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Multicoin Capital
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Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that makes long-term, high-conviction investments in category-defining crypto companies and protocols across public and private markets. Founded in 2017 on the belief that crypto will fundamentally reshape global markets, the firm manages a multi-billion dollar hedge fund and multiple venture funds (currently deploying from a $422M Venture Fund III), investing in both tokens and equity across Seed through growth stages with checks ranging from $1M–$50M. Multicoin's investment segments span: (1) Execution — Layer 1 protocols and smart contract platforms; (2) Stablecoins and payments; (3) DeFi — DEXs, borrow-lend, derivatives; (4) Real-World Assets (RWAs); (5) DePIN — decentralized physical infrastructure, a category Multicoin pioneered in 2019; (6) Applications — trust-minimized consumer and enterprise apps; (7) FHE and ZK cryptography; (8) MEV infrastructure; and (9) AI/ML at the intersection of crypto and artificial intelligence. The firm is known for pioneering token economic models, publishing detailed public investment theses, and being hands-on partners to founders across the Solana ecosystem and beyond.
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“One of our key learnings is that blockchains are fantastic asset ledgers and that's their core value. Crypto companies and protocols focused on finance and payments, such as DEXs, CEXs, payment firms, crypto trading platforms, lending protocols, launchpads, and stablecoin neobanks and issuers, are the ones that have endured.”
“Multicoin was founded on the belief that crypto will fundamentally reshape global markets. Over the past several years, Spencer and Shayon have helped turn that belief into an actionable investment portfolio pushing the frontier forward.”
“After eight years in this space and more than 100 investments in crypto companies and protocols, we've seen just about everything: transient narratives, brutal bear markets, and too much regulatory whiplash. These experiences have taught us critical lessons about crypto use cases. Not everything needs to be on a permissionless blockchain, not every product needs a token, and not every token can capture sustainable value.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solana | Seed | — | 2018-05-01 |
| Helium | Seed | — | 2019-01-01 |
| Jito | Seed | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Aptos Labs | Strategic | $200m | 2022-03-15 |
| Render Network | Venture | — | 2021-12-01 |
| Drift Protocol | Seed | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Mountain Protocol | Series A | — | 2024-06-06 |
| LI.FI | Series A | $4m | 2025-12-11 |
| Novig | Series B | — | 2026-02-18 |
| Hivemapper | Seed | — | 2022-01-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Coinbase Ventures | 12 |
| Pantera Capital | 10 |
| Polychain Capital | 9 |
| Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto) | 8 |
| Paradigm | 7 |
| CoinFund | 5 |
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