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Primitive Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Primitive Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
25 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-27

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

25+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Primitive Ventures is focused on backing the most promising blockchain and crypto-related startups worldwide.

How Primitive Ventures invests

Primitive Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Primitive Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Primitive Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including Dharma Labs, Cosmos, Optimism.

Partners & Team

DW

Dovey Wan

Partner

IA

I’ve always been captivated by South Korea — a nation of 50 million people that has not only emerged as the 14th largest economy but...

Economics PhD

South Korea
Global Markets
Crypto Landscape

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (25)

Other

DH

Dharma Labs

Crypto
CO

Cosmos

OP

Optimism

MO

Monad

ST

Starkware

A developer of zero-knowledge proof-based scaling solutions (STARKs) to improve Ethereum's scalability and privacy.

BE

Berachain

PA

Particle Network

BL

Blast

ME

Messari

A provider of crypto market intelligence, research, and data analytics tools for digital assets.

NA

Nansen

How to pitch Primitive Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dovey Wan, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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