About Standard Crypto
Standard Crypto is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Feb 2025, Standard Crypto has invested in 23 companies. It primarily invests in Series A 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 $***** Series A round of Taproot Wizards Overall, Standard Crypto portfolio has seen 4 unicorns and 2 acquisitions including key companies like Mysten Labs, Sky Mavis and Farcaster. A lot of funds co-invest with Standard Crypto, with names like Andreessen Horowitz sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Standard Crypto has team of 7 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series B & 3 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Standard Crypto's List of Top Investments
Standard Crypto has a portfolio of 23 companies, including 4 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Instadapp and Mino Games.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, India and 7 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Standard Crypto:
1. Mysten Labs
Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions. Its product portfolio includes an open-source wallet packed with features to help developers access, learn, and transact on the Sui network, Sui Explorer for digging into metrics, searching for transactions, Sui name service to register identity, and more. It also offers digital collectibles called SuiFrens.
Key facts about Mysten Labs
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $336M
- Employee Count: 211 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Scribble Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 08, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. OpenSea
Blockchain-based web3 marketplace. It enables the creation, buying, selling, and auctioning of non-fungible tokens. It allows users to browse, create, buy, sell, and auction unique digital goods. It provides a platform for creators to showcase their digital art, collectibles, and other unique digital items to a global audience.
Key facts about OpenSea
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $427M
- Employee Count: 707 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Y Ventures and 73 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 04, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Sky Mavis
Developer of blockchain games and infrastructure for player-owned digital economies. The company builds virtual worlds and the infrastructure to support them. It offers a game featuring creatures, built to introduce blockchain technology. The company also provides a blockchain designed for developers creating games with player-owned economies. It provides tools for developers to build and scale blockchain-infused games.
Key facts about Sky Mavis
4. Farcaster
Decentralized white-label social platform provider. It allows users to create and customize their communities.
Key facts about Farcaster
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $180M
- Investors: Floodgate, First Round Capital and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 21, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Aave
Decentralized crypto lending marketplace for consumers. It offers ETHLend that allows users to borrow funds against cryptocurrency collateral and retain upside instead of selling. Provides access fee reductions and participates in the future governance of Aave protocols. It allows users to originate cash loans to borrowers against cryptocurrency and digital asset collaterals. Also offers developer tools for building tokenized debit applications on Ethereum.
Key facts about Aave
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $29.5M
- Employee Count: 144 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: 2020 Ventures, SWS Venture Capital and 41 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 12, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Standard Crypto's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Standard Crypto has invested in 23 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Axiom and most recent follow-on round was in Taproot Wizards.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Standard Crypto's Investments by Stage
Standard Crypto has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $8.02M, 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $40.2M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $22.3M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $30M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $200M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series B | 6 |
Series A | 4 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Standard Crypto's Investments by Sector
Standard Crypto has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, FinTech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 23 Tech companies, 21 Blockchain companies, 16 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 20 |
High Tech | 19 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 15 |
FinTech | 15 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Standard Crypto's Investments by Geography
Standard Crypto has made most investments in United States (9), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 9 |
Canada | 2 |
India | 2 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
China | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Standard Crypto's recent investments
Standard Crypto has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Standard Crypto:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 04, 2025 | Iceland | Series A | 1362 | [+4] | |
May 21, 2024 | United States | Series A | 6696 | [+4] | |
Jan 25, 2024 | United States | Series A | 1371 | [+2] | |
Nov 11, 2023 | Iceland | Seed | 8295 | [+6] | |
Apr 05, 2023 | Switzerland | Seed | 7400 | [+8] |
Unicorns in Standard Crypto's Portfolio
Standard Crypto has 4 unicorns in its portfolio - Merkle Manufactory, Mysten Labs, Yuga Labs and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Merkle Manufactory. It became a unicorn in 2024, 1 years after Standard Crypto first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Standard Crypto's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | Developer of app studio for social platforms | 2021 | Los Angeles | Series D | fkpxsm{ | ||
81 | Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions | 2021 | Palo Alto | Series B | ohivowk | ||
55 | Non-fungible token collection built on the Ethereum blockchain | 2021 | Coral Gables | Seed | fyrfdia | ||
69 | Developer of blockchain games and infrastructure for player-owned digital economies | 2019 | Singapore | Series B | zihndyc |
Acquired companies in Standard Crypto's Portfolio
2 companies from Standard Crypto's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Farcaster in Jan 2026 by Neynar for $*****.Here are Standard Crypto's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 21, 2026 | Jul 12, 2022 | Seed | 5343 | |
Jan 24, 2025 | Oct 13, 2020 | Seed | 8744 |
Team profile of Standard Crypto
Standard Crypto has a team of 7 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Standard Crypto's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Standard Crypto:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | - | - |
Co-investors of Standard Crypto
Over the past 6 years, 236 investors have co-invested in Standard Crypto's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Standard Crypto: Animoca Brands, Y Combinator and 48 others have invested in rounds before Standard Crypto. There are 2 companies where Animoca Brands has invested before Standard Crypto and 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Standard Crypto.
- Top Co-investors of Standard Crypto: 113 investors entered a company along with Standard Crypto. These include investors like Andreessen Horowitz (7 companies).
- Invested after Standard Crypto: A total of 73 investors have invested in Standard Crypto's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Paradigm (3 companies), Polychain (3 companies) and Pantera Capital (3 companies).
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