# Web3 Foundation

> Web3 Foundation is a VC fund in Zug backing Blockchain and Web3. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/web3foundation
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/web3foundation
- Website: https://web3.foundation/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/web3foundation/

Web3 Foundation is a VC fund in Zug focused on Blockchain and Web3. Our mission is to nurture cutting-edge applications for decentralized web software protocols. Our passion is delivering Web 3.0, a decentralized and fair internet where users control their own data, identity and destiny. Polkadot is our flagship project.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 11 | 46% |
| Web3 | 4 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 17% |
| Web Development | 3 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 17 | 71% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 21% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabian Gompf | Chief Executive Officer | 1 | — |
| Gavin Wood | Founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-wood-2 |
| Sydney Lai | Web3 Developer Advocate | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Acurast | Acurast Decentralized Serverless Cloud, leveraging the multipliers of mobile phones for compute. | $11M |  | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Orochi Network | Orochi Network's Verifiable Data Infrastructure is a promising step towards a more secure, scalable, and user-friendly Web3. |  | Grant | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Raise | Raise is a digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers.Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com | $63M |  | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| SatoshiPay | SatoshiPay offers solutions for B2B cross-border money transfer and frictionless micropayment processing through its blockchain-based instant payments platform. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in London, with development led through its Berlin office. SatoshiPay is backed by Europe’s largest digital publishing house AxelSpringer and San Francisco-based Stellar Development Foundation. Find frequent updates at satoshipay.io and Twitter @SatoshiPay. | $460K | Grant | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| NFTMozaic | NFTMozaic is to create a comprehensive framework to improve the experience of developers, projects, and users in the Polkadot NFT sector, as well as to serve as a single point of contact for new projects seeking to integrate NFTs into the ecosystem. |  | Grant | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Cyborg Network | Cyborg Network is building the next generation of AI infrastructure by deploying high-performance edge AI hardware into real-world environments. Our mission is to power real-time, privacy-first AI applications such as autonomous mobility, smart surveillance, industrial robotics, and intelligent city infrastructure. Unlike traditional cloud-basedapproaches, Cyborg Network offers low-latency AI inference through a decentralized network of edge compute devices called Cyborg Miners, that are remotely managed, SLA-bound, and auditable.We enable governments and enterprises to run compliant, secure AI workloads at the edge, without relying on crypto-based payment systems. Our system is interoperable with cloud partners like AWS and Azure, and we are also building out compliance-first integrations with blockchain networks.Cyborg Network has been supported by grants and partnerships from Nvidia Inception, Qatar government initiatives, and the Web3 Foundation. Our goal is to become the go-to infrastructure layer for real-time AI in the physical world. | $250K | Grant | Oct 06, 2024 |  |
| Deep Ink Ventures | Deep Ink Ventures operate as a blockchain consultancy and infrastructure builder. |  | Grant | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Hyperbridge | Hyperbridge is a cryptoeconomic coprocessor that enables secure, verifiable interoperability using consensus and storage proofs. Hyperbridge is the HTTPS of blockchain interoperability, offering developers onchain and offchain SDKs for securely sending cross-chain messages. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Pop | Pop is a web 3 development platform that produces real-world apps. |  | Grant | Aug 02, 2024 |  |
| CESS | CESS is a blockchain-based, decentralized Layer-1 infrastructure that integrates distributed storage, a high-speed content delivery network. | $8M | Series A | Dec 28, 2023 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scytale Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scytale-digital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [7 O’Clock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-o-clock-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BNB Chain Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnb-chain-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CoinList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinlist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Web3 Foundation invest in?

Web3 Foundation invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Software startups, most often at Grant and Funding Round stage. Most of the 24 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 Web3 Foundation?

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### Who are the partners at Web3 Foundation?

The team at Web3 Foundation includes Fabian Gompf (Chief Executive Officer), Gavin Wood (Founder) and Sydney Lai (Web3 Developer Advocate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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