what's rockawayx?
RockawayX is a venture capital firm specializing in blockchain and Web3 investments. Founded as part of the broader Rockaway Capital group, it focuses on early-stage funding for crypto funds, companies, and protocols globally. The firm provides not only capital but also operational support, including engineering resources, liquidity provision, and community building to help portfolio projects scale. With a portfolio that includes notable investments like Solana and Wintermute, RockawayX emphasizes value creation through long-term partnerships. It runs validator networks, audits smart contracts, and facilitates on-chain liquidity, particularly in DeFi and infrastructure projects. The firm has raised significant funds, such as a $125 million early-stage crypto venture fund targeting the Solana ecosystem and high-potential innovations. RockawayX operates from a foundation in traditional venture investing but is deeply embedded in the crypto-native space, bridging conventional finance with decentralized technologies. Its approach combines financial expertise with hands-on technical involvement to accelerate project development and adoption in the evolving Web3 landscape.
RockawayX manages $2B AUM across diverse strategies and operates market-neutral trading on Polymarket.
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x.com/rockaway_xManages $2 billion in assets under management across venture, liquid tokens, credit fund, and infrastructure strategies.
Operates a market-neutral trading strategy on Polymarket.
RockawayX led a seed round investment of approximately $1.9M in Ranger Finance at a $30M valuation.
Launched Kamino's Marinade USDC Vault, an RWA mixed pool for USDC lending on Solana at Breakpoint 2025. Reached $15M deposits, offers up to 6% APY, and allocates USDC across OnRe, PRIME, Huma, Solstice.
Presents at Solana Breakpoint conference on December 13 at 11:30am in Abu Dhabi.
Circle Research publishes paper naming RockawayX as a solver using Circle Gateway for instant crosschain USDC transfers to improve capital efficiency and profit.
Scrapped merger with Solmate, a Solana treasury company holding over 1.2M SOL, due to changed market conditions.
Partnered with Pareto for credit vaults backing the $USP synthetic dollar, featuring credit underwriting and risk infrastructure capabilities. USP TVL sits at $7.7M, collateralized by institutional private credit portfolios.
RockawayX_Infra serves as infrastructure contributor to Double Zero network, whose 2Z token launches today (October 2, 2025) on Solana after raising $28M at $400M valuation with 300+ validators including Coinbase and Galaxy, and secured a rare SEC no-action letter.
Launched LST as an LST BAM validator for Jito on Solana.