BlockTower Capital
VC Fund
New York, United States
BlockTower Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. BlockTower is a crypto and blockchain investment firm that uses trading, investing, and portfolio management to this digital asset class.
- Total investments:
- 67
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
- Fund size:
- $150M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries BlockTower Capital invests in
Stages BlockTower Capital invests in
Countries BlockTower Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$12M
- Series A
- $7.5M–$30M
- Initial Coin Offering
- $13M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 34 (51%)
- Cryptocurrency 20 (30%)
- Financial Services 14 (21%)
- Software 12 (18%)
- FinTech 11 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 26 (39%)
- Initial Coin Offering 9 (13%)
- Series A 8 (12%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (12%)
- Funding Round 6 (9%)
Country
- United States 28 (42%)
- Singapore 3 (4%)
- United Kingdom 3 (4%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- France 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanat Rao
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Ari Paul
CIO, managing partner
|
CIO, managing partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Rahul Rai
Co-Head of Market Neutral
|
Co-Head of Market Neutral | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Sam Gaer
Co-Portfolio Manager
|
Co-Portfolio Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Thomas Klocanas
General Partner & Head of Venture at BlockTower Capital
|
General Partner & Head of Venture at BlockTower Capital | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentum provides an autonomous economic layer built on the BNB Chain that enables AI agents to transact trustlessly with one another without human intervention. The protocol utilizes a combination of TEE confidential computing, zkVM verifiable evaluation, and specialized ERC standards to ensure secure task execution, portable agent reputations, andautomated escrow settlements. By aligning economic incentives at the protocol layer, it ensures that honest machine-to-machine commerce always carries higher payoffs than deceptive practices. | $7M / Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $3M / Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Vlayer unlocks web3 potential by simplifying zero-knowledge proofs and integrating web2 data, empowering developers to create decentralized, secure, and efficient applications with enhanced privacy. | $10M / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Midas is a cryptocurrency application that allows users to sell and invest in cryptocurrency and tokens. | $8.8M / Seed / Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Sonarverse offers analytics, business intelligence, and data science services. They make blockchain data accessible through various access points in real time, understandable by in-house translation, and lightning fast with their data platform. | $7M / Seed / Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Architect gives traders customizable infrastructure that reimagines access to international markets for digital assets. Building institutional-grade infrastructure to link different crypto venues across centralized and decentralized exchanges is one of the project's goals. | $12M / Series A / Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 08, 2024 | ||
| Anon is a platform that allows developers to securely authenticate, request, and integrate with sites on the internet. | $4.6M / Seed / Nov 22, 2023 | ||
| Definitive offers a financial management platform with cryptocurrency features and AI-powered customer support. | $4.1M / Seed / Nov 08, 2023 | ||
| See all 67 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does BlockTower Capital invest in?
BlockTower Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 67 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 BlockTower Capital's check size?
BlockTower Capital typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$12M at Seed, $7.5M–$30M at Series A and $13M–$30M at Initial Coin Offering. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BlockTower Capital participates in.
How do I contact BlockTower Capital?
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Who are the partners at BlockTower Capital?
The team at BlockTower Capital includes Sanat Rao (General Partner), Ari Paul (CIO, managing partner) and Rahul Rai (Co-Head of Market Neutral). 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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