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Dao5 — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

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Dao5 is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in British Virgin Islands investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$550M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
British Virgin Islands

Last verified: 2026-09-09

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$550M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

dao5 is an early-stage cryptocurrency/crypto projects fund (pre-seed & seed) investing across verticals like blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, privacy tech, NFTs and DAOs, with future plans to transition into a decentralized autonomous organization.

How Dao5 invests

Dao5 is a vc firm based in British Virgin Islands. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Goods, Healthcare.

Dao5 typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $550M in assets under management.

Dao5 has backed 2 companies in our records, including Worldcoin, Layer3.

Partners & Team

SK

Sia Khazamipour

Platform Manager

TS

Tekin Salimi

Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Goods
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

WO

Worldcoin

Blockchain
LA

Layer3

Web3
How to pitch Dao5
  • •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 $500K – $2.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sia Khazamipour, Platform Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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