Chain Funders
Chain Funders is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $150K–$1.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $150K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-26
Pre-Seed, Seed
$150K – $1.0M
4+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests in startups building infrastructure and applications on blockchain technology.
How Chain Funders invests
Chain Funders is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Chain Funders typically writes checks of $150K–$1.0M per investment.
Chain Funders has backed 4 companies in our records, including BlockFrame, Solana, Polkadot.
Partners & Team
Natalie Chen
Investment Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
BlockFrame
Solana
A high-performance blockchain platform for decentralized applications.
Polkadot
A multi-chain interoperability protocol.
Filecoin
A decentralized storage network.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Natalie Chen, Investment Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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