# Haun Ventures

> Haun Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Blockchain and Software. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 63%
- Fund size: $1.5B
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haun-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HaunVentures
- Website: https://www.haun.co/

Haun Ventures is an investment firm that invests in crypto-related startups. It is a firm designed from the ground up to help founders build the next generation of the internet. Founded by Kathryn Haun, a former Andreessen Horowitz general partner.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 12 | 24% |
| Software | 10 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 12% |
| FinTech | 5 | 10% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 16% |
| Series A | 7 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 6% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Philippines | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Ahn | Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-ahn-0310 |
| Rachael Horwitz | Chief Marketing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachael-horwitz |
| Breck Stodghill | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breck-stodghill-eac7 |
| Diogo Monica | General Partner | 37 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diogo-m-nica |
| Katie Haun | Founder & CEO | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathryn-haun |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jota | Jota: The platform handles finances for individual entrepreneurs and business owners by allowing them to instantly pay, collect receivables, and manage their day-to-day operations with voice notes, text messages, and images through an AI-first chat conversation. All tasks are free and executed in seconds. Designed to save time and money, Jotaempowers its clients to focus on what truly matters to them. | $30M | Series A | Jun 29, 2026 |  |
| Airwallex | Established in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex is a global payments fintech that enables businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.In today’s fast-changing digital era, Airwallex's purpose is to empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders, and by doing so, contribute to the global economy. With technology at its core, Airwallex builta proprietary global financial infrastructure platform to help businesses transact, collect and pay in any foreign currency across 130+ countries and 50+ currencies, without the constraints of the traditional global financial system. | $320M | Series H | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Trace Finance | Trace Finance empowers Payment Facilitators, Crypto & Cross-border companies with best in class FX, Non Resident accounts and cross-border payments. Companies such as Dlocal, Volt.io and Okx are processing their local and cross border payments with us. Our mission is to provide faster and better payments globally for enterprises. 40% ofpayments in stablecoins | $32M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Circle | Circle is a financial technology company that develops and manages digital currencies and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. It issues USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EURC), both fully backed stablecoins designed for global payments and digital transactions. Circle's platform supports businesses in integrating stablecoins into theiroperations, including cross-border payments and financial applications. Through the Circle Payments Network, it enables real-time settlement for financial institutions using USDC and EURC. | $222M | Post-IPO Equity | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Squads | Squads is a developer of a decentralized program that enables the establishment of better and easier decentralized autonomous groups. The company's application combines all of the key components of a decentralized autonomous organization, such as deployment, treasury, vault management, on-chain voting, and chat, into a single portal with aneasy-to-use interface, allowing users to streamline daily operations using a decentralized autonomous organization structure. | $18M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Liquid | Liquid is a decentralized trading platform that offers non-custodial crypto trading options. | $18M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| XFX | XFX makes global money movement fast, transparent, and capital-efficient across fiat and stablecoin rails. | $17M | Series A | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Superstate | Superstate is developing the next generation of legal, blockchain-based financial solutions. | $82.5M | Series B | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Erebor Bank, N.A. | Erebor is a nationally chartered bank designed for the new innovation economy. | $350M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Lighter | Lighter develops software focused on financial applications. It designs tools to support financial tasks and processes. The company creates solutions for various financial needs. Its products aim to streamline financial activities. Lighter specializes in software development for finance. | $68M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 11, 2025 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Haun Ventures invest in?

Haun Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Haun Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Haun Ventures?

The team at Haun Ventures includes Chris Ahn (Partner), Rachael Horwitz (Chief Marketing Officer) and Breck Stodghill (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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