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# Polychain Capital
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/polychain-capital/
- Published: 1999-01-02T22:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-03T21:46:55.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**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.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

| Name             | Position               | Notes    |
| ---------------- | ---------------------- | -------- |
| Olaf Carlson-Wee | Founder[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | Coinbase |

### Portfolio

Polychain's portfolio includes:[\[2\]](#fn2)

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

### Investors

Investors in Polychain Capital include:[\[1:2\]](#fn1)[\[3\]](#fn3)

- Andreessen Horowitz
- [Founders Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Founders-Fund)
- Sequoia Capital
- Union Square Ventures

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=polychain%5Fcapital)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychain%5FCapital)

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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> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) [↩︎](#fnref1:2)
2. *Companies.* Polychain Capital Talent Network. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from <https://jobs.polychain.capital/companies?page=5> [↩︎](#fnref2)
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> [↩︎](#fnref3)