Contango Digital Assets

www.contango.digital

Contango invests in companies that accelerate the global adoption of decentralized AI, with specific ecosystem focus on Bittensor while maintaining investments across the broader DeAI landscape. They operate a $10M seed-stage Blockchain x AI Fund targeting companies at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Blockchain Crypto, Cloud Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

Contango is mission-driven toward accelerating global adoption of decentralized AI, believing it is a key factor in unlocking human freedom and enabling global peace. They position themselves as a web3-native venture firm that incubates, builds, and invests in products and services making decentralized AI more globally accessible. Their investment approach combines financial capital with social and human capital, taking a hands-on partnership model focused on supporting founders from early stages.

What Sets Them Apart

Web3-native venture firm with deep blockchain expertise and community focus
Hands-on support beyond capital: providing advisory, strategic connections, talent recruitment, and value-added services
Building internal products through Contango Labs (Vanta club, Raisebase) to support ecosystem
Operating Contango Search to help Web3 projects recruit developers and talent
Creating educational content through blogs, podcasts (Venture Alpha Podcast), and curated resources
Invested in 100+ AI and Web3 projects with over $7M deployed across 50+ teams
Primary focus on Bittensor ecosystem with broader DeAI landscape exposure
Integrated team approach emphasizing integrity and genuine partnership