dao5 is an experimental cryptocurrency venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Tekin Salimi, a former Polychain Capital general partner. The firm invests in early-stage blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and Web3 companies, with plans to eventually convert into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
Their most common stage is seed (49% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.1M (across 48 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
48
Fund Size
$222M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
TS
Tekin Salimi
Founder & Managing Partner
GL
George Lambeth
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
53 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 ZEROBASE | Seed | $5M | Jan 2026 |
 Cluster Protocol | Unknown | $5M | Jan 2026 |
 Seismic | Unknown | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Seismic | Unknown | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 DuckChain | Seed | $5M | Dec 2024 |
 Citrea | Series A | $14M | Oct 2024 |
| DDL Software | Pre-Seed | $2M | Aug 2024 |
 Sahara AI | Series A | — | Aug 2024 |
 Aligned Layer | Series A | $20M | Apr 2024 |
 Movement Labs | Series A | $38M | Apr 2024 |
 Kodiak | Seed | $2M | Feb 2024 |
 Root Protocol | Seed | $10M | Jan 2024 |
| SSentient | Seed | $85M | Jan 2024 |
 Movement | Series A | $100M | Jan 2024 |
 imgnAI | Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2024 |
| Movement Labs | Series A | $38M | Jan 2024 |
| PPolyhedra Network | Strategic | $10M | Jan 2024 |
| SSahara Labs | Unknown | $43M | Jan 2024 |
 Shogun | Seed | $6.9M | Jan 2024 |
| Sahara AI | Seed | $6M | Jan 2024 |
| PPhaver | Seed | $7M | Oct 2023 |
 Layer N | Unknown | — | Sep 2023 |
| Movement Labs | Pre-Seed | $3.4M | Sep 2023 |
 Movement Labs | Pre-Seed | $3.4M | Sep 2023 |
 EthStorage | Seed | $7M | Aug 2023 |
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Top Co-Investors
Polychain Capital22 shared
Binance12 shared
Hack VC11 shared
Symbolic Capital9 shared
Mirana Ventures7 shared
Amber Group6 shared
Foresight Ventures6 shared
OKX Ventures6 shared
Soma Capital5 shared
Animoca Brands5 shared
Pantera Capital5 shared
a16z crypto5 shared
Founders Fund4 shared
Gate Labs4 shared
Protagonist4 shared
Bankless Ventures4 shared
LayerZero4 shared
Matrix Partners4 shared
Coinbase Ventures3 shared
Polygon Ventures3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026