Anirudh Pai
Partner @ Dragonfly
New York, United States
Anirudh Pai is a partner at Robot Ventures and co-founder of Realm Alliance. Previously, he was a partner at Dragonfly.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries Anirudh Pai invests in
Stages Anirudh Pai invests in
Countries Anirudh Pai invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$15M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.8M–$2.5M
- Series A
- $15M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 4 (21%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (21%)
- Software 3 (16%)
- Manufacturing 2 (11%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (47%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (21%)
- Series A 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 10 (53%)
- Cayman Islands 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| One Exchange Infinite Markets | $8M / Seed / Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| Wildcat Labs provides on-chain credit and grants access to a detailed view of all market parameters and logs for real-time monitoring. | $3.5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| Praxis is a membership-based platform aiming to build an autonomous city. Cities needed to be built around a source of economic opportunity to attract businesses that would create jobs and entice people to relocate. The platform enables people to live healthier, more purposeful lives. Praxis was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York. | $525M / Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Caldera is a platform for web3 infrastructure with no coding. Caldera wants to attract users who are proficient in creating smart contracts but lack the time to hone their skills further. | $15M / Series A / Jul 24, 2024 | ||
| Prodia is a multimedia design software and developer of artificial intelligence that creates APIs and images. | $15M / Seed / Jul 02, 2024 | ||
| Creating a world where you get served by the friendliest people with food that hits that "wow" every time. Automating the boring and doubling down on the "hospitality" part of food service using modular robotics. Advised by the Ex-CDO of Subway, Ex-CSO of Mars Inc, Ex-MD of Caffè Nero and VC-backed. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Prophetic AI is a non-invasive neurotech company that offers neural devices to help people stabilize and induce lucid dreaming. | $1.1M / Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Parallax offers a cross-border payments platform for freelancers, remote workers, and businesses. The service enables receiving international client payments, holding funds in USD, exchanging currencies, and sending money to domestic bank accounts and mobile wallets. Users manage balances and transfers through a web app with quoted rates anditemized fees. The platform supports global payouts and recurring disbursements to partners and team members. Compliance measures include identity verification and transaction monitoring aligned with regulatory standards. Documentation and support resources guide account setup, funding, and cash-out. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 12, 2023 | ||
| Creating a world where you get served by the friendliest people with food that hits that "wow" every time. Automating the boring and doubling down on the "hospitality" part of food service using modular robotics. Advised by the Ex-CDO of Subway, Ex-CSO of Mars Inc, Ex-MD of Caffè Nero and VC-backed. | Angel / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| Andrena is a developer of an internet distribution platform designed to offer high-speed internet at reduced costs.The company works directly with internet providers who provide internet for universities, hospitals, financial services and other users with heavy data needs and leverage their existing fiber networks to deploy a series of antennas toblanket a geography with internet access, allowing customers and businesses to tap into a faster network wirelessly. | $15M / Series A / Feb 27, 2023 | ||
| See all 19 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a venture investment firm that provides capital and strategic support to teams building projects in the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. The company evaluates blockchain protocols, decentralized finance platforms, and related digital asset initiatives to back technology builders at various stages of development. It maintains aportfolio of investments across token projects, infrastructure protocols, and financial applications in the crypto space. Dragonfly also produces research content that examines trends, technical challenges, and opportunities within the digital assets industry. Its operations involve engaging with founders, assessing technical approaches, and facilitating connections across the broader blockchain community.
Dragonfly Contacts
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Anirudh Pai
Partner
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Kitty Wang
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Lawrence Diao
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Ashwin Ramachandran
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Bo Feng
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FAQ
What does Anirudh Pai invest in?
Anirudh Pai invests primarily in Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Anirudh Pai's check size?
Anirudh Pai typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$15M at Seed, $1.8M–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $15M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Anirudh Pai participates in.
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When did Anirudh Pai last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Anirudh Pai closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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