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Hack VC

San Francisco, California · Invests in US; Europe; Asia; Global · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries ADeveloper ToolsFintechCrypto & Web3Hardware & DevicesDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureFintech & Payments

Thesis

Crypto-native teams solving fundamental Web3 problems, partnering on- and off-chain at earliest stages. Technical excellence, ecosystem building, and long-term Internet transformation through decentralized technologies.

Likely not a fit for

Consumer-first applications without technical differentiation, projects without clear tokenomics or incentive alignment, non-technical founding teams

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

17 contacts on file

AP

Alexander Pack

General PartnerManaging Partner · Primary contact

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Rodney Yesep

PartnerPartner

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Roshun Patel

PartnerPartner

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Sean Brown

PartnerPartner

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Herbie Fu

PartnerPartner

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Harrison Dahme

PartnerPartner, CTO

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Peyman Momeni

PartnerResearch Partner

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IM

Ian Masters

PartnerSenior Quant Trader

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Borna Shoa

PartnerQuant Trader / Partner

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Niraj Pant

Venture PartnerVenture Partner

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Scott Moore

Venture PartnerVenture Partner

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Nicole Sun

Venture PartnerVenture Partner

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Ed Roman

Platform & OpsSpecial Advisor, Co-founder

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Daniel Bulaevsky

Platform & OpsPartner, GC, COO

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Chris Maree

PartnerResearch Partner

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Min Kim

Venture PartnerVenture Partner

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Peter Hans

PartnerPartner, Global Head of Business Development

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Portfolio

Mysten LabsDeveloper Tools Infra

At Mysten Labs, we are building critical infrastructure to enable a more decentralized internet.

EigenLayerDeveloper Tools Infra

EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces Restaking, a new primitive for Web3 builders that provides a marketplace for trust, allowing users to stake assets and secure offchain services while earning rewards.

BerachainEnterprise Software

Berachain is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain built on Proof-of-Liquidity consensus. Proof-of-Liquidity is a novel consensus mechanism that aims to align network incentives, creating strong synergy between Berachain validators and the ecosystem of projects.

MorphoFintech Payments

Morpho is an open, efficient, and resilient platform that allows anyone to earn yield and borrow assets. It enables developers or businesses to create markets, curate vaults, and build a range of applications on its flexible, permissionless infrastructure.

GrassEcommerce Marketplaces

Grass turns your unused internet into rewards automatically by allowing users to share their unused bandwidth with verified institutions, earning Grass Points and Grass Tokens in return.

KaminoFintech Payments

Software de automação financeira para médias empresas

RitualFood Beverage

Ritual is a health-focused company offering a range of nutritional supplements, including multivitamins and gut health products. They emphasize high standards and transparency in their product offerings.

BabylonBiotech Life Sciences

Babylon Biosciences focuses on providing innovative solutions for families, particularly in the field of biotechnology and drug discovery.

HyperlaneDeveloper Tools Infra

Hyperlane is an open framework for blockchain interoperability, providing developers with production-ready infrastructure to pass any data across hundreds of chains and virtual machines.

Vertex ProtocolFintech Payments

Vertex Protocol is a platform for checking $INK allocations, allowing users to view or delegate their allocations.

AcrossDeveloper Tools Infra

Across is a crosschain engine that makes bridging instant, affordable, and secure for users while enabling developers to create dApps with inbuilt crosschain experiences. It utilizes an intents-based architecture to streamline crosschain transactions.

DonutEnterprise Software

Donut was a platform that facilitated social connections and interactions among remote teams.

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Hack VC Research Document Executive Summary Hack VC is a crypto-native venture capital firm founded in 2014, making it one of the earliest institutional Web3 investors. Based in San Francisco, the firm uniquely combines traditional venture investment with R&D capabilities through its hack.labs() division, along with ecosystem building through hack.summit(), a developer community of 130,000+ engine

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