Nascent — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)
Nascent is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada investing in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
- HQ
- Toronto, Canada
Last verified: 2026-10-22
Pre-Seed
$500K – $5.0M
$500M
6+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Crypto-native investor focused on early-stage blockchain and DeFi projects, with strong interest in onchain market structure and financial primitives.
How Nascent invests
Nascent is a vc firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.
Nascent typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.
Nascent has backed 6 companies in our records, including Bundle, Tenor Finance, Optimism.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Nascent Fund II
Nascent Fund I
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
Bundle
a crypto/DeFi project
Tenor Finance
a DeFi finance project
Optimism
a layer-2 Ethereum scaling protocol
Messari
a crypto market intelligence and data company
Etherscan
a blockchain explorer and analytics platform for Ethereum
0x
a decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Archie Cochrane, Co-Founder & General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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