# TVP

> TVP is a VC fund in Austin backing Bitcoin and Financial Services. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last fund: Jan 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trammell-venture-partners/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/trammellvc
- Website: http://tvp.fund
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trammell-ventures-201110976688778

TVP is a VC fund in Austin focused on Bitcoin and Financial Services. Trammell Venture Partners (TVP) is an Austin-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Bitcoin and Lightning Network startups.

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 6 | 38% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 19% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Payments | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 56% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Calicott | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-calicott |
| Dustin D. Trammell | Co-founder, Director, Technology & Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dustin-d-trammell |
| Louis Liu | Limited Partner & Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-liu-8c8a |
| Lyle Pratt | Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lyle-pratt |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vida | Vida is a platform for communication designed to give users the means to hold private messaging and call discussions directly. Influencers can interact and engage with their fans via the company's platform, which supports meaningful engagement through paid texting, calling, and streaming with zero spam. | $4M | Series A | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| DeFi Development Corporation | A b2b fintech marketplace connecting commercial property borrowers and lenders through a frictionless portal. | $42M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| DMND | StratumV2 Bitcoin Mining Pool - Build your own block templates + transactions. Node proliferation via mining. |  | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Vida | Vida is a platform for communication designed to give users the means to hold private messaging and call discussions directly. Influencers can interact and engage with their fans via the company's platform, which supports meaningful engagement through paid texting, calling, and streaming with zero spam. | $3M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| Fedi | Fedi builds global bitcoin adoption technology. | $17M | Series A | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Unchained | Bitcoin cold storage and financial services that put you in control of your keys. Our suite of financial services include multisig vaults, a trading desk, bitcoin-backed loans, and bitcoin IRAs. No matter your experience with bitcoin, our team of bitcoin experts will help you get set up with confidence. | $60M | Series B | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Wavlake | Wavlake is an online platform for creators and listeners can freely transact. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Synota | Synota is a bitcoin technology company providing transactional flexibility and instant settlements to the energy industry. | $3M | Seed | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Fedi | Fedi builds global bitcoin adoption technology. | $4.2M | Seed | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| Impervious.ai | Developer of Bitcoin’s third programmatic layer, Impervious.ai enables applications to utilize peer-to-peer streaming technology to circumvent intermediaries and harness censorship-resistant data transmission channels within their technology stacks.The company provides an API that allows any developer to build on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.The company's Dynamic VPN allows parties to securely send and receive information from behind hostile networks and denied access areas. |  | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Timechain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timechain-f403) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [NYDIG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nydig) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Ten31](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ten31) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Concentric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concentric) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bitcoiner Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitcoiner-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ecliptic Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecliptic-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TVP invest in?

TVP invests primarily in Bitcoin, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 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 TVP?

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### Who are the partners at TVP?

The team at TVP includes Christopher Calicott (Managing Director), Dustin D. Trammell (Co-founder, Director, Technology & Engineering) and Louis Liu (Limited Partner & Advisor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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