# BlockTower Capital

> BlockTower Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 31%
- Fund size: $150M
- Last fund: Oct 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11186126/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blocktower?lang=en
- Website: https://blocktower.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$12M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$30M |
| Initial Coin Offering | $13M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 33 | 51% |
| Cryptocurrency | 20 | 31% |
| Financial Services | 14 | 22% |
| FinTech | 11 | 17% |
| Software | 11 | 17% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 38% |
| Series A | 8 | 12% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 8 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 28 | 43% |
| Singapore | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sanat Rao | General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanat-rao-c351 |
| Ari Paul | CIO, managing partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-paul-e2d3 |
| Rahul Rai | Co-Head of Market Neutral | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rahul-rai-1bb7 |
| Sam Gaer | Co-Portfolio Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-gaer |
| Thomas Klocanas | General Partner & Head of Venture at BlockTower Capital | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-klocanas-a5fa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Superform Labs | Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $3M |  | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| vlayer Labs | 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 Labs | 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 | Midas is a cryptocurrency application that allows users to sell and invest in cryptocurrency and tokens. | $8.8M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| SonarX | 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 | 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 |  |
| Architect | 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 | Seed | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| Superform Labs | 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 | 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 | Definitive offers a financial management platform with cryptocurrency features and AI-powered customer support. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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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 Series A stage. Most of the 65 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?

Public channels for BlockTower Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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