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    1confirmation

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2017

    Founded by Nick Tomaino in 2017, 1confirmation is an early-stage venture fund that supports exceptional founders fueling the decentralization of the web and society. The firm is crypto-focused with over $1B in assets under management and has backed companies including OpenSea, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Worldcoin.

    59% of their portfolio is in Crypto & Web3. Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    21

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Brett Shear

    Brett Shear

    GENERAL PARTNER

    Nick Tomaino

    Nick Tomaino

    GENERAL PARTNER

    Frank Hourigan

    Frank Hourigan

    PARTNER - HEAD OF OPERATIONS

    Mike Tomaino

    Mike Tomaino

    PARTNER

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Limitless AI logoLimitless AISeed$10MJan 2025
    Keplr logoKeplrSeed$5MJan 2025
    Pimlico logoPimlicoPre-Seed$1.6MSep 2023
    Metahood logoMetahoodSeed$3MJan 2023
    Phi Labs logoPhi LabsSeed$21MMar 2022
    Phi Labs logoPhi LabsSeed$21MJan 2022
    Notional logoNotionalSeries A—Jan 2021
    Notional logoNotionalSeed$10MJan 2021
    dYdX logodYdXSeries C$65MJan 2021
    dYdX logodYdXSeries C$65MJan 2021
    Harbor logoHarborSeries B$28MApr 2018
    dYdX logodYdXSeries A$10MJan 2018
    dYdX logodYdXSeries A$10MJan 2018
    dYdX logodYdXSeed—Jan 2017
    dYdX logodYdXSeed$2MJan 2017
    iCash logoiCashUnknown——
    Primitive logoPrimitiveSeries A$9M—
    Index Coop logoIndex CoopUnknown$10M—
    Limitless logoLimitlessSeed$10M—
    Arpeggi Labs logoArpeggi LabsSeed$5.1M—
    Arpeggi logoArpeggiSeed$5.1M—
    Rated logoRatedSeries A$12.9M—
    AAcala NetworkSeries A$7M—
    LLimitless ExchangeSeed$10M—
    Gigaverse logoGigaverseUnknown$2M—
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026