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Robot Ventures
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About Robot Ventures
Robot Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York. Founded in 2019 by Compound creator Robert Leshner and Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra, the firm focuses on pre-seed and seed investments across decentralized finance, blockchain infrastructure, zero-knowledge proofs, and emerging technical primitives. In August 2024, Robot Ventures closed its fourth vehicle, raising $75 million to back technical founders building onchain applications and protocols.
Portfolio and investment strategy
The firm backs core primitives and foundational financial architecture. Notable early-stage crypto bets include Polymarket's $4 million seed round in 2020, LayerZero's $6 million Series A in 2021, and Axelar's $25 million Series A in 2021. Robot Ventures also backed Cosmos liquidity hub Osmosis Labs during its 2021 token sale, Solana liquid staking platform Jito in its $10 million Series A in 2022, and non-custodial multi-chain lending market Moonwell in 2022. Other portfolio investments include EigenLayer, Nansen, and zkVM developer Succinct.
Recent activity
Robot Ventures has expanded into decentralized AI infrastructure alongside ongoing crypto allocations. In December 2024, the firm led a $6 million round for Sui lending market Suilend, after participating in self-custodial debit card provider Bleap's $2.3 million pre-seed round in November 2024. In July 2026, the firm led a $75 million Series B+ round for open-source AI platform Nous Research, followed by participation in Onyx Bio's seed round in October 2026.
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Analytics & Portfolio Trackers (1)
Cross-Chain Bridges (2)
Omnichain messaging protocol with 43+ configurable verifier networks
Proof-of-stake cross-chain messaging protocol connecting over 80 blockchains
No KYCSeries A2021-07-15$25M
Crypto Cards (1)
Self-custodial Mastercard card with €0 issuance, monthly and FX fees
Pre-seed2024-11-28$2.3M
DeFi Lending (2)
Non-custodial lending protocol and DeFi suite on Sui from the creators of Solend
No KYC2024-12-05$6MLead investor
Non-custodial lending protocol deployed across Base, Optimism, Ethereum, and Moonbeam
No KYCStrategic Round2022-03-18$10M
Decentralized Exchanges (2)
Ethereum ZK perpetuals DEX with zero-fee retail trading
2024-01$21M
Cosmos appchain DEX and cross-chain AMM connecting over 100 ecosystems with IBC
No KYCToken Sale2021-10$21M
Oracles & Infrastructure (1)
Open-source zkVM and decentralized proving network securing over $13 billion in value
Series A2024-03-21
Prediction Markets (1)
Prediction market on Polygon, founded in 2020 and backed by Founders Fund
Staking & Liquid Staking (2)
Solana liquid staking protocol capturing MEV rewards with over $1B in TVL
No KYC
Restaking protocol securing EigenCloud with $10B+ in staked ETH
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