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Protocol Ventures

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New York, NY

Protocol Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-09

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in blockchain-powered innovations for enterprise, governance, and compliance-heavy use cases.

How Protocol Ventures invests

Protocol Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise.

Protocol Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

Protocol Ventures has backed 13 companies in our records, including Civic, Stacks, Bluesky.

Partners & Team

BH

Brad Holden

Managing Partner, PLC Crypto

Crypto
Early-stage computing
Innovation Labs
LW

Lacey Wisdom

General Partner, PLC Crypto

Crypto
Early-stage startups
Computing Breakthroughs
JB

Juan Benet

General Partner, PLC Neuro & Research Partner, PLC Crypto

Neuro
Crypto
Computing Breakthroughs
DL

David Lin

Founding Partner

Blockchain
Enterprise IT

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

CI

Civic

Blockchain Identity
ST

Stacks

Blockchain Development Frameworks
BL

Bluesky

CE

Celestia

CO

CoinList

FR

FrodoBots

GE

Gensyn

GL

Glow

PR

Privy

SC

Science Corp

How to pitch Protocol Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brad Holden, Managing Partner, PLC Crypto.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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