Polychain Capital

Polychain Capital is an American venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California.

History

Polychain Capital was founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, an employee at Coinbase.[1]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Olaf Carlson-Wee Founder[1:1] Coinbase

Portfolio

Polychain's portfolio includes:[2]

  • BBS Network
  • Coinbase
  • Coinlist
  • DFINITY
  • dYdX
  • FBG Capital
  • Kik Messenger
  • Nym Technologies
  • Protocol Labs
  • Tezos
  • Valora
  • Web3 Foundation

Investors

Investors in Polychain Capital include:[1:2][3]

  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • Founders Fund
  • Sequoia Capital
  • Union Square Ventures

  1. Chernova, Y. (2016, December 9). Polychain’s Blockchain Hedge Fund Gets Backed by Andreessen, USV. Wall Street Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226093415/https://www.wsj.com/articles/polychains-blockchain-hedge-fund-gets-backed-by-andreessen-usv-1481286602 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Companies. Polychain Capital Talent Network. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from https://jobs.polychain.capital/companies?page=5 ↩︎

  3. Deveau, S., & Pearson, N. O. (2018, January 29). Crypto Hedge Fund Polychain Says It Won’t Proceed With IPO. Bloomberg. http://archive.today/2023.03.07-165616/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-29/crypto-hedge-fund-polychain-said-to-plan-ipo-in-canada%23xj4y7vzkg ↩︎

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