Haun Ventures Fund III

Haun Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Idaho, United States

Countries of investment

United States
United Kingdom
Singapore
Switzerland
Cayman Islands

Investment stages

Seed
Series A
Series B

Industries

Crypto
Web3
Blockchain
DeFi
Digital Assets
Frontier Tech
Financial Services
Consumer Internet

About
Haun Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded by former federal prosecutor Katie Haun in 2022, managing a $1.5 billion dual-fund structure with a $500 million early-stage fund and a $1 billion acceleration fund; institutional investors include sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, pensions, and financial institutions; portfolio includes Zora and Aptos, with strategic guidance, regulatory expertise, and operational support for founders navigating the web3 landscape

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Investment Thesis

Haun Ventures invests in the next generation of the internet through web3 and digital assets, backing founders building decentralized infrastructure, DeFi, consumer crypto applications, and frontier technologies that redefine ownership, economic behavior, and collaboration; emphasizes regulatory expertise and conviction-driven, selective deployment from seed through scale

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Manager's Experience

Katie Haun (Founder & CEO) spent over a decade as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, leading high-profile prosecutions including the Silk Road task force, the 2012 Hells Angels murder trial, and Nuestra Familia RICO takedown, and established the DOJ's first digital currency task force; she clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, taught at Stanford Law and Stanford GSB, joined Andreessen Horowitz as General Partner in 2018 where she co-led their crypto franchise across three funds with billions under management, and served as Coinbase's first independent director from 2017 to 2024. Diogo Mónica (General Partner) co-founded and built Anchorage Digital and previously led platform security at Block (formerly Square) and Docker. Chris Ahn was previously a Partner at Index Ventures investing in Notion, Figma, and Fireblocks, before that at GitHub. The team also includes Suzanne (former Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman, prior VP at TPG, started at Goldman Sachs) and Kevin (former CFO at NFX, prior at Allvue Systems and Deloitte).