Merkle Basis Ventures
Merkle Basis Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. 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
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $3.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on blockchain-based trading infrastructure and asset platforms that bridge real-world finance with tokenized ecosystems.
How Merkle Basis Ventures invests
Merkle Basis Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Media.
Merkle Basis Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.
Merkle Basis Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including TradeAggregator, TokenLedger.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
TradeAggregator
TokenLedger
- •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 $250K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Yu, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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