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Liberty City Ventures

VC
New York, NY

Liberty City Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-12

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.

Partners & Team

MA

Murtaza Akbar

General Partner

Blockchain
Fintech
Enterprise software
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
CC

Charles Cascarilla

General Partner

Blockchain infrastructure
Digital assets
Fintech

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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