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Liberty City Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Liberty City Ventures supports early-stage blockchain and crypto startups with a focus on infrastructure, trading, and innovative financial tools.

How Liberty City Ventures invests

Liberty City Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Non-blockchain SaaS.

Liberty City Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Liberty City Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including BlockFi, Tassat.

Meet the Team

MA

Murtaza Akbar

General Partner

Blockchain
Fintech
Enterprise software
CC

Charles Cascarilla

General Partner

Blockchain infrastructure
Digital assets
Fintech
EW

Emil Woods

General Partner

Blockchain infrastructure
Institutional crypto services
Fintech
JL

James Lang

Managing Partner

Financial services
Fintech
Blockchain-enabled finance
DJ

Dorothy Jean Chang

General Partner

Communications / PR for startups
Blockchain
Fintech ecosystem building

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Non-blockchain SaaS

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

BL

BlockFi

Crypto Lending
TA

Tassat

Blockchain Payments
How to pitch Liberty City Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $250K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Murtaza Akbar, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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