# Alternity Capital

> Alternity Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Privacy and Blockchain. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alternity/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alternitycap

Alternity Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Privacy and Blockchain. Alternity Capital invests in entrepreneurs and technologies that shape the development of the cryptocurrency markets.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Privacy | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BEAM | BEAM is a next-generation confidential cryptocurrency based on an elegant and innovative Mimblewimble protocol. Things that make BEAM special include:• Users have complete control over privacy - a user decides which information will be available and to which parties, having complete control over his personal data in accordance with his will andapplicable laws. • Confidentiality without penalty - in BEAM confidential transactions do not cause bloating of the blockchain, avoiding excessive computational overhead or penalty on performance or scalability while completely concealing the transaction value. • No trusted setup required.• Blocks are mined using Equihash Proof-of-Work algorithm. • Limited emission using periodic halving with a total amount of coins ~250 million. • No addresses are stored in the blockchain - no information whatsoever about either the sender or the receiver of a transaction is stored in the blockchain. • Superior scalability through compact blockchain size - using the “cut-through” feature of Mimblewimble makes the BEAM blockchain orders of magnitude smaller than any other blockchain implementation. • BEAM supports many transaction types such as escrow transactions, time-locked transactions, atomic swaps and more. • No premine. No ICO. Backed by a treasury, emitted from every block during the first five years • Implemented from scratch in C++ by a team of professional developers | $2M |  | May 20, 2021 |  |
| BEAM | BEAM is a next-generation confidential cryptocurrency based on an elegant and innovative Mimblewimble protocol. Things that make BEAM special include:• Users have complete control over privacy - a user decides which information will be available and to which parties, having complete control over his personal data in accordance with his will andapplicable laws. • Confidentiality without penalty - in BEAM confidential transactions do not cause bloating of the blockchain, avoiding excessive computational overhead or penalty on performance or scalability while completely concealing the transaction value. • No trusted setup required.• Blocks are mined using Equihash Proof-of-Work algorithm. • Limited emission using periodic halving with a total amount of coins ~250 million. • No addresses are stored in the blockchain - no information whatsoever about either the sender or the receiver of a transaction is stored in the blockchain. • Superior scalability through compact blockchain size - using the “cut-through” feature of Mimblewimble makes the BEAM blockchain orders of magnitude smaller than any other blockchain implementation. • BEAM supports many transaction types such as escrow transactions, time-locked transactions, atomic swaps and more. • No premine. No ICO. Backed by a treasury, emitted from every block during the first five years • Implemented from scratch in C++ by a team of professional developers | $2M | Seed | May 20, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altonomy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altonomy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bering Waters Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bering-waters-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Taureon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taureon) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Youbi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/youbi-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Alternity Capital invest in?

Alternity Capital invests primarily in Privacy, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alternity Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alternity Capital closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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