# Scalar Capital

> Scalar Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Blockchain and Software. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18255963
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/scalarcapital
- Website: http://scalar.capital
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scalarcapital

Scalar Capital is a hedge fund company specializing in cryptoassets. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Scalar Capital. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Scalar Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/scalar-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$12M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 14 | 35% |
| Software | 10 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 18% |
| Internet | 6 | 15% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 15% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 55% |
| Series A | 10 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 35% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Linda Xie | Co-founder & Managing Director | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-xie |
| Cyrus Younessi | Director of Research and Trading | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyrus-younessi |
| Jordan Clifford | Co-founder and Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-clifford |
| Jordan Palmer | Director of Operations | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-palmer-8aef |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stack | Stack provides with loyalty points as an onchain primitive, along with simple tools for managing points programs. | $3M | Seed | Mar 04, 2024 |  |
| Stackr Labs | Stackr Labs builds app-specific rollups on ethereum in web2 programming languages. | $5.5M | Seed | Nov 08, 2023 |  |
| Sound | Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together. | $20M | Series A | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Connext Labs | Connext Labs is a modular interoperability protocol that builds secure cross-chain apps for transferring funds and data. The company builds the future of value transfer on the internet, using decentralized networks to transform finance and put value back into the hands of individuals. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Everclear | Connext is a crosschain liquidity network that enables fast, fully-noncustodial transfers between EVM-compatible chains and L2 systems. It leverages the Ethereum blockchain along with groundbreaking distributed systems tech to enable instant, near-free transfers anywhere in the world.The company was founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber,and Rahul Sethuram. | $7.5M | Series A | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| The Pulse | The Pulse is a media company that covers the business of sports, culture, and entertainment - with a special focus on the way athletes, executives, musicians, and entertainers, are moving the business world forward.Website http://www.thepulse.aeA subsidiary unit of NFL Investments LLC{ } https://nflinvestments.com @info@nflinvestments.com | $3M | Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| Perennial Labs | Perennial is a DeFi primitive built for developers. Perennial is a minimalist & permissionless protocol designed to suit a whole spectrum of users & use cases. Perennial was established in 2022 in New Castle, Delaware. | $12M | Seed | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Lines | Lines is a web3 messaging platform. | $4M | Seed | Jul 14, 2022 |  |
| Merkle Manufactory | Merkle Manufactory is a software company contributing to the Farcaster protocol and working on clients. | $30M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Farcaster | Farcaster is a social network that helps coders, fitness enthusiasts, and meme makers find people based on their interests. The company focuses on increasing daily active users and adding developer primitives to the protocol, such as channels and direct message delivery. It aims to create a decentralized social network that allows users tocommunicate directly without the need for intermediaries. | $30M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A.Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-partners-l-p) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Ethereal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethereal-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Scalar Capital invest in?

Scalar Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 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 Scalar Capital's check size?

Scalar Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$12M at Seed and $7.5M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Scalar Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Scalar Capital?

Public channels for Scalar Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Scalar Capital?

The team at Scalar Capital includes Linda Xie (Co-founder & Managing Director), Cyrus Younessi (Director of Research and Trading) and Jordan Clifford (Co-founder and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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