Nexus Blockchain Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($750K–$3.0M Checks)
Nexus Blockchain Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in AI / ML, Consumer, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $750K–$3.0M checks and has 102 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $750K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 102 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Consumer, Marketplace
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-11-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$750K – $3.0M
102+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in the burgeoning ecosystems of blockchain applications enhancing digital marketplaces and decentralized solutions.
How Nexus Blockchain Capital invests
Nexus Blockchain Capital is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Consumer, Marketplace. It does not invest in Social Media.
Nexus Blockchain Capital typically writes checks of $750K–$3.0M per investment.
Nexus Blockchain Capital has backed 102 companies in our records, including DecentralMarket, 1inch Exchange, Aave.
Partners & Team
Brad
Founder
Started mining Bitcoin in 2012 and co-created Blockchain Capital, previously known as Crypto Currency Partners, in 2013. Gavin Wood pitched Ethereum to Brad in his living room in 2014.
Bart
Founder
Started mining Bitcoin in 2012 and co-created Blockchain Capital, previously known as Crypto Currency Partners, in 2013.
Priya Singh
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (102)
Other
DecentralMarket
1inch Exchange
Aave
Abra
Acadarena
Across
AFTR Market
AlphaPoint
Anchorage Digital
ArDrive
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Consumer, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $750K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brad, Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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