Top 10 venture capital firms investing in blockchain Posted on : Nov 14 - 2018

Blockchain technology is attracting a large number of investments around the world so looking at a ranking of the biggest spenders is always interesting, considering that they will be the ones who will have the most to gain in the near future.

But it is not easy to rank them, since there are many different things to consider, starting with total blockchain assets, going to the number of blockchain investments and ending on how long or how active they are in investing.

Crypto Fund Research took all this into consideration in order to find the biggest investors in the field and came up with the most active group of companies in the last 12 months. The total of blockchain deals in the analyzed period reached 282, with an overall deal volume of USD 1.19 billion, and seed funding was the most common deal type.

Number one on the list is New York-based Digital Currency Group. The company has made more investments in blockchain companies than any other investor and it has a total of 58 investments, of which 15 in the last 12 months. The value of the investments is USD 78 million and the largest were made in companies like Basis, Ledger, Circle and Blockchain Inc.

In second place is Pantera Capital, based in California, a hybrid hedge and venture fund making seed investments in blockchain companies, tokens and cryptocurrencies. Its total number of investments is 31, of which 13 in the last 12 months, at an overall investment value of USD 65 million. The main investments were made in Basis, Circle, Harbor and DMarket.

Ranking third is Blockchain Capital from San Francisco, California, one of the oldest investors in the field, with the first move made in 2013. The total number of investments in the company’s history reaches 37, of which 12 in the last year, totalling USD 71 million.

Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, also based in California, is one of the largest venture capital companies, but not investing exclusively in digital assets and blockchain. They have USD 4 billion in assets and got their start in blockchain in 2013, with Ripple. The total number of blockchain investments is 14, of which 9 were in the last 12 months, with a value of USD 55 million. View More