Hack VC

hack.vc

Overview

Details

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. It partners on- and off-chain with hackers building the future of the internet.

Category:

Crypto-Native Fund

Founded: 2021

Location: United States

Team

Ed Roman

Managing Partner

Alex Pack

Managing Partner

Christopher Maree

Research Partner

Sean Brown

Research Partner

Roshun Patel

Partner

Rodney Yesep

Partner

Hsin-Ju C.

Partner & Head of Platform

Herbie Fu

Partner

Min H. Kim

Venture Partner

Sky Lai

Venture Partner

Alex Botte

Partner

Daniel Bulaevsky

Partner, GC and COO

Julian Rachman

Venture Partner

Jigar S.

VP of Finance

Investment Map

Investment Size

Investments

Babylon

Bitcoin Staking Protocol

Morpho

Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Movement

A Network of Modular Move-Based Blockchains

io.net

Decentralized computation network

EigenLayer

The Ethereum Restaking Collective

AltLayer

Execution and elastic scaling layer as blockchain

Amber Group

Digital asset platform

NEAR Protocol

Layer-one blockchain

Mina

Lightweight Blockchain

The Graph

Decentralized protocol for indexing and querying blockchain data

CoinList

Token sale platform

dYdX

Decentralized Exchange

Celo

Mobile-first public chain

Sky

Decentralized lending platform

Compound

Decentralized lending platform

Bybit

Cryptocurrency exchange

Hyperlane

Cross-chain messaging protocol

MYX Finance

Decentralized derivative exchange

Sign Protocol

Global token distribution and credential verification

GRVT

Institutional grade trading infrastructure for crypto

Aligned

ZK verification layer

Solayer

The hardware-accelerated SVM blockchain

0G

Decentralized AI operating system

CoW Protocol

DEX Aggregator

Nillion

Decentralized public network

Gelato Network

Web3’s automation and relayer network

Initia

Omnichain rollups

Fhenix

Blockchain powered by homomorphic encryption

Berachain

EVM-equivalent L1

Elixir

Modular DPoS Network

Eclipse

Customizable, modular rollups

Superstate

Blockchain-based government bond fund

Vertex Protocol

Decentralized derivatives protocol

TaxBit

Tax and accounting solution

Boba Network

Layer-2 scaling solution and Hybrid Compute platform

Goldfinch

Decentralized credit protocol

Anchorage

Crypto custodian for institutional investors

1inch

Decentralized Exchange Aggregator

Audius

Decentralized music streaming protocol

Matrixport

Digital asset financial services platforms

UMA

Optimistic-based oracle

Wintermute

Crypto market maker

Hyperdrive

AMM protocol for fixed and variable rates

August

Institutional On-Chain Finance Protocol

Across Protocol

Optimistic cross-chain bridge protocol

SOON

Solana Optimistic Network

GAIB

The Economic Layer for AI & Compute Future

Grass

Network sharing application

SatLayer

Bitcoin restaking platform

Mezo

Bitcoin Economic Layer

Rome Protocol

Shared sequencer network leveraging Solana.

Sentient

AI development platform

M^0

Money middleware for the digital age

Smart Transactions

Transaction creation and execution framework

Theoriq

Modular and composable AI Agent Base Layer

MilkyWay

Liquid staking solution for Celestia

SX Network

Highly scalable blockchain

Affine

Ssmart yielding strategies for crypto investors

Blocknative

Real-time Web3 infrastructure company

Bitwave

Crypto tax and accounting software provider

Zebec Protocol

Real-time streaming payment protocol

Nomad

Cross-chain interoperability protoco

Parcl

Real estate derivatives protocol

Decrypt

Web3 media

CoinDCX

India cryptocurrency exchange

CoinStats

Crypto portfolio app

AscendEX

Cryptocurrency exchange

DESO

Decentralized social blockchain

MobileCoin

A private cryptocurrency

DODO

Decentralized Trading Platform

SKALE

Ethereum native, modular blockchain network

Perpetual Protocol

Decentralized perpetual contract protocol

Tari

Privacy-focused network

True Markets

Non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange

Dinari

Web3 corporate equity trading firm

Theo

Institutional-level decentralized trading infrastructure

1Money

Next generation payment network

AlloyX

RWA lending protocol

Spicenet

The Unified and Composable Liquidity Layer

Exabits

Decentralized Computing Infrastructure

Monkey Tilt

Online gambling platform

Dango

Layer1 Focused on DeFi

TAC

TON network extension

Pharos

Full-stack parallel blockchain

Moonwalk

Fitness accountability app

Variational

Crypto derivatives trading protocol

Semantic Layer

Aligned incentives for Ethereum dApp

PIN AI

The Open Platform for Personal AI

IDA

Fiat-referenced Stablecoin Issuer

Goldilocks

Berachain-based DeFi infrastructure

Chateau

Institutional-grade RWA platform

Raven

High-frequency algorithmic trading firm and market maker

Agora

Dollar stablecoin issuer

Midas

Asset tokenization platform

DreamOS

Next-gen multi-chain wallet

Firewall

Blockchain security company

imgnAI

Consumer AI application

Nonco

Digital asset brokerage company

Gondi

Lending and borrowing protocol

Leo Wallet

Privacy-preserving wallet for Aleo

Hourglass

Time-bound token (TBT) infrastructure

Matchday

Soccer-centric Web3 gaming company

Archimedes

Decentralized lending and borrowing marketplace

Veridise

Hardening blockchain security with formal methods

CreatorDAO

DAO focused on accelerating the careers of creators

Overnight

Stablecoin Yield Protocol

MOBLAND

Mafia-themed metaverse

BetDEX

Sports betting exchange

SEDA

Cross-chain oracle

Cabal

Protocol for Initia's VIP

Miden

Ethereum Layer 2

NuCypher

Cryptographic Infrastructure for Privacy-Preserving Applications

BlockFi

Crypto wealth manager

Nocturne

Usable on-chain privacy for Ethereum

Kine Protocol

Decentralized derivatives protocol

Skynet Labs

The blockchain company behind Siacoin

Mirror Protocol

Decentralized synthetic asset protocol

Rio Network

The liquid restaking network

Acquired

DeGame

NFT game platform

Sepana

Search infrastructure for blockchains and Web3

Name	Round	Amount	Valuation	Date
Hyperdrive *	Series A	$ 6 M	--	May 23
Dinari *	Series A	$ 12.7 M	--	Apr 30
Miden *	Seed	$ 25 M	--	Apr 29

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

36

Total rounds

104

Portfolio Numbers

120

Lead Investment

45

Significant Events

Feb 20, 2024

Hack VC raised $150M to back crypto and AI startups

Feb 28, 2022

Hack VC Debuts $200M Early-stage Fund Targeting Crypto

Cooperations

Polychain

21 Rounds

Robot Ventures

13 Rounds

HashKey Capital

12 Rounds

Coinbase Ventures

11 Rounds

Delphi Digital

11 Rounds

OKX Ventures

11 Rounds