Variant
VC Fund
New York, United States
Variant is a web3-focused early-stage fund. According to the firm, the next iteration of the internet would turn consumers into owners. Variant was established in 2020 in New York, United States.
- Total investments:
- 120
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $450M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Variant invests in
Stages Variant invests in
Countries Variant invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $4.2M–$20M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.3M–$5.4M
- Series A
- $11M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 44 (37%)
- Cryptocurrency 35 (29%)
- FinTech 17 (14%)
- Software 17 (14%)
- Financial Services 17 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 57 (48%)
- Series A 24 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (8%)
- Series B 7 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (6%)
Country
- United States 52 (43%)
- United Kingdom 4 (3%)
- Cayman Islands 3 (3%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Roberts
Editor in Chief
|
Editor in Chief | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jesse Walden
Founder/Investor
|
Founder/Investor | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Spencer Noon
General Partner/ Investor
|
General Partner/ Investor | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
Tina Dai
Investment Partner
|
Investment Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atum is the open payments network that coordinates those systems,They don’t issue a currency, operate a blockchain, or take principal custody. They keep your customers. Independent settlement operators complete delivery. Atum layer makes that coordination inspectable and verifiable from the start. | $13.5M / Seed / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Our solution allows customers to checkout and pay instantly, providing businesses with access to instant settlement of funds, 24/7, every day, while mitigating risks of fraud and eliminating chargebacks and payment delays.Our innovative solution seamlessly integrates with major e-commerce platforms, offering customers a unique and rewardingcheckout experience compared to traditional redemption processes that can take weeks. We give businesses the tools they need to thrive in the fast-paced real-time payment economy, including advanced fraud protection and customer retention strategies. With Hello Clever, businesses can grow and succeed, while driving customer loyalty and retention through our innovative cashback rewards program. | Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Tenor helps people borrow and lend money at a fixed rate without needing permission. | Seed / Jul 22, 2026 | ||
| Augustus builds an AI-native, stablecoin-based clearing and banking platform for financial institutions. The company focuses on enabling digital asset and stablecoin-based clearing to support payments and banking workflows. Its platform is designed for banks, fintechs, and other regulated financial institutions that require infrastructure fordigital asset transactions. Augustus integrates artificial intelligence into its systems to support automated processes and decisioning around payments and clearing. The company positions its offerings as core banking and payments infrastructure centered on digital assets rather than traditional legacy systems. | $180M / Series B / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Infinia is a platform that assists the company's clients in managing transfer charges. Allowing you to charge using this method, check each transaction without accessing sensitive information from the accounts that connect to our service, and reconcile all payments in one spot. Integrate your e-commerce applications and platforms withInfinia's open banking platform to facilitate product and service payment without intermediaries and in a secure manner. | $13.5M / Series A / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility | $175M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Turnkey is an encryption service provider that offers secure APIs to manage private keys. | $12.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Swoop operates as an internet marketplace platform that provides food delivery services while building a broader consumer super-app ecosystem. The company connects users with restaurants through a mobile and digital platform, enabling customers to browse menus, place orders, and receive deliveries via an independent rider network. Its deliverymodel relies on third-party couriers who fulfill orders, while the platform coordinates transactions, routing, and customer interactions. The company generates revenue through restaurant commissions and service fees applied to customer orders, rather than directly employing delivery personnel. | $7.3M / Seed / Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Levl GmbH is a Swiss fintech company based in Zug, focused on cross-border payments and global payment infrastructure. It enables businesses to send and receive payments in over 100 countries via web app or API, with origins as a spin-out from Galaxy Digital. company's primary goal is building and securing approval for a DLT (DistributedLedger Technology) trading system, along with its operation. | $7M / Seed / Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Lyra is the most complete decentralized crypto options trading protocol built on Ethereum. Lyra combines the best of traditional options market making (tried and tested pricing and risk management) with crypto’s two biggest strengths scalability and composability. | Initial Coin Offering / Feb 02, 2026 | ||
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FAQ
What does Variant invest in?
Variant invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 120 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Variant invest in?
Variant typically joins rounds of $4.2M–$20M at Seed, $1.3M–$5.4M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Variant's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Variant took part in.
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Who are the partners at Variant?
The team at Variant includes Daniel Roberts (Editor in Chief), Jesse Walden (Founder/Investor) and Spencer Noon (General Partner/ Investor). 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 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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