MetaCartel Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($30K–$200K Checks)
MetaCartel Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Global (decentralized) investing in Other, Developer Tools, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $30K–$200K checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $30K–$200K
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- AUM
- $6M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Developer Tools, Marketplace, Consumer, AI / ML
- HQ
- Global (decentralized)
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Pre-Seed
$30K – $200K
$6M
5+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
MetaCartel backs early-stage Web3 projects, DAOs, and innovative blockchain use cases, with a strong community-driven approach.
How MetaCartel Ventures invests
MetaCartel Ventures is a vc firm based in Global (decentralized). The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, Marketplace, Consumer, AI / ML.
MetaCartel Ventures typically writes checks of $30K–$200K per investment, backed by approximately $6M in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2020, MetaCartel Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including Zapper, Gitcoin, Rarible. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2020.
Partners & Team
Ben Middleton
Mage / Investment Professional
Ameen Soleimani
Mage / Cofounder
Ana Andrianova
Mage / Investment Professional
Peter ‘Pet3rPan’ (Peter Yuan Pan)
Co-founder / Mage, MetaCartel Ventures
Stani Kulechov
Mage / Strategic Advisor-Level Partner
Cassandra Shi
Mage / Partner-Investor
Kenny Rowe
Mage / Investment Lead Role
Peter Pan
Community Member & Investor
Konstantin Lomashuk
Mage / Investment Professional
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (5)
2020
Zapper
Gitcoin
Rarible
Other
DAOhaus
MolochDAO
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $30K – $200K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eric Arsenault, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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