what's Robot Ventures?
Robot Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in investments in fintech and blockchain companies. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the firm focuses on pre-seed and seed opportunities for startups with innovative economic designs and unconventional perspectives in the crypto and decentralized finance sectors. They provide founders with strategic support, leveraging deep experience in protocol development and market dynamics to help scale ambitious projects. The firm has backed notable crypto protocols such as EigenLayer, Lido Finance, Flashbots, and UMA, emphasizing infrastructure, DeFi, and Web3 innovations. With a portfolio exceeding 200 investments, Robot Ventures aims to foster the next generation of on-chain financial systems by combining capital with hands-on guidance in areas like tokenomics and governance.
Robot Ventures invested in Fogo, led by Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra.
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x.com/robotventuresAnnounced as an investor in Fogo, led by Robert Leshner of Superstate and Tarun Chitra of Gauntlet.
Nominated for "Best In VC" award by The Rollup, with winner to be announced on December 30th, 2025.
Robot Ventures leads $2.2M seed round for Asgard Fi.
Co-leads $8M seed funding for _bulktrade (DeFi) with 6th Man Ventures.
Venture fund announces expansion to 5-person team, enhancing investment capabilities.