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Distributed Global

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Distributed Global is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.0M checks and has 39 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.0M

AUM

$1.6B

Portfolio

39+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in globally distributed blockchain infrastructure companies, emphasizing scalability and efficiency.

How Distributed Global invests

Distributed Global is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Security. It does not invest in Consumer.

Distributed Global typically writes checks of $200K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.6B in assets under management.

Distributed Global has backed 39 companies in our records, including Polkadot, Balancer, Nous Research.

Meet the Team

MM

Miyuki Matsumoto

Founding Partner

Blockchain Infrastructure
Protocols
DeFi
JS

Johnny Steindorff

Managing Partner

digital assets
blockchain protocols
decentralized protocols
TW

Tucker Waterman

Managing Partner

digital assets
blockchain
value investing
RA

Ryan Alfred

Former Managing Partner

digital assets
blockchain
crypto trading
OH

Oscar Hackett

Founding Partner

Crypto Legal & Regulatory
Digital Asset Compliance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Security

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (39)

Other

PO

Polkadot

Blockchain Network
BA

Balancer

DeFi Payment Protocol
NO

Nous Research

AI/ML·Series A

AI research lab developing advanced language models.

AX

Axelar

Infrastructure/Interoperability·Series C

Interoperability platform enabling cross-chain communication.

SU

Superstate

Asset Management/RWA·Series B

Asset management platform for tokenized real-world assets on Ethereum.

NI

Nillion

Infrastructure/L1·unknown

Privacy-focused compute network for blinded data processing.

FO

Fogo

Blockchain/L1·Seed

Layer 1 blockchain optimized for high-throughput applications.

HU

Huma Finance

DeFi/Lending/RWA·unknown

PayFi network for real-world asset lending and borrowing.

PA

Parallel

Gaming/NFT/P2E·unknown

Ethereum-based gaming and NFT platform with play-to-earn mechanics.

SQ

Squid

DeFi/DEX/Interoperability·Strategic

Multichain DEX aggregator with interoperability features.

How to pitch Distributed Global
  • 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 $200K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Miyuki Matsumoto, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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