Framework Capital Partners

VCMatch tracks Framework Capital Partners as an investor focused on Blockchain Crypto, AI/ML, and Gaming companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, San Francisco and United States markets, and $250k to $40m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$250k to $40m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Blockchain Crypto, AI/ML, Gaming

Geography

San Francisco and United States

Investment Thesis

Framework Ventures positions itself as a crypto-native, high-conviction venture firm that partners closely with founders to build blockchain protocols and applications. The firm emphasizes leading early-stage rounds (with check sizes that “typically range from $250k to $40 million”), leveraging experience from “four crypto market cycles” and early bets in major DeFi projects to identify founders with “grit, drive, and product-market fit.”

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Framework Capital Partners is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in Blockchain Crypto, AI/ML, Gaming, and Energy, especially across San Francisco and United States, with public check-size signals around $250k to $40m.

Focus statement

"We’re a San Francisco-based, crypto-native venture firm searching for winning founders in DeFi, stablecoins, AI, and blockchain infrastructure." The firm primarily targets early-stage opportunities and typically leads financings across those verticals.

Value Add

"Crypto-native" orientation and early-mover status (described as "arguably the first VC firm to 'go all in' on the emerging Decentralized Finance ("DeFi") ecosystem").
High-conviction, lead-investor approach: "We’re high-conviction investors who lead early-stage rounds."
Track record across multiple cycles and marquee protocol investments (calls out early investments in Chainlink, Aave, Synthetix, The Graph).
Flexible check-size capability spanning seed to growth ($250k–$40M "typically").
Operational and domain expertise across crypto, AI, and infrastructure in the partnership team (founders and partners with product, engineering, and communications backgrounds).
Dedicated product/launch support and real-world asset focus via Obex: "At Obex, Parker works directly with founders to launch projects backed by real-world income—spanning traditional finance—in areas such as private credit, asset-backed lending, and compute and energy finance."