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Polygon Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.5M Checks)

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Polygon Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Developer Tools, Consumer. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.5M
Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
8 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, Consumer, EdTech, Marketplace
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on innovative 3D design software and gaming technologies that are pushing boundaries.

How Polygon Ventures invests

Polygon Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, Consumer, EdTech, Marketplace. It does not invest in Biotech, Healthcare.

Polygon Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Polygon Ventures has backed 13 companies in our records, including LayerZero, Midnight Society, TinyTap.

Partners & Team

AJ

Alex Johnson

Solo GP

3D Tech
Gaming
MB

Marc Boiron

CEO

KP

Kurt Patat

Vice President of Communications

MG

Mudit Gupta

Chief Information Security Officer

JH

Joe Hamade

Chief Financial Officer

LS

Leon Stern

SVP Marketing

DS

David Silverman

Senior Vice President of Product

NT

Nick Truslow

Community Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
Consumer
EdTech
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Biotech
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

LA

LayerZero

Infrastructure / interoperability.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

Cross-chain interoperability protocol enabling messaging and asset transfers between blockchains.

MI

Midnight Society

Gaming / GameFi.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

Game studio building a Web3-enabled multiplayer shooter and gaming ecosystem.

TI

TinyTap

Consumer / EdTech with Web3.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

User-generated educational games platform that has integrated Web3/NFT-based learning content.

TH

The Sandbox

Gaming / Metaverse.·Not specified·Polygon Ventures

Metaverse gaming platform where users can create, own, and monetize virtual experiences and land using blockchain.

EI

EigenLayer

DeFi / Infrastructure.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

Ethereum restaking protocol that lets users re-use staked assets to secure additional services.

GN

Gnosis Safe (Safe)

Infrastructure / Wallets.·Not specified·Polygon Ventures

Smart-contract based multisig wallet infrastructure for secure asset management on Ethereum and EVM chains.

MA

Magic Eden

Consumer / NFT marketplace.·Not specified·Polygon Ventures

Multi-chain NFT marketplace focused on Solana and other chains.

LA

Laguna Games

Gaming / GameFi.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

Web3 gaming studio best known for titles like Crypto Unicorns.

PO

Polymarket

DeFi / Prediction markets.·Not specified·Polygon Ventures

Decentralized information and prediction markets platform.

HO

Horizon (Horizon Blockchain Games)

Gaming and infrastructure.·Early-stage·Polygon Ventures

Web3 gaming and infrastructure company (e.g., Skyweaver and Sequence wallet/stack).

How to pitch Polygon Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Johnson, Solo GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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