# RW3 Ventures

> RW3 Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Blockchain and Software. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rw3ventures
- Website: https://x.com/RW3Ventures

RW3 Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on investments in the infrastructure, protocols, and applications that are propelling growth in blockchain technologies, decentralized finance, and long-term web 3 development.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 11 | 27% |
| Software | 7 | 17% |
| Gaming | 6 | 15% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 12% |
| FinTech | 4 | 10% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 32% |
| Series A | 6 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 41% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Najarian | Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-najarian |
| Joe Bruzzesi | General Partner | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-bruzzesi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nirvana Labs | Our mission is to make blockchain infrastructure economical and accurate, ultimately lowering the barriers to entry for Web3 engineers. | $6M | Seed | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Titan Content | Titan Content is a metaverse music service provider that seeks to fuse Web3, metaverse, and artificial intelligence innovations with conventional Korean pop music business models and content. | $16M | Series A | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Walrus | Walrus is a decentralized storage network that stores and delivers raw data and media files—like videos, images, and PDFs—without sacrificing performance or accessibility. | $140M |  | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Blockcast | Blockcast is a next-generation content delivery network that utilizes one-to-many distribution to save costs. It is an open content delivery network (CDN) with a distinct caching architecture that offers large, flexible capacity. | $2.9M | Seed | Oct 14, 2024 |  |
| Nirvana Labs | Our mission is to make blockchain infrastructure economical and accurate, ultimately lowering the barriers to entry for Web3 engineers. | $4M | Seed | Jul 19, 2024 |  |
| Avail | Avail is a team of innovators dedicated to transforming the blockchain world. | $43M | Series A | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Planet Mojo | Planet Mojo is a player vs. player (PvP) cross-platform auto chess game reinvented for blockchain, allowing players to own their game characters (as NFTs) and play-to-earn in ongoing tournaments. Players will have the option to use their customized game characters and assets across an upcoming suite of games set inside the Planet Mojo universe. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Nirvana Labs | Our mission is to make blockchain infrastructure economical and accurate, ultimately lowering the barriers to entry for Web3 engineers. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Tap Protocol | Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 16, 2023 |  |
| Tap Protocol | Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 16, 2023 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Raptor Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raptorgroup) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Hash3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hash3) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Sfermion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sfermion) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Republic capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/republic-labs) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does RW3 Ventures invest in?

RW3 Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact RW3 Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at RW3 Ventures?

The team at RW3 Ventures includes Peter Najarian (Managing Partner) and Joe Bruzzesi (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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