Digital Ownership

a16z crypto

Check: No personal check-size range is published. The official profile's aggregate fund-raising figure and public financing announcements describe firm resources and transactions, not Chris's individual authority or a reliable minimum/maximum check.

Chris invests behind blockchains as a new computing and ownership primitive for the internet. His core thesis is that token-enabled networks can align builders, users, and owners; bootstrap network effects; replace extractive corporate platforms with open, composable economies; and eventually support both financial and non-financial applications. He treats the category as a decades-long infrastructure-to-applications transition rather than a short market cycle.

Blockchain Capital

Check: No reliable personal check range or current Blockchain Capital authority is public. Third-party ranges are stale and were excluded. Historical work included consumer-crypto diligence and portfolio support; founders must contact a currently listed Blockchain Capital investor for live check size and sponsorship.

In his Blockchain Capital work, Sterling focused on the intersection of consumers and crypto. He saw gaming as a mass-onboarding path because persistent games, interoperable assets and player-owned economies can align users with the worlds they help create. For consumer brands, he looked for authentic cultural connection and utility across physical and digital experiences rather than an NFT bolted onto a legacy product. His later DeFi work favored high-performance, composable exchanges close to their native ecosystems, with real volume, adaptable teams and product expansion beyond a single wedge.

YGG Ventures

Check: No portfolio-company check range was disclosed. The announced 2023 YGG Ventures Fund I targeted $75M and a $500K minimum LP commitment, but the latter is an LP subscription minimum—not a startup check size—and current fund deployment status is not publicly confirmed.

Beryl's investment role was framed around early-stage token and equity investments in Web3 game studios and the infrastructure needed for the sector to grow. Her broader operating thesis begins with community distribution and digital ownership: games must be genuinely fun, use blockchain behind the scenes, enable players in emerging markets to learn and earn, and build sustainable economics rather than treating token rewards as the product.

Blockchain Capital

Check: No personal check range or unilateral authority is publicly disclosed. Blockchain Capital is a multi-stage investor in equity and crypto assets; its September 2026 NG.CASH article announces a $15M BCAP investment, but that figure is a specific firm investment co-authored with a GP, not Anay's standard ticket.

Anay focuses on the intersection of consumer behavior and crypto. Her work favors products that hide blockchain complexity inside a trusted, culturally native experience: mobile-first financial platforms for underserved young users, stablecoins embedded in existing distribution, and portable social identity that lets communities create specialized software without restarting their networks. At seed, she weights founder character and learning velocity above a rigid initial thesis.

gumi Cryptos Capital

Check: gCC's older first-party FAQ stated typical $250K–$1M checks at friends-and-family through pre-Series A, occasionally Series A. Treat this as historical firm guidance—not Evans's personal or necessarily current range—and confirm Fund II sizing, lead appetite and structure directly.

Evans leads gCC's Asia strategy with a consumer-crypto and multi-chain background. His prior portfolio and current mandate point to high-conviction early-stage founders building foundational Web3 layers or applications where blockchain provides a meaningful competitive advantage, especially digital entertainment, consumer infrastructure, decentralized applications, middleware and cross-ecosystem products in Asia.

gumi Cryptos Capital

Check: A December 2019 gCC FAQ said the firm typically wrote $250K–$1M checks. Treat this only as a dated historical range, not a current promise: gCC subsequently raised a $110M Fund II and has not published an updated range on its current site. Confirm stage, instrument, ownership and reserves directly.

Rui leads an early-stage, crypto-native firm with a builder-centric, long-time-preference and high-conviction approach. gCC invests across the blockchain stack, with particular application interest in financial services and gaming and broader interest in foundational protocols that use blockchain for a significant competitive advantage. Rui's gaming, VR/AR, social-network and founder background supports a product and global expansion lens.

Sfermion

NFTs, metaverse, and digital ownership. One of the first NFT-focused funds.

Fabric Ventures

Archetype

Sfermion

Miami

AUM: $100M

Square Enix

Tokyo

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