Acrylic
archetype.fundVCMatch tracks Acrylic as an investor focused on Blockchain Crypto, AI/ML, and Data Infrastructure companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and Global markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.
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Geography
Global
Investment Thesis
Archetype believes that crypto is fundamentally disrupting existing business models, and the models of tomorrow are early-stage companies and protocols yet to be discovered. They focus on providing the next generation of crypto founders with deep, multidisciplinary expertise across investing, engineering, protocol and mechanism design, policy, and community-building to help them transition from conception to meaningful scale.
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Investment Focus
Who should take a closer look
Acrylic is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Blockchain Crypto, AI/ML, Data Infrastructure, and Developer Tools, especially across Global.
Focus statement
Archetype is an early-stage venture fund focused on accelerating the programmable future by backing the next generation of crypto founders who are disrupting the status quo and creating entirely new markets.
Value Add
- Crypto-native team with deep expertise spanning investing, engineering, protocol design, mechanism design, policy, and community-building
- Long operational track record since 2015 with proven early-stage crypto investments (Chainalysis, Mina, Near, Balancer, Dapper Labs/Flow)
- Specialized research partners with deep domain expertise in DeFi, applied cryptography, decentralized AI, zero-knowledge, and mechanism design
- Data-driven research capabilities through expertise in onchain data analysis and portfolio support
- Focus on founders who are 'dedicating themselves maniacally to their craft'
- Diversified portfolio across Consumer, DeFi, Infrastructure, and AI categories
- Emphasis on helping founders go from 0x to 1 rather than scaling later-stage companies
Stage And Sector Fit
Portfolio Highlights
Allora
Ai Ml
Altius
Infrastructure
August
Consumer
Beam
Infrastructure
Chainalysis
Infrastructure
DAWN
Consumer
Decent
Infrastructure
Endstate
Consumer
+ 51 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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