Nascent
Nascent is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Global investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $17M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Global
Last verified: 2026-06-25
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.0M
$17M
14+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Nascent is a thesis-driven fund specializing in crypto-native startups, DeFi protocols, and innovative early Web3 solutions.
How Nascent invests
Nascent is a vc firm based in Global. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.
Nascent typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $17M in assets under management.
Nascent has backed 14 companies in our records, including dYdX, SuperRare, Morpho.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
dYdX
SuperRare
Morpho
Ethena
Spearbit
Initia
Optimism
Mezo
Etherscan
Aztec
- •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 – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Elitzer, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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