Generative Ventures

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

About

Early stage investors in the machine economy : the financial activity settled on blockchains and accelerated by the machine labor of generative AI.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jul 1, 2025	Gaia	$10.0M Series A	—	Atomico, Clocktower Technology Ventures, NGC Ventures, Oui Capital, Seedcamp
Apr 1, 2025	Potato	$7.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Alumni Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Floodgate, Hustle Fund, LGF, Lightbank, Maveron, Pioneer Square Labs, Preface Ventures, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, Working Capital Fund, Gloria Baeuerlein, Jeff Hammerbacher, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Sean Behr, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman
Apr 1, 2025	Glider	$4.0M Seed	—	Master Ventures Investment Management, Matrix, Jon Ma
Feb 1, 2025	Teneo Protocol	$3.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Floodgate, LGF, Lightbank, Maveron, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman
May 1, 2024	Gaia	$10.0M Seed	—	Atomico, Clocktower Technology Ventures, NGC Ventures, Oui Capital, Seedcamp
Mar 1, 2024	peaq	$15.0M Series A	—	Cross Culture Ventures, First Round Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments, Troy Carter
Nov 1, 2023	Radar Treasury	$2.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Jenny Fielding, Katie Hunt, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Floodgate, Konvoy Ventures, LGF, Lightbank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maveron, Okta Ventures, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman
Jul 1, 2023	Whop	$17.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Archetype, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blisce, Bond, Bow Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, CoinFund, Compound, Cowboy Ventures, Craft Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Draper Associates, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Floodgate, Founders Fund, Fubu, Goat Capital, Graph Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, LGF, Lightbank, Lowercarbon Capital, Maveron, Menlo Ventures, North Island Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Polychain Capital, Reform Ventures, REMUS Capital, Roosh Ventures, Silicon Valley Connect, Sound Ventures, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Viola Ventures, Volition Capital, Yes VC, Andre Iguodala, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Cory Levy, Gloria Baeuerlein, Griffin Johnson, Jeff Morris, Justin Mateen, Kevin O'Leary, Koen Bok, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Paul Veugen, Peter Jones, Prescott Watson, Rashaun Williams, Russell Smith, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Steve Lee, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman, William Mougayar
Jul 1, 2023	Ladder	$20K Seed	—	Techstars, Turing Capital, Vayner RSE, Balaji Srinivasan, Greg Isenberg, James Beshara, Trevor McFedries, William Mougayar
Apr 1, 2023	Rise	$4.0M Seed	—	1776, ACME Capital, AirAngels, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Buckley Ventures, Catapult Capital, City Light Capital, Connect Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, CRV, Double Prime LLP, Earlybird Venture Capital, Gutter Capital, Lampros Capital Partners, Logos Labs, Neu Venture Capital, Passion Capital, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Techstars, The Fintech Fund, Turing Capital, Vayner RSE, Balaji Srinivasan, Dileep Thazhmon, Eddie Lou, Emily Kramer, Eric Demuth, Francesco Simoneschi, Greg Isenberg, James Beshara, Loic Le Meur, Manik Gupta, Marc McCabe, Mike Hudack, Sam Corcos, Sam Parr, Shervin Pishevar, Steve Schlafman, Trevor McFedries, William Mougayar, Zachary Sims
Jun 1, 2022	Destaxa	$3.0M Seed	—	1984 Ventures, Amplo, Atomico, Bascom Ventures, Caravela Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Contrary Capital, DGF Investimentos, DN Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Honey Island Capital, Lakestar, Latitud, Nazca Ventures, NGC Ventures, Oui Capital, Pear VC, QED Investors, Quona Capital, Seedcamp, SV Angel, Turtle Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Urban Innovation Fund, Ed Baker, Oliver Jung
Jun 1, 2022	Hadrian	$11.0M Seed	—	3VC, ACME Capital, Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cherry Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, FirstMark Capital, Floodgate, LGF, Lightbank, Maveron, Picus Capital, Reimann Investors, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, World Fund, Adrian Aoun, Gloria Baeuerlein, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Brockman, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Mike Vernal, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Stefan Jeschonnek, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman
Jun 1, 2022	Atreo.io	$4.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Floodgate, LGF, Lightbank, Maveron, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Tuomas Artman
Feb 1, 2022	Nguyen Coffee Supply	$3.0M Seed	—	Collide Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Techstars, Turing Capital, Vayner RSE, Balaji Srinivasan, Greg Isenberg, James Beshara, Kevin Lin, Steve Chen, Trevor McFedries, William Mougayar
