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Venture capital New York, United States Founded 2017 placeholder.vc @placeholdervc

10portfolio companies

7categories

1rounds led

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Blockchains (3)

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Solana

Proof-of-stake Layer 1 launched in March 2020, with 1,790 transactions per second in Q3 2026

3.8

ZKsync

EVM-compatible ZK rollup ecosystem settling on Ethereum with over 700M processed transactions

3.7

Agoric

JavaScript-native Cosmos Layer 1 blockchain for cross-chain smart contract orchestration

Private token sale$32M

3.6

Cross-Chain Bridges (1)

Across Protocol

Intent-based cross-chain bridge using optimistic verification, processing over $40B in total volume

No KYCPrivate token sale2022-11-23$10M

4.3

Crypto Wallets (1)

Zerion

Self-custodial wallet covering 66 chains, with 0.67% swap and bridge fees

3.9

Decentralized Exchanges (1)

Orca

Solana AMM with $500B+ cumulative trading volume since its 2021 launch

2021-09$18M

3.6

NFT Marketplaces (1)

Tensor

Solana NFT marketplace and trading terminal backed by Placeholder and Solana Ventures

3.6

Oracles & Infrastructure (1)

Api3

First-party oracle network returning OEV rewards to DeFi protocols across over 15 chains

Seed2020-11-12$3M

3.7

Staking & Liquid Staking (2)

Obol

Distributed validator infrastructure splitting Ethereum validation across multi-operator clusters

Series A2023-01-17$12.5M

3.9

Jito

Solana liquid staking protocol capturing MEV rewards with over $1B in TVL

No KYC

4.2