Dao5 is an experimental venture capital firm focused on early-stage (seed and pre-seed) crypto startups and foundational crypto protocols, with a long-term strategy to evolve into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Their investment approach emphasizes the integration of blockchain technology into global financial systems, government, and the private sector, moving beyond speculative models.
38% of their portfolio is in Crypto & Web3. Their most common stage is seed (75% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.8M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
8
Fund Size
$550M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
8 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDuckChain | Seed | $5M | Dec 2024 |
| DDL Software | Pre-Seed | $2M | Aug 2024 |
 Root Protocol | Seed | $10M | Jan 2024 |
| PPhaver | Seed | $7M | Oct 2023 |
 Layer N | Unknown | — | Sep 2023 |
 EthStorage | Seed | $7M | Aug 2023 |
 Sunscreen | Seed | $4.7M | Jul 2022 |
 Tonic | Seed | $5M | Apr 2022 |
Top Co-Investors
Foresight Ventures2 shared
Gate Labs2 shared
Founders Fund1 shared
Salt Fund1 shared
Kraken1 shared
Mirana Ventures1 shared
Amber Group1 shared
Polygon1 shared
Symbolic Capital1 shared
Superhero Capital1 shared
Kenetic Capital1 shared
Presto1 shared
SevenX Ventures1 shared
Sky9 Capital1 shared
Northzone1 shared
Polychain Capital1 shared
Coinbase Ventures1 shared
Animoca Brands1 shared
Signum Capital1 shared
CMS1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026