. Bain Capital Crypto5
  12. Pantera Capital5

Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners carry the deepest partner benches on NAUT at 34 and 20, and both are generalist funds whose partner lists cover every sector they invest in. Among the crypto-native funds, Dragonfly holds 15 partner records, Multicoin Capital 8, and Faction and Variant 7 each, with Bain Capital Crypto and Pantera Capital on 5 apiece. Reach is a different ranking: Faction has a channel on 6 of its 7 partners, Multicoin Capital on 5 of 8 and Sequoia Capital on 5 of 34.

How do you reach crypto VC partners without a warm intro?

Who leads crypto rounds is answered one person at a time: a fund signs the wire, and a single partner carries the deal. These 4 habits turn the table above into a target list of crypto venture capital partners.

  • Start from the fund that led. The 12 funds in the first table led 2 or more rounds each in 2026, so they are writing cheques now.
  • Match the title to the stage. A deal partner, an investment partner or a junior partner usually runs first calls, while a managing partner signs off. All 3 titles appear in the table above.
  • Check coverage before you plan a sequence. 26 of the 45 funds have no partner record on NAUT yet, so for those the fund page is the starting point.
  • Expect Telegram. 40 of the 41 reachable partners have a Telegram handle on file and 2 have an email, with 1 person holding both.
How a founder raising can work this list
  1. Pick the funds that led12 funds led 2 or more rounds announced in 2026, from Blockchain Capital with 4 to Maven 11 Capital with 2.
  2. Open the fund pageEach fund's NAUT page lists its partner records and the rounds NAUT has it leading.
  3. Pick the partner by title41 of the 141 partners carry a channel, and Faction alone has 6 of its 7 covered.
  4. Reveal the channel and writeThe person's NAUT page shows the Telegram handle or email, so the first message goes to the person who runs the deal.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto investor database: 50 funds, 299 contacts measured and How to find crypto investors by round size: 28 funds, 4 steps.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/blockchain-capital with an Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY header returns 1 fund with its team and its portfolio rows, each carrying company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate and isLead, which is where the rounds led in 2026 in this article come from. For the people side, GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=general%20partner searches by title and returns the hasTelegram and hasEmail flags, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/{id}?include=private reveals the channel itself. Data and search calls cost 5 credits each, a first private reveal costs 10 and is a permanent unlock; the endpoints are documented at https://naut.so/docs/api and plans start at $49 a month for 3,000 credits at https://naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on NAUT unlock on any paid plan: start a 7-day trial.

Crypto VC partners FAQ

Who are the partners at crypto VCs that lead rounds?

NAUT's data on 31 October 2026 holds 141 people with a current partner or GP title at the 45 funds that led a round announced in 2026, among them Jesse Walden at Variant, Tom Schmidt at Dragonfly and Dan Morehead at Pantera Capital. 41 of them have a Telegram handle or an email address on file, and 40 are named in the table above.

Which crypto VC fund has the most partners on NAUT?

Sequoia Capital with 34 partner records, ahead of Lightspeed Venture Partners with 20 and Dragonfly with 15, measured on NAUT's rows on 31 October 2026.

Where can I find crypto VC partners and their contact channels?

On NAUT. Each of the 41 reachable partners has a NAUT people page that shows their fund, title and channels, and the same records come back from the API with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=partner, with the Telegram handle or email revealed by GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/{id}?include=private.

Which funds led the most rounds announced in 2026?

Blockchain Capital led 4 rounds announced in 2026 on NAUT's record, Sequoia Capital led 3, and 10 more funds led 2 each, including CoinFund, Ribbit Capital, CMT Digital and Variant.

How do I get my name taken off this list?

Anyone named here can ask NAUT to remove their record at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Data notes

  • NAUT lists Blockchain Capital under 2 company rows (blockchain-capital and blockchain-capital-c2) that each led 2026 rounds; the 4 rounds counted here are the union of both, and the link goes to the main row. Multicoin Capital and Blockwall have the same split, with 1 row of each leading in 2026.
  • Samuel Harrison appears on NAUT under both Faction and Lightspeed Venture Partners as the same record, so he is counted once: 142 partner rows cover 141 people.
  • 1 further Multicoin Capital partner has a Telegram on file but the stored name is malformed, so the row is left out of the table and flagged for a fix. That is why 41 people carry a channel and 40 are named.
  • A partner count of 0 is a gap in NAUT's coverage of that fund, never a statement that the fund has no partners.

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