# Neon DAO

> Neon DAO is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Gaming and 3D Technology. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/neon_dao?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: https://neondao.xyz/

Neon DAO is a for-profit DAO for the Metaverse

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 33% |
| Gaming | 3 | 20% |
| 3D Technology | 2 | 13% |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 73% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 27% |
| Austria | 1 | 7% |
| Croatia | 1 | 7% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 7% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optic | Optic, an AI Drug Discovery company, is based in San Francisco. Our proprietary ligand-based and target-driven molecular search engine Bioptic.io identifies compounds by their activity-expressing fingerprints. It offers a novel approach to finding diverse candidate sets. In addition, we now also have an agentic AI platform for scientific andbusiness due diligence on drug assets. Our pipeline includes multiple pre-clinical stage programs, showcasing our commitment to practical, AI-driven solutions in cancer therapy. | $1M | Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Particle | Particle is a permissionless decentralized leverage trading technology that may be used with any digital asset, including tokens and NFTs. The Particle protocol allows traders to borrow directly from liquidity pools at automated market makers (AMMs) with concentrated liquidity |  | Seed | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| Atlas | Atlas builds cutting-edge generative 3D AI technology to enable the creation of assets & virtual worlds. | $6M | Seed | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Hook | Hook provides an NFT-native options protocol that enables active traders to earn more with less. For active traders, options allow them to earn multiples of buying the floor for the best trades. | $3M | Seed | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Metahood | Metahood offers services for discovering, purchasing, and selling land in the open metaverse. | $3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| Treasure | Treasure is building a gaming and entertainment powerhouse, built and owned by all.As a community-driven gaming ecosystem, we’re shaping a future where developers, creators, and players can build new experiences together. Where you can truly own your assets. And share in the collective growth of Treasure. All made possible by the blockchain.Treasure levels up game builders. We empower games to reach their full potential through our community-driven ethos, publishing stack, and novel approach to game building that gives developers everything they need to be successful.Since launching in September 2021, Treasure has become home to over 15+ games and counting to emerge as one of the leading gaming ecosystems in web3. Some of our leading titles include: The Beacon, Bitmates, Kaiju Cards, Knights of the Ether, Kuroro, Zeeverse, and Mighty Action Heroes. | $3.5M |  | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| MatchboxDAO | MatchboxDAO is hosting its first virtual Hackathon for building tools on Starknet. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Optic | Optic, an AI Drug Discovery company, is based in San Francisco. Our proprietary ligand-based and target-driven molecular search engine Bioptic.io identifies compounds by their activity-expressing fingerprints. It offers a novel approach to finding diverse candidate sets. In addition, we now also have an agentic AI platform for scientific andbusiness due diligence on drug assets. Our pipeline includes multiple pre-clinical stage programs, showcasing our commitment to practical, AI-driven solutions in cancer therapy. | $11M | Seed | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Optic | Optic, an AI Drug Discovery company, is based in San Francisco. Our proprietary ligand-based and target-driven molecular search engine Bioptic.io identifies compounds by their activity-expressing fingerprints. It offers a novel approach to finding diverse candidate sets. In addition, we now also have an agentic AI platform for scientific andbusiness due diligence on drug assets. Our pipeline includes multiple pre-clinical stage programs, showcasing our commitment to practical, AI-driven solutions in cancer therapy. | $11M | Seed | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Hologram Labs | Hologram is an all-in-one platform for digital identities and virtual beings. Leveraging the latest developments in 3D, machine learning, and web3, Hologram empowers any online community to create, own, and engage with immersive virtual characters, goods, and experiences at scale. | $6.5M | Seed | Jul 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flamingo DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flamingo-dao) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Davidovs Venture Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davidovs-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Collab+Currency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-currency) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lattice Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lattice-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Neon DAO invest in?

Neon DAO invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and 3D Technology startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 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 Neon DAO's check size?

Neon DAO typically joins rounds of $3M–$11M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Neon DAO participates in.

### When did Neon DAO last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Neon DAO closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 15 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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