Master Ventures Investment Management

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2025	AirCapture	$50.0M Series A	—	3one4 Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Digital Currency Group, Fifth Wall, monashees, Hans Tung
Apr 1, 2025	Glider	$4.0M Seed	—	Generative Ventures, Matrix, Jon Ma
Oct 1, 2024	AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited	$4.0M Seed	—	3one4 Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Digital Currency Group, Fifth Wall, monashees, Hans Tung, Chris Larsen
Sep 1, 2024	Mind Network	$10.0M Seed	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito
Jun 1, 2024	Nium	$50.0M Series E	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito
Mar 1, 2024	Clique	$8.0M Series A	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Better Capital, Ali Tamaseb, Hack VC, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, ParaFi Capital, Polygon, Reciprocal Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Joi Ito
Feb 1, 2024	Analog	$16.0M Seed	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Better Capital, Greylock, Index Ventures, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Orange Fund (Orange DAO), Paradigm, Shaan's All Access Fund, Spark Capital, SRB Ventures, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito, Peter Sonsini, Vipul Ved Prakash
Jan 1, 2023	Scenario	$6.0M Seed	—	CoinFund, Goat Capital, Play Ventures, Rabbit Ventures, The Games Fund, George Burke, Kevin Lin
Nov 1, 2022	Yakoa	$5.0M Seed	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Awesome People Ventures, Better Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Chaotic Capital, CoinFund, Collab+Currency, Conversion Capital, Digital Currency Group, FAST — by GETTYLAB, Aniq Kassam, Flori Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Morgan Creek Capital Management, Octopus Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Orange Fund (Orange DAO), Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Placeholder, Race Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Softbank Latin America Fund, SRB Ventures, Sunset Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Volt Capital, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kurdziel, David Rutter, Dylan Field, Imran Khan, Joi Ito
Aug 1, 2022	Gunzilla Games	$46.0M Venture Round	—	Amity Ventures, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DST Global, Expa, Goat Capital, Lobby Capital, Jeff Immelt, Richard Jhang, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Brandon Deer, Jake Zeller, Jonathan Swanson, Rob Bernshteyn
Jun 1, 2022	Univers	$210.0M Series A	—	Sequoia Capital China
Jun 1, 2022	Mekr	$730K Seed	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito
Feb 1, 2022	Sidus Heroes	$21.0M Seed	—	—
Feb 1, 2022	Wander	$20.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Accelr8, Adapt Ventures, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, at.inc/, Authentic Ventures, Bain Capital, Better Capital, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Capital Factory, CapitalX, Exponent Founders Capital, Fifth Wall, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Infinite Niches, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Khosla Ventures, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, NextView Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Offline Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Otherwise Fund, Paradox Capital, Pareto Holdings, Predictive VC, Quiet Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, SciFi VC, Shaan's All Access Fund, Siddhi Capital, Soma Capital, SRB Ventures, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Uncork Capital, Adam Guild, Balaji Srinivasan, Christina Cacioppo, Cory Levy, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jeremy Cai, Joi Ito, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Kat Cole, Mario Gabriele, Max Mullen, Musaab Hakami, Nik Sharma, Parker Conrad, Priyank Chandra, Quinn Slack, Rich Miner, Scott Belsky, Scot Wingo, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu, Venus Williams, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2022	Alchemy	$200.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, DFJ, Future Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Gigascale Capital, Gradient Ventures, HOF Capital, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lowercarbon Capital, Menlo Ventures, NEVA SGR, Carmen Chang, Paradigm, Safar Partners, Sequoia Capital, Starlight Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Bill Gates, Jehan Chu, Stanley Druckenmiller
Jan 1, 2022	Nium	$3.0M Series D	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito
