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    Bankless Ventures

    Sheridan, Wyoming, United StatesFounded 2023

    Bankless Ventures is an early-stage Web3 venture capital fund co-founded by David Hoffman and Ryan Sean Adams, investing at the intersection of crypto infrastructure and consumer adoption. The firm leverages the Bankless media brand and network to support portfolio companies pioneering the crypto frontier.

    31% of their portfolio is in Crypto & Web3. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.0M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    27

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Ben Lakoff, CFA

    Ben Lakoff, CFA

    General Partner

    David Hoffman

    David Hoffman

    General Partner

    Ryan Sean Adams

    Ryan Sean Adams

    General Partner

    Arnav Pagidyala

    Arnav Pagidyala

    Investment Partner

    Kimberly Adams

    Kimberly Adams

    Venture Partner

    Brent Matterson

    Brent Matterson

    Investment Associate

    Ryan O'Meara

    Ryan O'Meara

    Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    29 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Tenbin logoTenbinSeed$7MJan 2026
    Tenbin logoTenbinSeed$7MJan 2026
    11Money Co.Seed$20MJan 2025
    Kernel DAO logoKernel DAOUnknown$10MDec 2024
    SSchuman FinancialSeedNov 2024
    0G Labs logo0G LabsSeed$40MNov 2024
    Fermah logoFermahSeed$5.2MSep 2024
    CliqueCustom Airdrop ToolingB2B logoCliqueCustom Airdrop ToolingB2BSeries A$8MMar 2024
    EEther.fiSeries A$23MFeb 2024
    Sorella Labs logoSorella LabsUnknown$7.5MJan 2024
    Phylax logoPhylaxPre-Seed$4.5MJan 2024
    HHyperbolic LabsSeed$7MJan 2024
    CCliqueSeries A$8MJan 2024
    Fhenix logoFhenixSeed$7MSep 2023
    PPuffer LabsSeed$5.5MAug 2023
    Modulus Labs logoModulus LabsUnknown$6MJan 2023
    AltLayer logoAltLayerUnknown$14.4M
    Astria logoAstriaUnknown$12.5M
    Succinct logoSuccinctSeed
    Succinct logoSuccinctSeries A
    BSX logoBSXSeed$4M
    KKelp DAOUnknown$9M
    BounceBit logoBounceBitSeed$6M
    Megapot logoMegapotPre-Seed$5M
    KKelpDAOUnknown$9M
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    Top Co-Investors

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    OKX Ventures4 shared
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    Variant3 shared
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    HTX Ventures3 shared
    Lemniscap2 shared
    Daedalus2 shared
    dao52 shared
    1kx2 shared

    Last updated: 14 September 2026