Degen Labs
Degen Labs is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed
$100K – $1.0M
7+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Targets ultra-high-risk crypto trading and degen ecosystems that are innovating within the Web3 paradigm, encouraging novel investment and trading strategies.
How Degen Labs invests
Degen Labs is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Traditional Finance.
Degen Labs typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.
Degen Labs has backed 7 companies in our records, including RiskFutures, Stacks, sBTC.
Meet the Team
Mark Rodriguez
GP
developer@stacks
Developer
stacker@stacks
Developer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
RiskFutures
Stacks
sBTC
Hiro
Bitcoin L2 Labs
Nostradamus
Rendezvous
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mark Rodriguez, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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