AR

Arcanum Capital

VC
London, UKWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$75K – $300K

AUM

$12M

Portfolio

74+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 16

Investment Thesis

Focused on backing early-stage companies driving adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions and accelerating mainstream participation.

Meet the Team

JM

James McDowall

Partner

fintech
blockchain
AI
VN

Vikram Nagrani

GP

Crypto
DeFi Ecosystem
LZ

Luchang Zheng

Founding Partner

fintech
blockchain
AI
KB

Karthik Bupathi

Founding Partner

Web3
blockchain infrastructure
decentralized applications
JT

Jeremiah Thompson

Principal

investment sourcing
deal leadership
portfolio management

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare
Education

Portfolio Companies (74)

2025

AM

Amity Ventures

Modular

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

HA

Hashed Fund

DePIN

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

HA

Hack VC

DePIN

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

FA

Faction

DePIN

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BI

Bitcoin Ecosystem

Bitcoin Ecosystem

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BL

Blockchain Founders Fund

DeFi

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

TH

The Spartan Group

DePIN

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CI

Circle

DeFi

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

QU

Questbook

Gaming

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

NP

NPC Group

Gaming

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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