A sales call brief crypto BD reps can act on holds 5 fields: funding history, the backers, the decision maker, the sector, and the size and date of the latest round. NAUT holds all 5 for Aztec Network on 1 page: 3 priced venture rounds worth $119.1M announced between 29 November 2018 and 15 December 2022, 11 backer records on 2 of those rounds, 4 named people with a current title, and the sector tags L1/2/3, Privacy and DeFi, all read from NAUT's database on 10 November 2026.
Data note. Every figure here was read from NAUT's own database on 10 November 2026, read-only. NAUT carries 14 investment records for Aztec Network. 3 of them are priced venture rounds with an announce date and feed the $119.1M total. The other 11 are out of the funding-history count, each for a reason of its own: 1 is a dated 20 September 2019 funding record with no amount stored, 5 are token-sale market events logged from cryptorank.io (an IDO of $32,333,500 on 13 November 2025, an ICO of $32,313,352 on 2 December 2025, and IEO rows of $10,000 on 8 December 2025, $3,750 and $5,000 both on 9 February 2026), and 5 come from a second feed, coinlaunch.space, with no date at all: 3 of those repeat the Seed, Series A and Series B amounts, 1 is a Private Round with no amount, and 1 is an ICO round on CoinList at $44,800,000. 8 claims about the company went to outside sources, all 8 confirmed and used here, with the exact wording located on 2. NAUT Research wrote it, and the gaps in NAUT's own record are named below rather than tidied away.
What goes into a sales call brief crypto BD teams can use?
The 5 fields are the crypto funding history, the backers, the crypto decision maker, the sector, and the size and date of the latest round, and all 5 sit on the company's NAUT page. The table below is that brief for Aztec Network as NAUT held it on 10 November 2026. Where to read each one on that page: the funding history and the latest round in the funding rows, the backers in the same rows, the decision makers in the team block, the sector in the sector tags.
| Field | What NAUT holds | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Funding history | 3 priced venture rounds, $119.1M, 2018 to 2022 | Tells you the budget cycle you are selling into |
| Backers | 13 backer records, 10 distinct firms | Gives you the warm-intro routes |
| Decision maker | 4 named people with a current title | Names who signs |
| Sector | L1/2/3, Privacy, DeFi | Decides which case study you open with |
| Latest round | $100M Series B, 15 December 2022 | Sets the cheque size they can write |
The 5th field is the one that reframes this account. The newest venture round NAUT holds for Aztec Network closed on 15 December 2022, so a rep walking in with a "you just raised" opener is nearly 4 years late.
What does the funding history show, and who led each round?
3 priced rounds, rising from $2.1M to $100M, with the lead named in each round's own announcement. NAUT flags no backer as lead on any of the 3 rounds, so the lead column below comes from the announcement, not from NAUT's lead flag. Backer records per row: 0 on the seed, 2 on the 2019 record, 6 on the Series A and 5 on the Series B.
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $2.1M | 29 November 2018 | ConsenSys Labs |
| Funding Round | no amount stored | 20 September 2019 | none named |
| Series A | $17M | 16 December 2021 |  Paradigm |
| Series B | $100M | 15 December 2022 | a16z |
Ranked by amount, Series B is first at $100M, Series A second at $17M and the Seed round third at $2.1M; the 2019 record carries no amount, so it cannot be ranked. Read the pattern out loud before the call: 3 years between the seed and the Series A, 12 months between the Series A and the Series B, then nothing priced since.
Who backed Aztec Network, and which firm is the warm route?
13 backer records across the 4 dated rows resolve to 10 distinct firms, and 2 of them appear more than once. A.Capital Ventures sits on 3 of the 4 dated rows (the 2019 record, the Series A and the Series B) and Variant on 2 (the Series A and the Series B), which makes both of them the shortest route to an introduction.
- Series A, 16 December 2021: IOSG Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Alliance DAO, Scalar Capital, Variant, Nascent.
- Series B, 15 December 2022: Fenbushi Capital, A.Capital Ventures, SV Angel, Variant, HashKey Group.
- Funding record, 20 September 2019: Coinbase Ventures and A.Capital Ventures, with no amount stored.
The Series B report NAUT checked lists "participation of A Capital, King River, Variant, SV Angel, Hash Key, Fenbushi", which matches NAUT's 5 Series B rows and adds 1 firm NAUT does not hold on that round. The seed round has 0 backer records on NAUT, and that is NAUT's record rather than a statement about the round: the 2018 report NAUT read names ConsenSys Labs as the firm that led it.
Who runs Aztec Network, and how do you reach them?
4 people with a current title and a live NAUT page, 3 of them with an X handle on file. Every title and handle below is NAUT's stored value, and each name links to that person's NAUT page.
| Name | Title | X handle |
|---|---|---|
 Zac Williamson |
Co-founder & CEO | @Zac_Aztec |
 Joe Andrews |
Head of Product & Co-Founder | @jaosef |
 Tom Walton-Pocock |
Co-Founder | @tomwalpo |
 Claire Arthurs Kart |
CMO | none on file |
For a protocol-integration or infrastructure pitch, Zac Williamson is the name to open with: his NAUT title is Co-founder & CEO, and the title here is NAUT's stored record, because the page NAUT read for that claim did not carry the wording the check looked for. A marketing, listings or co-campaign pitch goes to Claire Arthurs Kart as CMO instead. 2 stored values are worth knowing before you use them: Tom Walton-Pocock is stored as "Co-Founder (former CEO/CTO)", so his current title on NAUT is Co-Founder and the parenthetical is history, and a second contact row with the handle @clairekart carries no title at all, which is a duplicate NAUT should merge. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.
What this brief tells a BD lead
- Lead with the product, not the raise. The last priced round is from 15 December 2022, so budget talk starts from a 2022 Series B of $100M, not from fresh money.
