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Crypto Valley Ventures

VC
Zug, SwitzerlandWebsite

Crypto Valley Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-series-a venture capital firm based in Zug, Switzerland investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$8.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$8.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
13 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-series-a
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
Zug, Switzerland
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-28

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-series-a

Check Size

$500K – $8.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on investing in blockchain and crypto companies, particularly platforms solving cross-border payments and financial infrastructure challenges.

How Crypto Valley Ventures invests

Crypto Valley Ventures is a vc firm based in Zug, Switzerland. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-series-a stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Goods, Media.

Crypto Valley Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$8.0M per investment.

Crypto Valley Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Paxful, UTU, Xend Finance.

Partners & Team

MR

Mathias Ruch

CEO

OH

Olaf Hannemann

Co-Founder

BW

Bastian Wetzel

Head of Investments

JK

Jarryd Kennedy

Director of Investments

MR

Mathias Ruch

CEO

BN

Brenton Naicker

Head of Growth

JK

Jarryd Kennedy

Director of Investments

DL

David Long

Chief Commercial Officer

BW

Bastian Wetzel

Head of Investments

DL

David Long

Chief Commercial Officer

BN

Brenton Naicker

Head of Growth

PH

Peter Hoffmann

Managing Partner

Blockchain
Crypto
Stablecoins
OH

Olaf Hannemann

Co-Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Goods
Media

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

PA

Paxful

Crypto/FinTech
UT

UTU

Emerging Markets/TrustTech
XE

Xend Finance

DeFi/Payments
AR

Arf Financial

Cross-Border Payments
CH

Chainalysis

Blockchain Analytics
UT

Utrust

FinTech
How to pitch Crypto Valley Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-series-a? 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 $500K – $8.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mathias Ruch, CEO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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