Inception Capital
VC Fund
Inception Capital is a VC fund focused on Blockchain and Software. Inception Capital, formerly OP Crypto, is a first-check VC focusing on early-stage web3 startups. Since raising $50M in September 2021, we have been at the forefront of the industry, investing at the earliest stage in over 30 projects such as Scroll Tech, Merit Circle, Avalanche, Celestia.Backed by esteemed investors like Bill Ackman, AlanHoward, and Garry Tan, and institutions including Galaxy Digital, Animoca Brands, and Mirana, Inception Capital boasts an extensive, global network. This network spans venture funds, exchanges, expert advisors, and major ecosystem founders (Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, Scroll, et cetera), enabling us to source and secure the most competitive deals in the market.Our team, rooted in the United States yet deeply connected to the APAC region, positions Inception Capital as a vital conduit between East and West. This unique positioning allows us to offer our portfolio companies more than just capital. With a dedicated team providing portfolio support, we assist our founders in key areas such as marketing, tokenomics, and strategic networking, ensuring they have the tools and guidance necessary to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape.Discover more about Inception Capital and how we are shaping the future of crypto venture capital:Visit our website: https://www.inception.capital/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_inceptioncap
- Total investments:
- 45
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
- Fund size:
- $30M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Inception Capital invests in
Stages Inception Capital invests in
Countries Inception Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$8.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.2M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 17 (38%)
- Software 10 (22%)
- Financial Services 7 (16%)
- Cryptocurrency 6 (13%)
- Information Technology 6 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 29 (64%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (11%)
- Funding Round 5 (11%)
- Series A 4 (9%)
Country
- United States 21 (47%)
- United Kingdom 2 (4%)
- Brazil 1 (2%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
- Hong Kong 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucas He
Partner, Head of Research
|
Partner, Head of Research | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cytonic is a multi-virtual-machine blockchain. Cytonic is compatible with blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. | $8.3M / Seed / Nov 07, 2024 | ||
| Nillion is a computer and network security company that provides node operation that signifies implications for data, security, and privacy. The company decentralized public network based on a new cryptographic primitive called Nil Message Compute (NMC). | $25M / Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Skyfire, a financial stack designed to enable autonomous agentic AI commerce, is to establish the first fully autonomous, open agentic AI economy in history. | $8.5M / Seed / Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| Term Labs is a blockchain research and development business, is to provide scalable, transparent fixed-rate lending on blockchains. It helps to provide institutional-scale borrowers and lenders transparent, affordable, and crypto-native options. | $5.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Onaji is a Machine Learning Platform for Smart Contract Blockchains.It develops and deploys intelligent algorithms that interface with blockchain applications. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| MultiVM is a Layer 2 zk-rollup that allows to write smart contracts in several languages. It delivers rapid performance and safe connectivity via cross-VM calls, allowing each VM to operate on a single unified Ethereum rollup. | $6.9M / Seed / May 23, 2024 | ||
| Theoriq is a platform for unbounded AI innovation with a modular AI agent base layer. | $6.2M / Seed / May 13, 2024 | ||
| ChainML has developed Council, an open-source platform for rapidly developing customized generative AI applications using collaborating ‘agents’. The platform enables the robust deployment and monitoring of generative AI models ensuring they can be operated with confidence and accuracy. ChainML works with clients on ideation, education, adoption,and implementation; from an AI product idea to a scalable, affordable, and Web3 enabled deployment. | $6.2M / Seed / May 13, 2024 | ||
| NATIX Network is building an open geospatial Intelligence network using their proprietary AI and smartphone cameras. The existing geospatial data collection solutions suffer from limited data types, low update frequency, high costs to gather data, and even higher prices charged to business customers. NATIX uses driver assistant apps (e.g. dashcamand navigation), token incentives, Computer Vision AI, and smartphone cameras to crowdsource real-time data and create a digital twin of our world. The network enables a new era of real-time applications ranging from autonomous driving to smart city services. With over 100k registered drivers and over 33M km covered in only 12 months, NATIX is one of the fastest-growing geospatial networks globally. | $4.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Puffer Finance operates as a blockchain infrastructure company. | $18M / Series A / Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| See all 45 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Inception Capital invest in?
Inception Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 45 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 Inception Capital's check size?
Inception Capital typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$8.5M at Seed and $1.2M–$3M 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 Inception Capital participates in.
How do I contact Inception Capital?
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Who are the partners at Inception Capital?
The team at Inception Capital includes Lucas He (Partner, Head of Research). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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