# very early Ventures

> very early Ventures is a VC fund in Zürich backing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/company/very-early-ventures
- Website: https://www.veryearly.xyz/

Very Early Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$8.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.6M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 42% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 33% |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Web3 | 2 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| Israel | 1 | 8% |
| Norway | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tenor Labs | Tenor helps people borrow and lend money at a fixed rate without needing permission. |  | Seed | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Hypernova | Hypernova is an on-chain proprietary (prop) trading platform built on the Hyperliquid Layer-1 blockchain, designed to bring the traditional prop trading model fully on-chain with transparent, automated rules. | $3M | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Ryder | Ryder develops the Ryder One hardware wallet to provide an easy and secure way for users to control their cryptocurrency holdings offline. The wallet uses simple tap-to-pay technology for fast setup and transaction authorization, combined with an EAL6+ Secure Element for protection against digital and physical attacks. | $3.2M | Seed | Oct 17, 2025 |  |
| EurekaLabs | Eureka Labs believes that the next phase of competition will focus on transforming the block into programmable execution infrastructure, including in-block credit, block-time computation, external context, and deterministic execution control, rather than just latency and order flow. | $6.7M | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Olas | Olas is an innovative platform designed to leverage autonomous AI agents in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. By employing specialized agents that collaborate, Olas aims to offer complex and comprehensive services tailored to the needs of users in the rapidly evolving world of digital currencies. | $13.8M |  | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Predicate | Predicate network simplifies transaction prerequisites. | $7M | Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| River Platform Company | River is a distributed community event platform connecting top podcasters, creators, and influencers with their fans. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Neutral Exchange | Neutral is an exchange for environmental assets. We combine tokenized carbon credits, renewable energy credits, and carbon forwards with specialized market infrastructure to deliver efficiency, transparency, and trust in environmental asset markets. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| AlloyX | AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| Gateway.fm | GatewayFM is the first truly decentralized blockchain infra/node provider, with globally distributed, multichain infrastructure | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BFC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lemniscap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lemniscap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MetaWeb Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaweb-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does very early Ventures invest in?

very early Ventures invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 very early Ventures's check size?

very early Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$8.2M at Seed and $1.6M–$3.2M 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 very early Ventures participates in.

### When did very early Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for very early Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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