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Blockchain Growth Ventures

VC
Chicago, IL

Blockchain Growth Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Fintech, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 99 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
99 companies on record
Partners
12 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-13

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

99+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in blockchain and fintech solutions that aim to revolutionize financial services worldwide.

How Blockchain Growth Ventures invests

Blockchain Growth Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Consumer, AI / ML. It does not invest in food, energy.

Blockchain Growth Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Blockchain Growth Ventures has backed 99 companies in our records, including 1inch Exchange, Aave, Abra.

Partners & Team

HJ

H. Joshua Rivera

Operating Partner

JD

Jason Di Piazza

Director of Capital Formation

TS

Tony Schmidt

Chief Operating Officer

AL

Aleks Larsen

General Partner

JL

JoAnne Lauer

Director of Investor Relations

EN

Enara Nazarova

Marketing Director

JF

John Filbert

Finance Director

ZA

Zalia Aliriza

CFO

AL

Amanda Li

General Partner

fintech
blockchain
DK

Donna Kampschuur

Director of Investor Relations

KS

Kinjal Shah

General Partner

SB

Spencer Bogart

Research

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
Consumer
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

food
energy

Portfolio Companies (99)

Other

1I

1inch Exchange

DeFi·Series A
AA

Aave

DeFi·Seed
AB

Abra

CeFi·Series A
AC

Acadarena

Gaming·Series A
AC

Across

DeFi·Seed
AF

AFTR Market

Decentralized infra·Seed
AL

AlphaPoint

Decentralized infra·Series A
AN

Anchorage Digital

CeFi·Series B
AR

ArDrive

Decentralized infra·Seed
AR

Arweave

Decentralized infra·Seed
How to pitch Blockchain Growth Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as H. Joshua Rivera, Operating Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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