Feb 1, 2022	Rupa Health	$20.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, Awesome Ventures, Adeyemi Ajao, Bessemer Venture Partners, Convoz, Cowboy Ventures, Craft Ventures, Draper Associates, First Round Capital, Floodgate, foobar.vc, Giant Ventures, Jetstream, Kapor Capital, LGF, Lightbank, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Maveron, Motier Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Silicon Valley Connect, Spark Capital, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, TQ Ventures, Viola Ventures, Alexis Bonillo, Andrew Robb, Brad Lewthwaite, Charlie Songhurst, Colin Carrier, Gloria Baeuerlein, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Justin Mateen, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Colas, Kevin Weil, Koen Bok, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Paul Veugen, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Ron Pragides, Russell Smith, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Steven Sinofsky, Stewart Butterfield, Thomas Vu, Tom Blomfield, Tuomas Artman, William Miller
Feb 1, 2022	Gaia	$20.0M Series A	—	Atomico, Clocktower Technology Ventures, NGC Ventures, Oui Capital, Seedcamp
Jan 1, 2022	GsmBD.co	$3.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Accel, ACME Capital, Bond, Cherry Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Floodgate, foobar.vc, Footprint Coalition, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lightbank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maveron, Next Play Ventures, Seedcamp, Silicon Valley Connect, Sound Ventures, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, WndrCo LLC, Andrew Jones, Barend Raaff, Bastian Nominacher, Chris Murphy, Christian Reber, George Kurtz, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Gloria Baeuerlein, Gokul Rajaram, Jean-François Grenon, Jeppe Rindom, Justin Mateen, Justin Timberlake, Koen Bok, Mads Fosselius, Max Klijnstra, Milan Daniels, Paul Veugen, Robert Vis, Ron Pragides, Russell Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Trevor Noah
Dec 1, 2021	Forethought	$65.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, 8VC, Adams Street Partners, AIX Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Animo Ventures, Astanor Ventures, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, CapitalG, Footprint Coalition, Footwork, Forerunner Ventures, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Greylock, H.I.G. Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Impact VC, Index Ventures, Inspired Capital, K9 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madrona Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, SNR, Howard Lindzon, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, Struck Capital, Techstars, Tribe Capital, Turing Capital, Twelve Below, Two Sigma Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Rick Lewis, Vayner RSE, Village Global, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Andy Coravos, Balaji Srinivasan, Baron Davis, Boris Silver, Dylan Field, Gopi Kallayil, Greg Isenberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hadi Partovi, James Beshara, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Marc Benioff, Mathilde Collin, Mike Vernal, Peter Sonsini, Rob Theis, Sahin Boydas, Steven Sinofsky, Tim Griffin, Trevor McFedries, William Mougayar, Yan-David Erlich
Dec 1, 2021	Danvas	$7.0M Seed	—	AME Cloud Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Dunce Capital, Hardware Club, LightShed Ventures, Primetime Partners, Rethink Education, Techstars, Tribeca Venture Partners, Turing Capital, Vayner RSE, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Daniel Rosensweig, David Ko, Greg Isenberg, James Beshara, Mark Pincus, Trevor McFedries, Vibhu Mittal, William Mougayar
Dec 1, 2021	Whop	$1.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Floodgate, LGF, Lightbank, Maveron, Silicon Valley Connect, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Viola Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman
Nov 1, 2021	Fullview	$2.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Alt Capital, AngelList Syndicator, Armilar Venture Partners, Asylum Ventures, Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Cherry Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Entrepreneur First, Far Out Ventures, Floodgate, Flybridge, foobar.vc, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Insight Partners, LAUNCH, LGF, Lightbank, Long Journey Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Maveron, MizMaa Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Offline Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Prime Ventures, Progression Fund, #SecretFund, Seedcamp, Silicon Valley Connect, Speedinvest, Stash Ventures, The Engine, The Fintech Fund, The Hit Forge, Unpopular Ventures, Viola Ventures, Ameet Patel, Andy Chung, Christian Reber, Derrick Li, Felipe Navio, Frederic Montagnon, Gloria Baeuerlein, Hanno Renner, Johannes Schildt, Jonas Rieke, Juan Urdiales, Julien Romanetto, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Martin Villig, Nicolas Steegmann, Paul Veugen, Richard Fearn, Rolf Schrömgens, Russell Smith, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Susanna Campbell, Thibaud Elziere, Tom Blomfield, Tuomas Artman, Uri Boness, Victoria van Lennep
