# Hivemind Ventures

> Hivemind Ventures is a VC fund backing Bitcoin, Open Source and Cryptocurrency. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://mobile.twitter.com/hivemind_vc
- Website: https://hivemind.vc

Hivemind Ventures is a VC fund focused on Bitcoin and Open Source. Hivemind Ventures operates as an early stage venture capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 5 | 63% |
| Open Source | 2 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| Brazil | 1 | 13% |
| Israel | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Primal | Primal operates as a social media company that focus on building an open protocols like Nostr and Bitcoin. | $1M | Seed | Jul 16, 2023 |  |
| Bipa | Bipa is a Brazilian fintech and digital account built around Bitcoin and USDT. Founded in 2020, Bipa connects the traditional financial system to digital assets — allowing users to buy and sell crypto starting from R$1 via Pix, pay any bill using Bitcoin, earn Bitcoin cashback (Satsback®) on every card purchase, and self-custody their funds viaLightning Network and on-chain withdrawals. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| Azteco | Azteco simplifies the process of obtaining Bitcoin so that anyone anywhere can understand and use it. The Azteco solution is a merchant platform where vendors can sell Bitcoin through a system of familiar and simple-to-use 16-digit voucher codes. Simple to use retail Bitcoin is the missing link to where it will sweep across the entire globe. It isthe final step that will onboard billions of people to global e-commerce, and Azteco addresses this market perfectly. | $6M | Seed | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Geyser | Geyser.fund is a lightning-native crowdfunding platform that enables bitcoin creatives, educators, and community builders to realize their ideas through reward-based crowdfunding and grants. | $550K | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| Breez | Breez provides a simple, fast and safe way to spend your bitcoins. Powered by Lightning Network, Breez is the future of commerce. | $4.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Wavlake | Wavlake is an online platform for creators and listeners can freely transact. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| New Computer Corporation | New Computer Corporation provides an application program interface for web3 infrastructure. The agency is a potent combination of emerging media, radical new content and interaction design, technology innovation, and product design defining the look and feel of digital marketing. | $2.5M | Seed | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Bolt Observer | At bolt.observer, we are pioneering enterprise lightning network solutions with an automated liquidity management and data platform for businesses. We want to make self custodial lightning simple and help companies build their products the Bitcoin way - with self custody. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightning Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightning-ventures-a525) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Aleka Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleka-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Algorand Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algorand-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bitcoiner Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitcoiner-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hivemind Ventures invest in?

Hivemind Ventures invests primarily in Bitcoin, Open Source and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hivemind Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hivemind Ventures closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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