Archetype
VC Fund
New York, United States
Archetype is a venture firm focused on backing the next generation of crypto founders and accelerating the decentralized future. They support the next generation of crypto founders who are maniacally dedicated to their craft and will disrupt the status quo.
- Total investments:
- 84
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Archetype invests in
Stages Archetype invests in
Countries Archetype invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$12M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$11M
- Series A
- $11M–$65M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 31 (37%)
- Cryptocurrency 26 (31%)
- Information Technology 14 (17%)
- FinTech 11 (13%)
- Software 11 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 47 (56%)
- Series A 15 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (7%)
- Series B 4 (5%)
- Funding Round 2 (2%)
Country
- United States 40 (48%)
- United Kingdom 4 (5%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- Austria 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ash Egan
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 43 | Find email | |
Danny Sursock
Principal & Chief of Staff
|
Principal & Chief of Staff | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Katie Chiou
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice is a generative artificial intelligence platform that enables users to generate text, images, code, and other AI-assisted content through a web-based interface. It provides access to a range of open-source AI models and supports tasks such as document analysis, research, coding assistance, language translation, and content creation. The platform is designed with a privacy-focused architecture in which user conversations and generated content remain stored locally on the user's device rather than on the company's servers. Venice also offers API access and tools that allow developers to integrate its AI capabilities into their own applications and workflows. | $65M / Series A / Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Turnkey is an encryption service provider that offers secure APIs to manage private keys. | $12.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Relay is a multichain payments network that allows users to spend any digital asset to transact on any blockchain | $17M / Series B / Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Tenbin Labs is a New York-based startup developing a tokenized asset protocol for real-world assets like commodities and foreign exchange markets. | $7.1M / Seed / Jan 27, 2026 | ||
| This London-based company develops open-source software designed to run large AI models locally, reducing dependence on centralized cloud providers. | Seed / Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Compute is a Human Right In a world where compute dictates who innovates and who dies, Odyn ensures that access to compute power is not a privilege of monopolies but a fundamental right for all. Odyn Network is breaking barriers and making compute accessible for everyone. | Seed / Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| DAWN Internet builds a decentralized, user-owned broadband network that lets people share and earn from local internet connectivity. | $13M / Series B / Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships. | $17M / Series A / Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Rain provides infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments and financial products for businesses. The company builds APIs and tools that let partners create and manage digital wallets, embed stablecoin accounts, and issue payment cards that connect blockchain settlement with traditional payment networks like Visa. Its platform supports money-inand money-out flows, fiat-to-stablecoin conversion, and compliance features so enterprises and financial platforms can integrate digital money use cases directly into their products. Rain’s technology is modular, enabling firms to pick components such as card issuance, wallet services, and cross-border payouts based on their needs. | $58M / Series B / Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Loop Crypto is a platform that enables autopay with crypto. | $2M / Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| See all 84 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Archetype invest in?
Archetype invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 84 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Archetype invest in?
Archetype typically joins rounds of $3M–$12M at Seed, $1M–$11M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$65M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Archetype's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Archetype took part in.
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Who are the partners at Archetype?
The team at Archetype includes Ash Egan (Founder), Danny Sursock (Principal & Chief of Staff) and Katie Chiou (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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