Chain Reaction Capital
Chain Reaction Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Enterprise, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 15 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-14
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $3.0M
2+ companies
15 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on blockchain-powered solutions and software infrastructure to enable secure transactions and data handling.
How Chain Reaction Capital invests
Chain Reaction Capital is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Chain Reaction Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
Chain Reaction Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Blockdaemon, SPRING Labs.
Partners & Team
Sean Sweeney
Member / Investor
Max Risman
Member / Investor
Chris Marzilli
Member / Investor
Brad Nissenbaum
Member / Investor
Katy Allen
Member / Investor
Laura Smith
Partner
Yossi Smeloy
Chief Analog Design Officer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Blockdaemon
SPRING Labs
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Yael Bar Shtainman, Chief of Staff & General Counsel.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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