Oct 1, 2021	Matter	$7.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Boost VC, BoxGroup, DCM, Defy Partners, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, Flex Capital, Floodgate, Freestyle Capital, General Catalyst, M.G. Siegler, GV, Human Augmentation Syndicate, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Nyca Partners, Operator Collective, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Project A, Seven Seven Six, TDK Ventures, Techstars, The General Partnership, Turing Capital, Vayner RSE, Wave Capital, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Adam Goldstein, Andy Coravos, Balaji Srinivasan, Bangaly Kaba, Charlie Cheever, Chris Bennett, Claire Hughes Johnson, Emil Lee, Eoghan McCabe, Eric Chernoff, Eric Ries, Greg Isenberg, John Johnson, Julia Hartz, Louis Beryl, Matt Mazzeo, MG Siegler, Michael Dell, Rick Berry, Ryan Orr, Trevor McFedries, Wiley Cerilli, Will Brooks, William Mougayar, Will Martin
Oct 1, 2021	Practice	$10.0M Seed	—	1776, 20VC, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList Syndicator, Awesome People Ventures, Backstage Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Rexhep Dollaku, Batalion Capital, Battery Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate, Broadstone, Buckley Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Capital Factory, CDP Venture Capital, City Light Capital, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Coughdrop Capital, CRV, Data Tech Fund, DCM, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Dunce Capital, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, First Star Ventures, Form Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Gutter Capital, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, Homebrew, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, iNovia Capital, Inspired Capital, Inventus Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures, Lampros Capital Partners, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LocalGlobe, Logos Labs, Matrix Partners India, Molten Ventures, Moving Capital, Mucker Capital, Musha Ventures, Neu Venture Capital, Jeff Richards, Not Boring Capital, Octopus Ventures, Operator Collective, Anh-Tho Chuong Degroote, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pharos Capital Group, Predictive VC, Redpoint Ventures, Renegade Partners, Republic, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, SRB Ventures, Stellar Capital, SV Angel, Team Ignite Ventures, Techstars, Tet Ventures, The Hit Forge, Theory Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tucker Seed Fund LLC, Turing Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vayner RSE, WestCap, XFactor Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YLEM, Adam Pisoni, Adrian Aoun, Ali Moiz, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Andrea Vaccari, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Brian Sugar, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Herd, Chris Kurdziel, Courtney Guertin, Cristóbal Conde, Daniel Burka, Elliott Cohen, Emanuel Pleitez, Emily Kramer, Eric Wu, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Furqan Rydhan, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Isenberg, Ian Hogarth, Itamar Lesuisse, James Beshara, JD Ross, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, Josh Elman, Julius Göllner, Kevin Lin, Larry Summers, Luca Ascani, Mandeep Singh, Manik Gupta, Manish Chandra, Marc McCabe, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Michael Dunworth, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Hudack, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Philipp Herkelmann, Pieter Schoen, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Ron Pragides, Roxanne Varza, Rudra Peram, Russell Smith, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Corcos, Sam Parr, Sarah Friar, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Stanley Tang, Steve Schlafman, Tegan Kline, TJ Parker, Tony Jamous, Tony Xu, Trevor McFedries, Wayne Ting, William Boebel, William Mougayar, Zachary Sims
Aug 1, 2021	Rupa Health	$6.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, Convoz, Cowboy Ventures, Craft Ventures, Draper Associates, First Round Capital, Floodgate, Kapor Capital, LGF, Lightbank, Long Journey Ventures, Maveron, Ravelin Capital, Silicon Valley Connect, Spark Capital, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, TQ Ventures, Viola Ventures, Brad Lewthwaite, Colin Carrier, Gloria Baeuerlein, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Justin Mateen, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Colas, Kevin Weil, Koen Bok, Paul Veugen, Ron Pragides, Russell Smith, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Steven Sinofsky, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman, William Miller
Aug 1, 2021	MobileCoin	$66.0M Series B	—	11.2 Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Bowery Capital, Cervin Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cross Culture Ventures, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments, Future Ventures, General Catalyst, Heavybit, Insight Partners, Interlock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Mayfield, NewFund, SNR, SOSV, Sound Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Threshold Ventures, Uncork Capital, Vertex Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, Erik Eccles, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Wilke, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Weil, Mike Krieger, Odell Beckham Jr., Oleg Rogynskyy, Sam Altman, Troy Carter, Zachary Sims

