Dragonfly Capital Partners
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- China
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Cayman Islands
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- Crypto
- DeFi
- Web3
- Layer 1 Protocols
- Trading Infrastructure
- NFTs
- GameFi
- Asia Crypto
- Stablecoins
- AI x Crypto
About
Dragonfly Capital Partners is a New York-based crypto VC focused on global protocols and applications. Their focus spans DeFi, Layer 1 protocols, trading infrastructure, NFTs, GameFi, stablecoins, and AI x crypto across the United States, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Cayman Islands. The firm supports crypto-native founders from Seed through Growth.
Dragonfly Capital Partners is a New York-based crypto VC focused on global protocols and applications. Their focus spans DeFi, Layer 1 protocols, trading infrastructure, NFTs, GameFi, stablecoins, and AI x crypto across the United States, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Cayman Islands. The firm supports crypto-native founders from Seed through Growth.
Investment Thesis
Dragonfly Capital Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across crypto, DeFi, Web3, Layer 1 protocols, trading infrastructure, NFTs, GameFi, and stablecoins sectors with deep US-Asia coverage. They invest in crypto-native founders building category-defining protocols and applications across global markets with a research-heavy approach. The firm differentiates itself through its unique US-Asia bridge model led by Haseeb Qureshi, $650M Fund III, deep Asia ecosystem expertise unmatched among US-based crypto VCs, and active liquid token fund alongside venture strategy.
Manager's Experience
Haseeb Qureshi (Managing Partner) leads Dragonfly Capital with deep crypto investing expertise from his prior role at Metastable Capital and as a software engineer at Airbnb; he is one of the most respected public voices in crypto investing through his Bell Curve podcast and writing. Tom Schmidt (Partner) brings deep technical and protocol expertise. The firm has built a $650M Fund III and $2B+ AUM across venture and liquid token strategies, with unique US-Asia bridge model unmatched among US-based crypto VCs.
Team
Haseeb Qureshi - Managing Partner
Tom Schmidt - General Partner
Rob Hadick - General Partner
Mia Deng - General Partner
Sandeep Soni - Investment Partner
Lucas Tcheyan - Investment Partner
Portfolio
Avalanche
MakerDAO
NEAR Protocol
Compound
Cosmos
Matter Labs (zkSync)
Lido
1inch
Bitso
Aleo
Argent
BendDAO
Cega
Chainalysis
dYdX
Element Finance
Goldfinch
Mantle
Mysten Labs
Optimism
Phantom
Reservoir
Sei Network
Starkware
Sui
Synthetix
Tellor
Vega Protocol
Yield Guild Games