# Kartik Talwar

> Kartik Talwar is a seed investor at A.Capital Ventures backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [A.Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-partners-l-p)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kartiktalwar
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/therealkartik

Kartik Talwar is a seed investor at A.Capital Ventures in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Kartik Talwar is the General Partner at A.Capital Ventures and Co-Founder at ETHGlobal.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.9M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $2.5M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 8 | 47% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 24% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 3 | 18% |
| Web3 | 2 | 12% |
| FinTech | 2 | 12% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 76% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 41% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Invention Network | ScaleIP is an IP business intelligence platform that helps companies monetize IP. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Rover | Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC. | $4.1M | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Neptune Protocol | Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform. It enhances capital efficiency by enabling customers to obtain liquidity in a secure manner. | $3.9M | Seed | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Magma | Magma is a decentralized liquid staking protocol built on the Monad Network, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain. | $3.9M | Seed | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Fluid Protocol | Fluid Protocol is a decentralized, over-collateralized lending mechanism designed especially for Fuel Network. In order to maximize capital efficiency, Fluid offers users a safe and effective method of releasing liquidity from their collateral without having to liquidate their underlying assets. | $3.9M | Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| t1 (aka t1 protocol) | t1 protocol cross-chain applications and scalability are facilitated by real-time proofs and immediate settlement. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| SOON | SOON is building the highest throughput stack that allows for any SVM L2 to be deployed on any L1. |  | Angel | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Blockscout | Blockscout is the first fully-featured open-source blockchain explorer available for use by any Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chain. Projects can download and use Blockscout as an explorer for their chains, and users can easily verify transactions, balances, block confirmations, smart contracts and other records. | $3M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| MegaETH | MegaETH is the first blockchain in real time and entirely on-chain, immediate, interactive apps are enabling mankind to reach its greatest potential. | $20M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| NEBRA Labs | NEBRA Labs is a blockchain services company. | $4.5M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bloccelerate VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloccelerate) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Builder Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builder-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity-ventures-crypto) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Maelstrom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maelstrom) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About A.Capital Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

A.Capital Ventures is an early-stage investment firm that finances consumer and enterprise technology companies. It was founded in 2014 by Ronny Conway. A.Capital Ventures is based in Menlo Park, California.

5 contacts available at A.Capital Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Strader | Talent Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-strader |
| Carrie Farrell | Talent Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carrie-farrell |
| Zach Miller | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-miller |
| Kartik Talwar | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kartik-talwar |
| Ramu Arunachalam | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramu-arunachalam |

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## FAQ

### What does Kartik Talwar invest in?

Kartik Talwar invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Kartik Talwar's check size?

Kartik Talwar typically joins rounds of $3.9M–$8M at Seed and $2.5M–$4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kartik Talwar participates in.

### When did Kartik Talwar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kartik Talwar closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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