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Generative Ventures.

Lex Sokolin

Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Generative Ventures.

Lex Sokolin

Managing Partner

Deep Dive

Generative Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 that specializes in early-stage investments at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), decentralized finance (DeFi), and machine economies. Their mission is to support visionary founders building innovative solutions where financial technology, decentralized networks, and generative AI converge, particularly focusing on financial activities settled on blockchains and accelerated by machine labor. This positions them uniquely in the emerging sector of AI-driven decentralized financial networks, aiming to drive growth and innovation in trustless value systems and open-source intelligence ecosystems[1][4][5].

Originating in the Chinese Mainland, Generative Ventures was established by key partners focused on advancing machine economies through activist investing. Their evolution centers on funding startups that leverage AI within decentralized financial networks, emphasizing sustainable and trustless value creation. Early traction is marked by a portfolio of 17 investments, reflecting a strategic commitment to accelerating the machine economy via blockchain and AI technologies[4][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on AI-powered machine economies within decentralized finance, a niche combining generative AI with blockchain-based financial networks.
Network Strength: Deep connections in crypto-native and decentralized finance ecosystems, supporting founders at the forefront of fintech innovation.
Track Record: Early-stage investor with a growing portfolio and a retail ROI of approximately 1.38x, indicating promising returns in a nascent market[2].
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance to startups navigating the complex intersection of AI, blockchain, and financial technology.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Generative Ventures rides the wave of two converging trends: the rise of generative AI and the expansion of decentralized finance. The timing is critical as blockchain networks mature and AI capabilities accelerate, enabling new forms of machine labor and autonomous financial activity. Market forces such as increasing demand for trustless, transparent financial systems and the proliferation of open-source intelligence tools favor their investment thesis. By backing startups in this space, Generative Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by fostering innovation that could redefine financial transactions and economic models on decentralized platforms[1][5].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Generative Ventures is poised to deepen its influence as AI and blockchain integration becomes more mainstream. Trends such as increased adoption of generative AI in financial services, regulatory clarity around DeFi, and the growth of machine economies will shape their trajectory. Their continued support for early-stage startups could catalyze new financial paradigms, potentially expanding their portfolio and impact globally. As the machine economy evolves, Generative Ventures’ role as a specialized investor will likely become more prominent, driving innovation at the cutting edge of fintech and AI[1][5].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on AI-powered machine economies within decentralized finance, a niche combining generative AI with blockchain-based financial networks.
Network Strength: Deep connections in crypto-native and decentralized finance ecosystems, supporting founders at the forefront of fintech innovation.
Track Record: Early-stage investor with a growing portfolio and a retail ROI of approximately 1.38x, indicating promising returns in a nascent market[2].
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance to startups navigating the complex intersection of AI, blockchain, and financial technology.