- The warm route is A.Capital Ventures on 3 of the 4 dated rows, then Variant on 2.
- The sector tags decide the pitch. NAUT tags the company L1/2/3, Privacy and DeFi, and the company's own site calls it "The platform for unstoppable private apps: a decentralized Ethereum L2", so a privacy or L2 case study lands and a generic DeFi one does not.
- 2 names cover almost every pitch: Zac Williamson for product and protocol, Claire Arthurs Kart for marketing.
- Open the company pageAztec Network carries the 3 priced rounds, the 13 backer records and the 4 named people.
- Date the latest round$100M Series B on 15 December 2022, so no fresh-money opener.
- Pick the backer routeA.Capital Ventures on 3 dated rows, Variant on 2.
- Pick 1 name and 1 channelZac Williamson for product, Claire Arthurs Kart for marketing.
What this brief tells a founder raising
- Read your own record before an investor does. 14 investment records for 1 company, 5 of them from a second feed with no date, is what a fund sees when it opens an aggregator.
- Name your lead yourself. NAUT has no lead flag on the Seed, Series A or Series B, so a fund reading the record alone cannot see that Paradigm led the $17M Series A or that a16z led the $100M Series B.
- Separate token-sale events from venture rounds in your own deck. 5 of the 14 records are IDO, ICO and IEO market events dated 13 November 2025 to 9 February 2026.
- Your repeat backers are your references. A.Capital Ventures and Variant came back for a second and third round.
- Count your rowsNAUT holds 14 investment records, 3 of them priced venture rounds worth $119.1M.
- Separate the sales5 rows are IDO, ICO and IEO events, not venture money.
- Supply the leadsParadigm on the $17M Series A, a16z on the $100M Series B.
- Fix the duplicates5 undated second-feed rows repeat amounts NAUT already holds.
Where does the sales call brief crypto data come from on NAUT?
All 5 fields come off 1 company page plus the pages it links to, which is the point of building the brief on NAUT rather than from 5 tabs. The funding rows, the backer rows and the team block sit on Aztec Network; each backer row links to that firm's own NAUT page, so Variant and IOSG Ventures carry their other rounds in the same place; each person row links to their NAUT page with the channels NAUT holds for them. Where NAUT's record is thin, this article says so: 0 backers on the seed round, no lead flag on any of the 3 rounds, and 1 duplicate contact row. That is crypto BD call prep for 1 account in 1 sitting, off 1 page and 1 API call.
Related reading on NAUT: How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto and How to find the lead investor: 3 ways, tested on 20 rounds.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes, and 1 call returns the whole brief: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/aztec-network returns the company with its team, which is where the 4 named people and the sector tags come from, and it costs 5 credits with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY. To reveal a named person's private channels, call GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/{id}?include=private, which costs 10 credits the first time for that person and 5 after that, a permanent unlock. Parameters and quotas are at https://naut.so/docs/api and plans at https://naut.so/pricing, where Essential is $49 a month for 3,000 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial if you want the channels as well as the titles.
Sales call brief crypto FAQ
What is in a sales call brief for a crypto BD call?
5 fields: funding history, the backers, the decision maker, the sector and the size and date of the latest round. For Aztec Network, read from NAUT on 10 November 2026, that is 3 priced venture rounds worth $119.1M, 13 backer records across 10 distinct firms, 4 named people with a current title, the tags L1/2/3, Privacy and DeFi, and a $100M Series B announced on 15 December 2022.
How much has Aztec Network raised, and when was the last round?
NAUT holds 3 priced venture rounds for Aztec Network totalling $119.1M: a $2.1M seed round announced 29 November 2018, a $17M Series A announced 16 December 2021 and a $100M Series B announced 15 December 2022, which is the most recent priced round on NAUT's record as of 10 November 2026.
Who led Aztec Network's rounds?
The announcements name ConsenSys Labs on the $2.1M seed round of 29 November 2018, Paradigm on the $17M Series A of 16 December 2021 and a16z on the $100M Series B of 15 December 2022. NAUT's own record flags no backer as lead on any of the 3, which is why a brief reads the lead from the round's announcement.
Where can I find Aztec Network's decision makers and their contact channels?
On NAUT: /projects/aztec-network lists the 4 named people with a current title, 3 of whom have an X handle on file, and each name links to their own page, or pull the same team in 1 call with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/aztec-network for 5 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open those channels.
What to research before a crypto sales call?
The 5 fields in this brief, in this order: the crypto funding history, the backers, the decision maker, the sector tags and the latest round's size and date. For Aztec Network on 10 November 2026 that research took 1 NAUT page and returned 3 priced rounds worth $119.1M, 13 backer records, 4 named people and a $100M Series B dated 15 December 2022.
How do I know a funding record is a venture round and not a token sale?
Read the round type and the source on each row. Of the 14 investment records NAUT holds for Aztec Network, 3 are priced venture rounds with an announce date, 5 are IDO, ICO and IEO market events logged from cryptorank.io between 13 November 2025 and 9 February 2026, 5 come undated from a second feed, and 1 is a dated 2019 funding record with no amount stored.
Sources
- Seed round, $2.1M announced 29 November 2018, led by ConsenSys Labs: CoinDesk, with Finextra as the second source.
- Series A, $17M announced 16 December 2021, led by Paradigm: CoinDesk, with Yahoo Finance as the second source.
- Series B, $100M announced 15 December 2022, led by a16z: The Block, with The Paypers as the second source.
- Series B backer list, wording located: The Paypers, with FinTech Futures as the second source.
- Sector line, wording located: aztec.network.
- X handle @Zac_Aztec checked against the account and a second page listing it beside the company.
- Funding rows, backer rows, people and sector tags: NAUT's own database, read 10 November 2026.