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Hydra Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

Hydra Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in EdTech, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
44 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
EdTech, SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-29

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

44 partners

Investment Thesis

An early-stage investor with an education and software orientation, suitable for products involving learning, training, and workflow improvement. It can fit AI roleplay if framed as performance learning infrastructure.

How Hydra Ventures invests

Hydra Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on EdTech, SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Hydra Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including Zero DAO, Metropolis DAO, Beaker DAO.

Partners & Team

EG

Evgeny Gokhberg

Managing Partner

Managing Partner at Re7 Capital

HS

Hanhui Sun (Jack)

Research & Investment

Research & Investment at Steel Perlot

G

Gar.re/tt

Partner

Partner at Permanent Ventures

SP

Shadi Peterson

Founder

Founder at Giga Corp

BS

Brian Steketee

Partner

Partner at 707v

CG

Callum Gladstone

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Fire Eyes

JW

James Waugh

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Fire Eyes

CS

Cassandra Shih

Founder

Founder at D1 Ventures

D

David

Investor

Investor at Social Graph Ventures

DE

Derek Edws

Managing Partner

Managing Partner at Collab+Currency

EZ

Evan Zinaman

Founder & Principal

Founder & Principal at Trailbreak

GF

Gareth Fenney

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Owl Ventures

GV

Greg Valitchka

Investor

Investor at Collab+Currency

IM

Ikuma Mutobe

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Tané Labs

KO

Kaz Okamoto

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Nonagon Capital

JL

Jordan Lazaro Gustave

Partner

Partner at AGLAÉ VENTURES and Founding Member at FlamingoDAO

JD

Justin Dierking

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at 707V

MV

Marcos Veremis

Partner

Partner at Accolade Partners

M(

Michael (Lewwwk) Lewkowitz

Founder

Founder at Possibilian Capital

MS

Mo Saraiya

Investor

Digital Assets Fund Investor

IA

Igor Alferov

Angel Investor

Angel Investor at Owl Ventures

EA

Eric Arsenault

Founder

Founder at VentureClub

JR

Jakub Rusiecki

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at The Symmetrical, Founder of Social Graph Ventures

SL

Simiao Li

Founder & CIE

Founder & CIE at Maverick Crypto

TB

Thomas Bailey

Founder

Founder at Road Capital

AP

Arad Paouky

Investor

Investor at Collab+Currency

BS

Benedikt Schulz

Investor

Investor at Tokentus

MT

Mona Tiesler

Investment Manager

Investment Manager at tokentus investment AG

BG

Blake GAO

Angel Investor and Partner

Angel Investor and Partner at Principle

P

Pet3rpan

Partner

Partner at 1kx

VR

Victor Rortvedt

Founding Blood Mage

Founding Blood Mage at MetaCartel Ventures

DC

Danny Carpio

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Thing3 and Co-Founder of Ready Player DAO

LF

Larry Florio

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Thing3

JB

Jake Becker

Investor

Investor at Wicklow Capital

SM

Stephen McKeon

Managing Partner

Managing Partner at Collab+Currency

TR

Thomas Rush

Partner

Partner at ConsenSys Mesh

CS

Charlie Sandor

Investor

Investor at CMT Digital

BP

Brooke Pollack

Founder & Managing Partner

Founder & Managing Partner at Hutt Capital

TK

Timour Kosters

Investor

Investor with Seed Club Ventures

AY

Amanda Young

Investor

Investor at Collab+Currency

JB

James Brodie

Founder

Founder at ID Theory

PL

Pierre Laurent

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Atka

RB

Regan Bozman

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Lattice Capital

WP

William Piquard

Co-Founder

Co-Founder at Atka

Industry Focus

Invests In

EdTech
SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

ZE

Zero DAO

A DAO for ZK Innovation

ME

Metropolis DAO

A DAO for AI

BE

Beaker DAO

A Decentralized Science DAO

SO

Social Graph Ventures

A web3 Social Investment DAO

OC

octu.ventures

An Urbit Investment DAO

DO

Dorm DAO

University Blockchain Investment Clubs

CY

Cyborg DAO

An AI Art collector DAO

AS

Assembly DAO

A generative art collector DAO

OC

Octu Ventures

Web3 / DAO / investment infrastructure·Not stated in the source; Hydra says it is investing up to $300,000 and providing incubation support.

an investment DAO focused on the Urbit ecosystem.

How to pitch Hydra Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in EdTech, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Evgeny Gokhberg, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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