Placeholder is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments within the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. Their strategy focuses on supporting decentralized networks and protocols that aim to reshape the internet's infrastructure, emphasizing a long-term perspective on projects with strong technical foundations, visionary teams, and a commitment to decentralization, scalability, and user empowerment.
42% of their portfolio is in Crypto & Web3. Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.0M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
CB
Chris Burniske
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
12 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Movement Labs | Series A | $38M | Apr 2024 |
 Tensor | Seed | $3M | Mar 2023 |
| MMonad Labs | Seed | $19M | Feb 2023 |
| OObol Labs | Series A | $12.5M | Jan 2023 |
 Zerion | Series B | $12.3M | Oct 2022 |
| MMona | Series A | $14.6M | Jul 2022 |
| EElement Finance | Series A | $32M | Oct 2021 |
 Orca | Series A | $18M | Sep 2021 |
| Zerion | Series A | $8.2M | Jul 2021 |
 Nori | Seed | $4M | Sep 2020 |
 Magic | Seed | $4M | Jun 2020 |
 Matter Labs | Seed | $2M | Sep 2019 |
Top Co-Investors
Polychain Capital3 shared
Archetype3 shared
A Capital2 shared
Dragonfly2 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
SV Angel2 shared
Mosaic Ventures2 shared
Wintermute Ventures2 shared
Coinbase Ventures2 shared
Republic1 shared
Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
Hack VC1 shared
Root Ventures1 shared
OKX Ventures1 shared
1kx1 shared
Hashed1 shared
Solana1 shared
Three Arrows Capital1 shared
Unusual Ventures1 shared
Cherubic Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 15 April 2026