Pantera Capital Fund V | 2013 VC Fund

Pantera Capital

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Menlo Park, United States

Countries of investment

United States
United Kingdom
Singapore
Switzerland
Cayman Islands
British Virgin Islands
Hong Kong
Germany

Investment stages

Seed
Series A
Series B
Series C
Growth

Industries

Crypto
Blockchain
DeFi
Web3
Layer 1 Protocols
Infrastructure
Liquid Tokens
NFTs
Stablecoins
Trading Infrastructure

About
Pantera Capital is a Menlo Park-based multi-strategy crypto investment firm. Their focus spans crypto, DeFi, Web3, Layer 1 protocols, liquid tokens, NFTs, stablecoins, and trading infrastructure across the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, and Germany. The firm supports founders from Seed through Growth.

Min check size: $1M
Max check size: $25M
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Investment Thesis

Pantera Capital is a multi-stage and multi-strategy venture capital firm deploying capital across crypto, blockchain, DeFi, Web3, Layer 1 protocols, liquid tokens, NFTs, and trading infrastructure sectors. They invest across the full crypto stack through venture, hedge fund, and liquid token strategies as the oldest dedicated crypto investment firm in the United States. The firm differentiates itself through its 2013 founding date as the first US institutional crypto investment firm, multi-strategy platform spanning venture, hedge fund, and liquid token funds, $5B+ AUM track record, and pioneering position in institutional crypto investing.

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Manager's Experience

Dan Morehead (Founder & CEO) founded Pantera Capital in 2013 as the first US institutional crypto investment firm; he previously served as Head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management and Vice Chairman of Atriax (the world's largest interbank trading platform), holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Princeton University, and brings 35+ years of macro trading and institutional finance expertise. Joey Krug (Co-CIO) joined Pantera bringing deep DeFi technical expertise from his prior role as Co-Founder of Augur. The firm has built a $5B+ AUM multi-strategy platform spanning venture, hedge fund, and liquid token strategies with 14+ funds.