Awesome People Ventures

This early-stage Web3 fund invests in founders building long-lasting companies with integrity, offering capital, growth support, and access to a talent network.

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

About

Awesome People Ventures is an early-stage Web3 fund focused on how we live and work. We support our founders with capital, hands-on growth support, and access to an exclusive talent network. Awesome People Ventures invests in a diverse set of founders, who operate with integrity and are building long-standing companies.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jul 1, 2025	XMTP	$20.0M Series B	—	Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bailhe, Batalion Capital, Broadstone, Capital Factory, Form Capital, FTX Ventures, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Multicoin Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pharos Capital Group, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Union Square Ventures, Wave Financial, White Loop Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kurdziel, Courtney Guertin, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Itamar Lesuisse, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, Michael Dunworth, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, William Boebel
Jun 1, 2025	Nooks	$25.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Tola Capital, Zigg Capital, Julia Hartz
Mar 1, 2025	Yutori	$15.0M Seed	—	8VC, AAF Management Ltd., AI4ALL, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Amplify Partners, Artisanal Ventures, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, Benchmark, Citi Ventures, Conviction Partners, Earl Grey Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, LGF, Madrona Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Kazuma Ieiri, Radical Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Reshape Ventures, Saga, Scribble Ventures, Summit Partners, Supercharge.vc, Theory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Amjad Masad, Christian Reber, Dylan Field, Emil Michael, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, James Beshara, Jason Citron, Jason Gardner, Oliver Cameron, Ron Pragides, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Thomas Dohmke
Mar 1, 2025	Multiply Mortgage	$24.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Rethink Impact, Saga, Tola Capital, Zigg Capital, Akash Garg, Eric Wei, Julia Hartz, Karim Atiyeh, Tom Blaisdell
Mar 1, 2025	DeCharge Network	$3.0M Seed	—	Amity Ventures, Asymmetric, Color Capital, Darling Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Interlace Ventures, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Pantera Capital, Ethan Beard, Leore Avidar
Mar 1, 2025	AfterQuery	$500K Seed	—	Mayfield, NextView Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, TSVC Capital, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Immad Akhund, Jarl Mohn, Siqi Chen
Feb 1, 2025	Tana	$14.0M Series A	—	2xN, Kevin Hartz, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Summit Partners, Tola Capital, Y Combinator, Zigg Capital, Immad Akhund, Julia Hartz, Will Gaybrick
Jan 1, 2025	Quantifind	$22.0M Venture Round	—	AirAngels, Alt Capital, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Energy Impact Partners, Glilot Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, In-Q-Tel, Insight Partners, Moonshots Capital, Mucker Capital, Not Boring Capital, QED Investors, Radical Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Supercharge.vc, TLV Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Touchdown Ventures, TTV Capital, Jacques Benkoski, Steve Krausz, U.S. Venture Partners, Vibe Capital, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Christian Reber, Daren Cotter, James Beshara, Matt Carbonara, Scott Belsky
Nov 1, 2024	Cytonic	$8.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Audacity, Battery Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kearny Jackson, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Version One Ventures, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, David Nage, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Luis Cuende, Nathaniel Whittemore, Rene Reinsberg, Scott Belsky, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Nov 1, 2024	Twenty	$5.0M Seed	—	10100, 5Y Capital, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Granite Asia, ICONIQ Capital, Infinite Capital, Insight Partners, Jonathan Golden, New Enterprise Associates, Not Boring Capital, OpenCapital.vc, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Radical Ventures, Runa Capital, S28 Capital, Soma Capital, Summit Partners, Supercharge.vc, Tribe Capital, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Christian Reber, Dharmesh Shah, James Beshara, Jean Charles Samuelian, Mathilde Collin, Ravi Grover, Scott Belsky, Sergei Anikin, Shay Banon
Nov 1, 2024	Kong	$180.0M Series E	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, C2 Investment, Citi Ventures, CRV, Earl Grey Capital, Framework Ventures, Global Innovation Fund, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Insight Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, Mucker Capital, Glenn Solomon, Notable Capital, Not Boring Capital, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Propeller VC, Radical Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Silverton Partners, Supercharge.vc, Sweater Ventures, Vibe Capital, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Ameet Patel, Amit Agarwal, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Dwipal Desai, Dylan Field, Frederic Kerrest, James Beshara, Jawed Karim, Jeff Bezos, John Collison, Julia Hartz, Mark Cuban, Rob Theis, Scott Belsky, Tobias Lutke, Yoshua Bengio
Oct 1, 2024	E2B	$12.0M Seed	—	Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Canary Ventures, CoinFund, Decibel Partners, Divergence Ventures, FounderPartners, Northzone, Seed Club Ventures, SID Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Mason Nystrom, Alexander Salnikov, Stefan George, Tegan Kline
Oct 1, 2024	EVEN	$30.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Tola Capital, Zigg Capital, Julia Hartz
Sep 1, 2024	Flower	$2.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Browder Capital, Charge Ventures, Cortical Ventures, Magnify Ventures, Slow Ventures, Village Global, Siqi Chen
