{"id":16330,"date":"2026-08-03T09:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/?p=16330"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:43:40","slug":"venture-firm-variant-secures-450m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/nl\/venture-firm-variant-secures-450m\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture firma Variant bemachtigt $450M om te investeren in beginnende Web3-projecten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Early-stage venture firm Variant has confirmed raising $450 million via an investment round despite a bearish market prevailing currently.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Furthermore, the fund will be divided into two: a $150 million seed fund for novel projects followed by $300 million to support growing projects<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Variant, an early-stage venture firm investing in Web3, has recently raised a $450 million umbrella fund. The fund is divided into two funds: a $150 million seed fund to invest in early-stage projects and a $300 million fund to support projects &#8220;with demonstrated traction from [its] portfolio and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/variant.fund\/articles\/introducing-variant-fund-iii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>, the fundraising round was led by a16z veterans Li Jin, Jesse Walden, and Spencer Noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Variant, whose diverse portfolio includes big Web3 projects, including Uniswap, Foundation, Polygon, Magic Eden, and Mirror, is emphasizing investments in user-owned networks that aim to develop favorable economic terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company outlined some of the areas it is interested in investing in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Projects addressing the NFTs&#8217; financialization and productivity<\/li><li>Stablecoin projects that prioritize risk management and mainstream user adoption<\/li><li>MEV derivatives and net-new blockspace-related markets<\/li><li>Financial primitives that leverage composability to create net-new functionality<\/li><li>Projects that bridge the traditional financial system with DeFi<\/li><li>Financial primitives that leverage user ownership to unlock sustainable liquidity network effects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Variant reveals its massive plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Variant is targeting areas including DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, consumer applications, stablecoins, and businesses that experiment with a new form of capital ownership with its latest fund, which is the company&#8217;s third overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since he thought this technique served as the foundation for determining the fund size, general partner Jesse Walden characterized the fund&#8217;s investment thesis as &#8220;being the marquee seed fund in Web3.&#8221; It explains why the first two fundings only raised $110M and $22.5M, respectively, which is a small sum in comparison to VC behemoths like a16z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The establishment of the fund coincides with a delay in capital inflow for relevant investments due to the ongoing crypto bear market. Crunchbase data shows that cryptocurrency venture capital investments totaled $9.3 billion in the first half of this year, a decrease of 26% from the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The creators of Variant think that by being small, they can help entrepreneurs overcome the challenging times &#8220;they face early in their journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement also stated that Variant has doubled the number of employees at the company to 15, all of whom have extensive knowledge of infrastructure, consumer products, and DeFi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early-stage venture firm Variant has confirmed raising $450 million via an investment round despite a bearish market prevailing currently. 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