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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Palo Alto, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Singapore
  • Cayman Islands
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Growth
Industries
  • Crypto
  • Web3
  • DeFi
  • Layer 1 Protocols
  • Infrastructure
  • Stablecoins
  • AI x Crypto
  • Liquid Tokens
About
Electric Capital is a Palo Alto-based multi-strategy crypto VC. Their focus spans DeFi, Layer 1 protocols, infrastructure, stablecoins, AI x crypto, and liquid tokens across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Cayman Islands. The firm supports founders from Seed through Growth.
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$1M
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$15M
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Investment Thesis

Electric Capital is a multi-strategy crypto investment firm deploying capital across crypto, Web3, DeFi, Layer 1 protocols, infrastructure, stablecoins, AI x crypto, and liquid tokens sectors. They invest with research-heavy conviction backed by their famous Developer Report tracking crypto ecosystem growth. The firm differentiates itself through its co-founders Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer's deep technical backgrounds, annual Electric Capital Developer Report (industry-standard ecosystem benchmark), long-term capital approach, and Tier-1 reputation as research-driven crypto VC.
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Manager's Experience

Avichal Garg (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) co-founded Electric Capital in 2018 after serving as Director of Product Management at Facebook and co-founding Spool (acquired by Facebook); he brings deep technical product expertise. Curtis Spencer (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) co-founded the firm with deep technical engineering expertise. The firm produces the annual Electric Capital Developer Report tracking crypto ecosystem developer activity as the industry-standard benchmark, with $1B+ AUM across multiple funds.

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Team

Avichal Garg - Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Curtis Spencer - Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Maria Shen - General Partner

Ken Deeter - General Partner

Portfolio

Solana

Lido

Bitwise

dYdX

Aleo

Aptos

Avalanche

Bitcoin

BNB Chain

Celestia

Compound

Cosmos

Ethereum

EigenLayer

Filecoin

Helium

Jito

Lava Network

Near Protocol

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Polkadot

Polygon

Render

Sei Network

Sui

Tendermint

Uniswap

Worldcoin

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