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Variant

19 employees

Variant is an early-stage venture firm investing in crypto networks & platforms building The Ownership Economy.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Blockchain10
Cryptocurrency6
Software4
Information Technology3
Ethereum3
Finance2
Hospitality2
Web Hosting2
Financial Services2
FinTech2
Art1
Enterprise Software1
ethereum1
defi1
blockchain1
Cyber Security1
Developer APIs1
3D Technology1
Computer1
Web Design1

Funding rounds participated in

$564K sweet spot round size

Most of their 25 investments are in rounds between $7M and $19M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

blockchain
social
Blockchain
marketplaces
ownership economy
crypto

Date founded

2020

Investments made

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Blackbird Labs, Inc. raised $24M on October 4, 2023

Investors: Rustic Canyon Family, Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, QED Investors, Bolt, Shine Capital, Quality Branded and Variant

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Alluvial raised $12M on July 11, 2023

Investors: Nascent Capital, Blockdaemon, Fenbushi Capital, Avon Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital and Variant

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Undisclosed raised $15M on June 8, 2023

Investors: Seed Club Ventures 🌱 💸, Palm Tree Crew Investments, IDEO CoLab, Tioga Capital Partners and Variant

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Turnkey raised $7.5M on March 22, 2023

Investors: Variant

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Shibuya (shibuya.xyz) raised $6.9M on December 8, 2022

Investors: a16z crypto and Variant

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Undisclosed raised $12M on December 7, 2022

Investors: Scalar Capital, Polychain Capital and Variant

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Matter Labs raised $200M on November 16, 2022

Investors: Blockchain Capital LLC, Dragonfly Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Variant

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Blackbird Labs, Inc. raised $11M on October 6, 2022

Investors: Mischief, Multicoin Capital, Circle, Union Square Ventures, Shine Capital, 火烈鸟公司 and Variant

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Hyperlane raised $19M on September 22, 2022

Investors: Hypersphere Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Blockdaemon, Circle, CoinFund, Asymmetric, Figment and Variant

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Koop raised $5M on August 31, 2022

Investors: Data Community Fund, Volt Capital, Day One Ventures, Palm Tree Crew Investments, Pear VC and Variant

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