The NEAR Foundation is a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland, that supports the growth and long-term sustainability of the NEAR Protocol ecosystem. It incubates startups from the NEAR ecosystem, governs protocol development, and operates investment funds such as the $20M AI Agent Fund for decentralized AI agents.
40% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $79.0M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
$20M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
MM
Mark Mi
Head of Partner Development, VC & Investor Relations
JD
Josh D.
Head of investment
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
15 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Templar Protocol | Pre-Seed | $4M | Mar 2025 |
| Templar Protocol | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jan 2025 |
 Abound | Seed | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 ClearStreet | Series B | $270M | Apr 2023 |
 Clear Street | Series B | $270M | Apr 2023 |
 Hydra Ventures | Seed | — | Mar 2023 |
 Absolute Labs | Unknown | $8M | Jan 2023 |
 Calimero | Seed | $8.5M | Jan 2023 |
| Clear Street | Series B | $270M | Jan 2023 |
| Clear Street | Series B | — | May 2022 |
 Web3Games | Unknown | $4M | Jan 2022 |
| Clear Street | Series B | $165M | Jan 2022 |
 Opolis | Bridge | $6.6M | — |
 idOS | Unknown | $4.5M | — |
 Niche | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | — |
Top Co-Investors
NextGen Venture Partners5 shared
Prysm Capital2 shared
ConsenSys2 shared
Circle Ventures2 shared
Proximity Capital2 shared
Foundation Capital1 shared
IMC1 shared
Nexus Venture Partners1 shared
MAGIC Fund1 shared
Draper Associates1 shared
Polygon Ventures1 shared
Samsung Next1 shared
India Quotient1 shared
Ripple1 shared
Fabric Ventures1 shared
Khosla Ventures1 shared
FJ Labs1 shared
MEXC1 shared
Times Internet1 shared
Citi Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026