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Variant Fund

VC
New York, USAWebsite

Variant Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, USA investing in Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$4.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$4.0M
Portfolio
14 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$570M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Fintech
HQ
New York, USA

Last verified: 2026-07-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $4.0M

AUM

$570M

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Variant invests in projects and companies leveraging blockchain technology to reimagine financial systems and digital ownership.

How Variant Fund invests

Variant Fund is a vc firm based in New York, USA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech.

Variant Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$4.0M per investment, backed by approximately $570M in assets under management.

Variant Fund has backed 14 companies in our records, including Uniswap, Boardroom, Blockaid.

Partners & Team

CS

Caleb S

COO

JC

Jake Chervinsky

Chief Legal Officer

NS

Nina Suthers

Chief Marketing Officer

MF

Maria Falcone

Executive Assistant

JW

Jesse Walden

GP

Blockchain
FinTech
Decentralization

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (14)

Other

UN

Uniswap

Decentralized Exchanges
BO

Boardroom

Blockchain Governance
BL

Blockaid

FA

Farcaster

FL

Flashbots

MA

Magic Eden

MO

Morpho

PH

Phantom

WO

World

ZO

Zora

How to pitch Variant Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $4.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Caleb S, COO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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