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    Lightspeed Faction

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2021

    Lightspeed Faction is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage crypto and blockchain startups. Their strategy involves being agnostic to specific industry verticals within the blockchain space, instead prioritizing projects that offer real utility through blockchain technology, including those in DeFi, infrastructure, and NFTs. They primarily invest in Seed and Series A funding rounds, aiming to be a long-term capital partner and providing guidance on areas like tokenomics and business scaling.

    Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.2M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    $285M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    11 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TransCrypts logoTransCryptsSeed$15MOct 2025
    Bloom logoBloomPre-Seed$1.6MJul 2025
    BBlockskyeSeries A$15.8MJul 2025
    MagicBlock logoMagicBlockSeed$7.5MApr 2025
    Crossmint logoCrossmintSeries B$23.6MMar 2025
    Fiamma logoFiammaSeed$4MDec 2024
    WeatherXM AG logoWeatherXM AGSeries A$7.7MMay 2024
    Taiko logoTaikoSeries A$15MMar 2024
    Medallion logoMedallionSeries A$13.7MDec 2023
    Puffer Finance logoPuffer FinanceSeed$5.5MAug 2023
    Helio logoHelioSeed$3.3MApr 2023

    Top Co-Investors

    Dragonfly1 shared
    Zeal Capital1 shared
    Pantera1 shared
    Alpha Edison1 shared
    Techstars1 shared
    APX1 shared
    Nyca1 shared

    Last updated: 15 April 2026