# Layer One Ventures

> Layer One Ventures is a VC fund in Durham backing Apps, Web Development and Developer Platform. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Durham, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/layeronevc
- Website: https://www.layerone.ventures/

Layer One Ventures is a VC fund in Durham focused on Apps and Web Development. An early stage investor in Web3 companies

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Web Development | 1 | 100% |
| Developer Platform | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $5.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 16, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures-3169) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everstake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everstake) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jump Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L1D](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l1-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Layer One Ventures invest in?

Layer One Ventures invests primarily in Apps, Web Development and Developer Platform startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Layer One Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Layer One Ventures closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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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