Crypto Crest
Crypto Crest is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Singapore investing in Other, AI / ML, Security. The firm typically writes $75K–$500K checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$75K – $500K
10+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Crypto Crest backs early-stage startups that build critical infrastructure and innovative solutions in the blockchain and crypto space.
How Crypto Crest invests
Crypto Crest is a vc firm based in Singapore. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Goods, Retail.
Crypto Crest typically writes checks of $75K–$500K per investment.
Crypto Crest has backed 10 companies in our records, including BlockShield, SyzCrest, Crest SP.
Meet the Team
Ravi Kumar
GP
Willy Woo
Co-founder, Managing Partner Founder
Widely considered the pioneering leader of on-chain analysis. An early investor in Bitcoin in 2013 and Ethereum since at the 2014 ICO. He has been named one of the most influential people in crypto and a top 5 crypto analyst by CoinDesk. 1.1 million crypto investors follow his voice on woonomic X / Twitter.
Martin Baumann
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Previously, CFO at Nova Founders Capital, a global fintech investment firm and M&A banker in Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Served on multiple boards of leading Fintech companies such as Hyphen Group, Coru Mexico and others. Business Administration and Finance masters diploma from Technical University Berlin.
Charlie Morris
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Previously CIO at a blockchain VC firm as well as Management Consultant in London. Sortware englneer in Hong Kong, expert Blockchain Adviser for Chinese investment company, CLSA. Ethereum ICO investor in 2014. PPE degree from Oxford University.
Martin Froehler
Technical Advisor
Mathematician, veteran quant, and former hedge fund manager. Martin made his mark as senior quant and managing director of IdeaLab Research, the research arm of Superfund which managed USD4b in quantitative strategies. Later founding Morpher and Quantiacs. Through the course of his career Martin has trained over 1000 quants in the craft of building systematic trading models.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
BlockShield
SyzCrest
An institutional grade fund targeting 25% IRR over a full market cycle with very low risk of drawdown.
Crest SP
Crest delivers a high yield on USD. Crest SP is only open to partners and friends of CMCC, this fund was conceived to manage the CMCC Global cash treasury.
Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund
Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund is a multi-manager quantitative hedge fund operating in digital asset markets. The fund aims to deliver market neutral yield denominated in Bitcoin, targeting a 8-12% net APY without monthly drawdowns.
Syz Banking Group
An institutional grade fund targeting 25% IRR over a full market cycle with low risk of drawdown.
CMCC Global
CMCC Global is Asia's first venture capital firm focused solely on digital assets.
Hyphen Group
A leading Fintech company.
Coru Mexico
A leading Fintech company.
Morpher
Founded by Martin Froehler.
Quantiacs
Founded by Martin Froehler.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Security — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $500K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ravi Kumar, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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