About Inception
Inception is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom. As of May 2024, Inception has invested in 3 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of ChainML A lot of funds co-invest with Inception, with names like HTX sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Inception has team of 9 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Inception's List of All Investments
Inception has a portfolio of 3 companies. Their most notable investments include Camp Network and Talus.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Blockchain Technology, Enterprise Applications, across Seed stage. Here is the list of all investments by Inception:
1. Camp Network
Modular blockchain layer platform. It offers a blockchain platform that leverages off-chain data from Web2 streaming and social platforms to enable on-chain value creation. It also enables deployment of dApps built on Camp blockchain.
Key facts about Camp Network
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, Eterna Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 29, 2025, $*****
2. Talus
Blockchain platform for decentralizing artificial intelligence. The platform enables the development of smart agents that navigate complex scenarios and make decisions, allowing for trading, and monetization of these agents within a decentralized framework. Its ecosystem and developer tools, smart agents can collaborate, innovate, and support decentralized applications across multiple sectors like DeFi, gaming, and governance.
Key facts about Talus
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $19M
- Employee Count: 22 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Nvidia, Animoca Brands and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 30, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. ChainML
Platform building a protocol for machine learning and related data-driven computation for web3. The platform is partnering with web3 protocols as design partners to apply ML to DeFi, gaming, social, and data infrastructure.
Key facts about ChainML
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10.2M
- Employee Count: 3 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Alumni Ventures, SNZ and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 13, 2024, $*****
Inception's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in ChainML.Inception's Investments by Stage
Inception has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.4M.Inception's Investments by Sector
Inception has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 3 Blockchain companies, 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Tech companies and at least 1 company focusing on AI-Native.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Inception's Investments by Geography
Inception has made most investments in United States (3).Inception's recent investments
Inception has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Inception:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 13, 2024 | United States | Seed | 9037 | [+5] | |
Apr 02, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6999 | [+6] | |
Feb 27, 2024 | United States | Seed | 1822 | [+9] |
Team profile of Inception
Inception has a team of 9 members including 3 Partners and 3 Principals located in United States, China and 1 more location. Inception's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Inception:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | New York City | - | - | |
Principal | Haidian | - | - | |
Principal | Bangkok | - | - |
Co-investors of Inception
Over the past 2 years, 41 investors have co-invested in Inception's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Inception: SNZ, HashKey and 1 other have invested in rounds before Inception. There is 1 company where SNZ has invested before Inception and 1 company where HashKey has invested before Inception.
- Top Co-investors of Inception: 22 investors entered a company along with Inception. These include investors like HTX (2 companies).
- Invested after Inception: A total of 16 investors have invested in Inception's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include 1kx (1 company), Blockchain Capital (1 company) and dao5 (1 company).
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