Jul 1, 2024	Stairpay	$960K Seed	—	Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Batalion Capital, Broadstone, Capital Factory, Form Capital, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pharos Capital Group, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Union Square Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kurdziel, Courtney Guertin, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Itamar Lesuisse, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, Michael Dunworth, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, William Boebel
Dec 1, 2023	Meatiply	$4.0M Seed	—	AgFunder, Babel Ventures, Big Idea Ventures, Lionheart Ventures, Makers Fund, Alex Payne, Lawrence Wu, Simon Newstead
Dec 1, 2023	Ampersand	$12.0M Series A	—	Ecosystem Integrity, Interlace Ventures, Tribe Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Howie Liu
Oct 1, 2023	Cube Exchange	$9.0M Seed	—	Amity Ventures, Asymmetric, Color Capital, Darling Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Interlace Ventures, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Pantera Capital, Ethan Beard, Leore Avidar
Oct 1, 2023	Swsh	$2.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Atlantico Partners (Sao Paulo), Browder Capital, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Dream Ventures VC, General Catalyst, LAUNCH, Glenn Solomon, Notable Capital, Pareto Holdings, Scale Venture Partners, Seaplane Ventures, Staircase Ventures, WorkLife Ventures, Ben Uretsky, Cory Levy, Moisey Uretsky
Oct 1, 2023	Fairblock	$3.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Ascender Ventures, Audacity, Battery Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kearny Jackson, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Version One Ventures, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Perszyk, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, David Nage, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Luis Cuende, Nathaniel Whittemore, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Scott Belsky, Sina Habibi, Siqi Chen, Stani Kulechov, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Oct 1, 2023	Gatheround	$8.0M Series A	—	Atlassian Ventures, Golden Section Ventures, Slack Fund, Stellar Capital, Wing Venture Capital, Michael Stoppelman
Sep 1, 2023	Series Entertainment	$8.0M Seed	—	Mayfield, NextView Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, TSVC Capital, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Immad Akhund, Jarl Mohn
Sep 1, 2023	Linear	$35.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 1984 Ventures, 20VC, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList Syndicator, Jana Messerschmidt, Rexhep Dollaku, BlueRun Ventures, C2 Investment, CapitalX, Coalition Operators, Coinbase Ventures, Craft Ventures, Cusp Capital Partners, Eight Roads Ventures, FirstMark Capital, FJ Labs, Framework Ventures, Greylock, Haun Ventures, Index Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, MATR Ventures, Mayfield, Meritech Capital Partners, NEO, Next47, NextView Ventures, Hans Tung, Not Boring Capital, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Prototype Capital, rocketship.vc, SciFi VC, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sweater Ventures, TSVC Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Akash Garg, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Aston Motes, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Cristina Cordova, Dylan Field, Fareed Mosavat, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, Immad Akhund, Jan Deepen, Jarl Mohn, Jawed Karim, Jeff Chang, Job Van Der Voort, John Collison, Johnny Boufarhat, Julia DeWahl, Julia Hartz, Julian Shapiro, Justin David Blau, Koen Bok, Lauren Loktev, Marc McCabe, Mark Cuban, Martin Sinner, Mathilde Collin, Paul Yacoubian, Robert Gentz, Ron Pragides, Ryan Sarver, Ryan Tedder, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Shayne Coplan, Siqi Chen, Stefan Jeschonnek, Stewart Butterfield, Tikhon Bernstam, Tobias Lutke
Sep 1, 2023	Mariana Oncology	$180.0M Series B	—	10X Capital, Access Biotechnology, AirAngels, Atlas Venture, Backstage Capital, Max Klement, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Darling Ventures, Forbion, Menlo Ventures, QEY Capital, Silicon Valley Connect, Vitalize Venture Group, Baron Davis, Bobby Goodlatte, Cecilia Stallsmith, Niklas Jansen, Nik Sharma, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Siqi Chen
Sep 1, 2023	Proof of Play	$33.0M Seed	—	040 Capital, Accel, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList, Batalion Capital, BEENEXT, Blockchain.com Ventures, BlockTower Capital, Bow Capital, Broadstone, C2 Investment, Capital Factory, Craft Ventures, DBL Partners, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Dreamers VC, Matthew Brimer, Form Capital, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Index Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, La Famiglia, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Luv Ventures, M34 Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Morado Venture Partners, Northzone, Hans Tung, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pear VC, Pharos Capital Group, Picus Capital, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Redpoint Ventures, REMUS Capital, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trammell Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Spencer Noon, Visionaire Ventures, VoLo Earth Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Akshay Kothari, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Anselm Bauer, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Benjamin Guenther, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kurdziel, Cory Levy, Courtney Guertin, Dylan Field, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Frederic Kerrest, Griffin Johnson, Howie Liu, Itamar Lesuisse, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, John Collison, Julian Koh, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Kevin O'Leary, Mark Cuban, Max-Josef Meier, Max Mullen, Michael Dunworth, Narendra Rocherolle, Neha Narkhede, Nick van Eck, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Sam Blond, Scott Belsky, Sebastian Schuon, Sebastien Borget, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, William Boebel, William Hockey

