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Web3 Foundation — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

Web3 Foundation is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-06

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Provides grants for projects building on Polkadot and Substrate, especially protocol and infrastructure work. Best for deeply technical blockchain network layers.

How Web3 Foundation invests

Web3 Foundation is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.

Web3 Foundation has backed 2 companies in our records, including Hyperbridge, CESS (Cumulus Encrypted Storage System).

Partners & Team

EG

Edmunds Grostins

Finance Manager

MD

Melanie Diener

Accounting Manager

AB

Aeron Buchanan

Vice President

FG

Fabian Gompf

CEO

AD

Angie Darrow

Chief Marketing Officer

BL

Bill Laboon

VP of Technical Operations

IK

Izabela Kuprasz

Director of Legal

SF

Signe Friis

Operations Manager

FT

Foundation team

Team

protocol infrastructure
blockchain tooling

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

HY

Hyperbridge

Web3 infrastructure / interoperability·Seed

Interoperability infrastructure for moving assets and messages across blockchains

CE

CESS (Cumulus Encrypted Storage System)

Web3 infrastructure / decentralized storage·Undisclosed round / likely early-stage

Decentralized storage infrastructure project

How to pitch Web3 Foundation
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Edmunds Grostins, Finance Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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