# GeekCartel

> GeekCartel is a VC fund in Washington backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/geekcartel
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/geek_cartel
- Website: https://www.geekcartel.org/

Geekcartel is a research-oriented venture fund that invests in Web3 startups. We back visionary founders in building disruptive decentralized technologies by specializing in research, marketing, security, and tokenomics.With the investments in top-tier portfolios, including Eth Storage, Babylon, Solv Protocol, Go Plus, Salus, Lifeform and SpaceID, we embody a dedication to cultivating creativity and propelling progress.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8M |
| Series A | $5M–$37M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $6M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 10 | 48% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Web3 | 3 | 14% |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 52% |
| Series A | 4 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 24% |
| Singapore | 4 | 19% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOON | SOON is building the highest throughput stack that allows for any SVM L2 to be deployed on any L1. | $22M | Initial Coin Offering | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| DuckChain | DuckChain engages in bridging telegram users into the blockchain space. | $5M | Seed | Dec 20, 2024 |  |
| Talus Network | Talus Network is an innovative blockchain platform that aims to decentralize artificial intelligence. | $6M | Seed | Nov 26, 2024 |  |
| Yala | Yala operates a multi-token system and unlocks a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin​. | $8M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Sahara AI | Sahara AI is a decentralized AI network that enables freely and securely deploying autonomous AI with a high-performance, privacy-first network. | $37M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Solv Protocol | Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. As its first Financial NFT product, Vesting Vouchers are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, thus releasing their liquidity and enabling financial scenarios such as fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management forcrypto projects. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Nubit | Nubit is a provider of data availability layer for bitcoin-native data. | $8M | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Nubit | Nubit is a provider of data availability layer for bitcoin-native data. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 25, 2024 |  |
| Sahara AI | Sahara AI is a decentralized AI network that enables freely and securely deploying autonomous AI with a high-performance, privacy-first network. | $6M | Seed | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| BounceBit | BounceBit is a chain solution that aims to provide a smart contract execution environment centered on the BTC Token. | $6M | Seed | Feb 28, 2024 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [dao5](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dao-5) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Foresight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-ventures-e03b) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okx-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-dream-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Nomad Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nomad-capital-5d8c) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GeekCartel invest in?

GeekCartel invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 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 GeekCartel's check size?

GeekCartel typically joins rounds of $2M–$8M at Seed, $5M–$37M at Series A and $6M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GeekCartel participates in.

### When did GeekCartel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GeekCartel closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 21 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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