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CrossChain Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

CrossChain Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on infrastructure and interoperability solutions for the next wave of decentralized finance.

How CrossChain Ventures invests

CrossChain Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer.

CrossChain Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

CrossChain Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Chainlink, Aave, Astar Network.

Partners & Team

EX

Elaine Xu

GP

DeFi
Blockchain Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

CH

Chainlink

Blockchain Infrastructure
AA

Aave

DeFi
AS

Astar Network

Blockchain Infrastructure / Layer 1·Series A

A multi-chain smart contract platform on Polkadot that supports both EVM and WebAssembly (Wasm) environments.

MA

Manta Network

Blockchain / Privacy / DeFi·Seed

A privacy-preserving decentralized finance (DeFi) and zero-knowledge (ZK) application platform built on Substrate.

TI

Tidal Finance

DeFi / Decentralized Insurance·Seed

A decentralized discretionary mutual cover protocol (insurance) that allows users to buy and sell contract cover.

BI

Bifrost

DeFi / Liquid Staking·Seed

A Web3 derivatives protocol that provides decentralized liquid staking for staked assets across multiple chains.

PH

Phala Network

Blockchain Infrastructure / Privacy Computing·Seed

A trustless, privacy-preserving cloud computing service built on Substrate that provides decentralized processing power.

How to pitch CrossChain Ventures
  • Raising at 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 $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elaine Xu, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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