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Leadership Team

Key people at Awesome People Ventures.

Julia Lipton

General Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Awesome People Ventures.

Julia Lipton

General Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Awesome People Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that invests primarily in Web3 startups focused on improving how we live and work. Their mission centers on backing founders who build long-lasting companies with integrity, providing not only capital but also hands-on growth support and access to a strong talent network. The fund’s investment philosophy emphasizes early-stage rounds (pre-seed to seed) and sectors including Web3/crypto, fintech, education, consumer products, and the future of work. By supporting innovative founders in these areas, Awesome People Ventures aims to positively impact the startup ecosystem by fostering sustainable, impactful companies that leverage emerging technologies[3][5][6].

Origin Story

Founded in the United States, Awesome People Ventures emerged to address the need for early-stage capital and operational support in the Web3 space and adjacent sectors. While specific founding year and partner details are not explicitly stated in the available sources, the fund has evolved to focus on improving everyday life and work through technology-driven startups. The team behind the fund includes experienced investors who bring a network and expertise to help founders scale effectively[3][5][6].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed rounds with a hands-on approach to growth, combining capital with operational support.
Network Strength: Provides founders access to a curated talent network and strategic partnerships, enhancing startup growth beyond funding.
Sector Focus: Specializes in Web3/crypto, fintech, education, consumer, and future of work sectors, aligning with emerging market trends.
Founder Integrity: Emphasizes investing in founders committed to building long-lasting companies with strong ethical foundations[3][5][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Awesome People Ventures rides the wave of the growing Web3 and decentralized technology trend, which is reshaping finance, work, and digital interaction. The timing is critical as blockchain and crypto technologies mature, and there is increasing demand for sustainable, user-centric applications. Market forces such as rising interest in decentralized finance, digital ownership, and new work paradigms favor funds like Awesome People Ventures that support early-stage innovation. Their influence extends by nurturing startups that could become foundational players in the evolving Web3 ecosystem, thereby shaping the future of technology-enabled living and working[3][5].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Awesome People Ventures is positioned to deepen its impact by continuing to back visionary founders at the forefront of Web3 and related sectors. Trends such as the mainstream adoption of blockchain, tokenization, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) will likely shape their investment focus. As the Web3 ecosystem matures, the fund’s role in providing growth support and network access will become increasingly valuable, potentially elevating its portfolio companies to market leadership. Their commitment to integrity and long-term value creation suggests a sustainable approach that could influence broader venture capital practices in emerging tech domains[5][6].

Sources

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed rounds with a hands-on approach to growth, combining capital with operational support.
Network Strength: Provides founders access to a curated talent network and strategic partnerships, enhancing startup growth beyond funding.
Sector Focus: Specializes in Web3/crypto, fintech, education, consumer, and future of work sectors, aligning with emerging market trends.
Founder Integrity: Emphasizes investing in founders committed to building long-lasting companies with strong ethical foundations[3][5][6].