Crypto is forever changing finance.

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Mission

Web 3.0 services and DeFi are changing the way we access the internet and conduct day-to-day business.

Given these disruptions, supporting infrastructure is crucial. Blockchain technologies need robust, scalable systems for widespread adoption, requiring collaboration to create secure, adaptable solutions.

Our fund aims to find and support teams advancing these technologies. We focus on projects with technical excellence and a clear vision, accelerating the growth and maturity of the blockchain ecosystem.

Strategy

Supporting protocols and teams that are moving decentralized technologies forward.

Identify Opportunities

We conduct thorough market research to spot emerging trends and technologies in the crypto space, closely monitoring developments in blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, and related sectors to identify promising opportunities.

Evaluate Projects

We view projects through two lenses: category creators versus category subscription. Category creation is zero to one. We see the most asymmetric upside here. Category subscription has capped upside and is more competitive in existing categories. It's all about world-class founders. Top 1% of founders have a vision, endurance, durability and strategy to navigate the bottleneck of early stage crypto.  

Engage Founders

After we invest, we are the first line of support. We spend 85% of our time working with our existing founders than we do looking at our new deal flow. Our founders have come to expect expert guidance on supporting token economics, integrating protocol design, and adjusting toward product market fit. Our goal is for day-to-day mental and emotional support. We are in the trenches with our founders working on their hard problems daily.

Invest & Support

We source almost all of our investments via unicorn founders that we have backed before. What we have found is that the next generation of young, visionary founders, have always looked backed to their predecessor peers for council and advice. Rarely is a founder seeking a VC for advice on who take capital from or how to structure their cap-table. What they do is ask founders of successful projects who their most valuable cap-table investor is, and the answer often leads them to connect with us.

Monitor & Adapt

The liquidity profile inherent with tokens and their time frames for realization allow us to strategically manage liquidity for our fund against the fast changing narratives in the crypto space. When it comes to current trends and narratives, we are always looking to anticipate where the puck is going so we can plan accordingly. Narratives change quickly in crypto and GPs adaptability is the key to returning capital to LPs.

Fund

We invest in Web 3.0 products driving market transformation and advancement across infrastructure, middleware, and applications.

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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 22 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 1 Blockchain
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Layer 100 Blockchain
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Edgescale AI
Scaling AI via app layer
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KLIMA
RWA
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Kodiak
Native liquidity DEX
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Lost Glitches
Strategic trading card game
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Masa Finance
Real-time data for AI agents
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Mitosis
DeFi liquidity programability
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Movement Labs
Move-EVM L2
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OogaBooga
Bera native liquid aggregator
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Overlay
Exotic PERPS dex
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Planet-X
Live streamed, timed treasure hunt game
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SNACKCLUB
Gaming communities
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Team

Connect with our leadership team: Driving decentralized tech and investment strategies.

Michael Tant

Co-founder Citizen X

Michael pioneers DeFi, NFTs, and open decentralized protocols, democratizing global finance with expertise in token economics.

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Emilio disanluciano

Co-founder Citizen X

Emilio, a veteran principal investor, shapes late-stage pre-IPO investments and Citizen VC's innovative trading exchange, advising UK single-family offices on early-stage ventures and crypto since 2014.

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Cathryn Taylor

General Partner

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Darren Cohen

General Partner

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Andrea Perlak

General Partner

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Giles Carmichael 

General Partner

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Michael Tant

Co-founder Citizen X

Michael pioneers DeFi, NFTs, and open decentralized protocols, democratizing global finance with expertise in token economics.

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Emilio disanluciano

Co-founder Citizen X

Emilio, a veteran principal investor, shapes late-stage pre-IPO investments and Citizen VC's innovative trading exchange, advising UK single-family offices on early-stage ventures and crypto since 2014.

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Cathryn Taylor

General Partner

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Darren Cohen

General Partner

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Andrea Perlak

General Partner

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Giles Carmichael 

General Partner

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