About Red Beard Ventures
Red Beard Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Sep 2025, Red Beard Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 32 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Blockchain Technology to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Maiga Overall, Red Beard Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns and 2 acquisitions including key companies like The Sandbox, Unstoppable Domains and Fireside Chat. A lot of funds co-invest with Red Beard Ventures, with names like Animoca Brands sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Red Beard Ventures has team of 19 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Red Beard Ventures' List of Top Investments
Red Beard Ventures has a portfolio of 32 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Fireside Chat and Oort.Their portfolio spans across United States, Australia, Netherlands and 4 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Red Beard Ventures:
1. The Sandbox
Online platform offering a user-generated metaverse with blockchain games for creative and immersive gaming experiences. It allows users to create and monetize their NFTs in a blockchain-based environment. The Sandbox platform combines elements of creativity, exploration, and gameplay in a sandbox setting, providing users with a degree of freedom to interact creatively and build their own virtual worlds.
Key facts about The Sandbox
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Hong Kong (China)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $115M
- Employee Count: 248 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Sound Ventures, Orthogonal Thinker and 47 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 06, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Web3 domains for crypto transactions and building decentralized websites. It allows users to build a digital identity with domain profiles. Users can verify social accounts, display NFT avatars, and highlight achievements. Users can build a web3 website with a domain to own and control. It offers an app that is available on both Android & iOS devices.
Key facts about Unstoppable Domains
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $70M
- Employee Count: 88 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Orthogonal Thinker, Mayfield and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 26, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Oort
Provider of decentralized AI data collection, processing, and monetization services. The company offers high-precision AI model alignment using human feedback. It facilitates multimodal data sourcing tailored for various industries and scenarios. The company provides a project launchpad and premium off-the-shelf datasets. It offers infrastructure to run nodes and build on its protocol.
Key facts about Oort
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.2M
- Investors: Google, Microsoft and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Jan 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Skyfire
Provider of platform enabling AI agents to conduct payments and identity. It facilitates payments, identity verification, and access to services for AI without human intervention. It allows AI agents to process payments and verify identities. The network allows AI agents to pay businesses, verify identity, and access data in real-time. It focuses on enabling autonomous payments, creating new revenue streams by selling to AI, and providing secure identity verification for AI agents.
Key facts about Skyfire
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.5M
- Employee Count: 37 as on Jan 05, 2026
- Investors: Neuberger Berman, Evolution Equity Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. POAP
Its features include event badges collection, activity, and participant tracking, crypto badges distribution management, manual sending, bach delivery management, self-service claims management, event metadata management, and more. The app is available for iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about POAP
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Denver (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Sound Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 08, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Red Beard Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Red Beard Ventures has invested in 32 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Maiga and most recent follow-on round was in Azuro.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Red Beard Ventures' Investments by Stage
Red Beard Ventures has made 16 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.06M, 12 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $17.5M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $93M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 16 |
Series A | 12 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Red Beard Ventures' Investments by Sector
Red Beard Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Blockchain Technology, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 29 Tech companies, 24 Blockchain companies, 22 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 22 |
Blockchain Technology | 21 |
FinTech | 20 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 19 |
Enterprise Applications | 10 |
Others | 25 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Red Beard Ventures' Investments by Geography
Red Beard Ventures has made most investments in United States (21), followed by Netherlands where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 21 |
Netherlands | 2 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
China | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Red Beard Ventures' recent investments
Red Beard Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Red Beard Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 04, 2025 | Singapore | Seed | 9386 | [+3] | |
Aug 21, 2024 | United States | Seed | 3329 | [+14] | |
May 22, 2024 | Greece | Series A | 6823 | [+11] | |
Apr 11, 2024 | United States | Series B | 9726 | [+5] | |
Feb 06, 2024 | United States | Series A | 6162 | [+10] |
Unicorns in Red Beard Ventures' Portfolio
Red Beard Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - The Sandbox and Unstoppable Domains. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is The Sandbox. It became a unicorn in 2024, 2 years after Red Beard Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Red Beard Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72 | Online platform offering a user-generated metaverse with blockchain games for creative and immersive gaming experiences | 2018 | Hong Kong | Series B | szjbleu | ||
71 | Web3 domains for crypto transactions and building decentralized websites | 2018 | San Francisco | Series A | pqreehj |
Acquired companies in Red Beard Ventures' Portfolio
2 companies from Red Beard Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Fireside Chat in Feb 2026 by Consumable for $*****.Here are Red Beard Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 04, 2026 | Apr 27, 2023 | Series A | 1516 | |
Sep 14, 2023 | - | - | 2054 |
Team profile of Red Beard Ventures
Red Beard Ventures has a team of 19 members including 5 Partners and 2 Principals located in United Kingdom and United States. Red Beard Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Red Beard Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | United Kingdom | - | ||
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Partner | - | - | - | |
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Principal | - | - | ||
Principal | Downers Grove | - | - |
Co-investors of Red Beard Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 371 investors have co-invested in Red Beard Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Red Beard Ventures: Merit Circle, SQUARE ENIX and 67 others have invested in rounds before Red Beard Ventures. There are 2 companies where Merit Circle has invested before Red Beard Ventures and 1 company where SQUARE ENIX has invested before Red Beard Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Red Beard Ventures: 291 investors entered a company along with Red Beard Ventures. These include investors like Animoca Brands (8 companies).
- Invested after Red Beard Ventures: A total of 11 investors have invested in Red Beard Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Adrian Cheng (1 company), a16zcrypto (1 company) and Coinbase (1 company).
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