Jan 1, 2022	Fathom	$5.0M Seed	—	10100, 1/1 Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Accelr8, Adjacent, Afore Capital, Alchemy Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Alpine Ventures, Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Array Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Capital, Blu Venture Investors, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cornerstone VC, Coughdrop Capital, Dale Venture, Matt Ocko, DCVC (Data Collective), Earl Grey Capital, East West Ventures EWV, Elevate Ventures, Embedded Ventures, Endeavor8, Endeavor Venture Funds, Aniq Kassam, Firework Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Foundation Capital, Fuel Capital, Galaxy Digital, Goat Capital, Golan Ventures, GSF Accelerator, GSV Acceleration, GSV Ventures, Heretic Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Industrious Ventures, Kohala Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lobby Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Majinx Capital, Mantis VC, Master Ventures, Maven Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Portage Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Preface Ventures, Primetime Partners, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Ride Home Fund, Runa Capital, Scale Asia Ventures, Shaan's All Access Fund, SNR, Spark Capital, Sprout Social, Inc., SRB Ventures, Summit Partners, SuperSeed, TM3 Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Zero Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Aaron Rosenson, Adam Michalski, Andrew Steinwold, Ashish Toshniwal, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Kushnir, Elizabeth Iorns, Emmett Shear, Henry Davis, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Joi Ito, Kunal Shah, Kyle Vogt, Mark Pincus, Mikhail Seregine, Narendra Rocherolle, Odell Beckham Jr., Oleg Rogynskyy, Ran Makavy, Rayn Ong, Rick Morrison, Rob May, Ted Serbinski, Tim Seears, Tom Williams, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jan 1, 2022	peaq	$3.0M Seed	—	3one4 Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Digital Currency Group, Fifth Wall, monashees, Hans Tung, Chris Larsen
Oct 1, 2021	Alchemy	$250.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, DFJ, Future Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Gigascale Capital, Gradient Ventures, HOF Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lowercarbon Capital, NEVA SGR, Safar Partners, Starlight Ventures, Bill Gates, Stanley Druckenmiller
Oct 1, 2021	Teiko.bio	$12.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Gradient Ventures
Jul 1, 2021	Nium	$200.0M Series D	—	Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, Flexcap, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SNR, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Joi Ito
Jun 1, 2021	Loopi	$5.0M Seed	—	3one4 Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, BoxGroup, Digital Currency Group, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Gutter Capital, Andrew Wheeler, Independent, monashees, Jonathan Golden, Norte Ventures, Hans Tung, Notable Capital, Silence, Trajectory Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Chris Larsen, Guilherme Bonifacio, Henry Kravis, Justin Timberlake, Ricardo Coelho Duarte, Scott Belsky, Wiley Cerilli
Jan 1, 2020	dot.LA	$4.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 14W, 20VC, 305 Ventures, 3one4 Capital, 75 & Sunny, 7BC Venture Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Accomplice VC, Acrew Capital, Addition, Adverb Ventures, Afore Capital, Album VC, AllerFund, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Jana Messerschmidt, Bain Capital, Bam Ventures, Baseline Ventures, B Capital Group, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Black Jays Investments, Bling Capital, Bond, Bonfire Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Boston Seed Capital, BoxGroup, Bryant Stibel, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, Catapult Capital, Cavalry Ventures, CAVU Venture Partners, Chemistry VC, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, CRV, Digital Currency Group, Electric Ant, Scott Hartley, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Gotham Gal Ventures, Dave Munichiello, H.I.G. Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Immeasurable, Innovation Works, Insight Partners, J12 Ventures, JLL Spark, Kairos HQ, Kapor Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LaunchPad, Lead Edge Capital, Left Lane Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lobby Capital, Lux Capital, Marcy Venture Partners, Maveron, MediaLink, Menlo Ventures, monashees, Monozukuri Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, NewFund, NextGen Venture Partners, Next Play Ventures, Hans Tung, Not Boring Capital, Operator Collective, Palisades Growth Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, Pioneer Fund, Playground Global, Polaris Partners, Portal Ventures, Quiet Capital, Rebel Fund, Red Sea Ventures, RRE Ventures, Rubicon VC, Sapphire Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shine Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Smash Capital, Social Capital, South Park Commons, SQN Venture Partners, Team Global, Techstars, ThirdLove, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, Torch Capital, Tribe Capital, Trinity Ventures, Unlock Venture Partners, Vayner RSE, Village Global, VitalStage Ventures, Work-Bench, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adrian Aoun, Anthony Saleh, Biz Stone, Chris Anderson, Chris Larsen, Clark Landry, Dan Siroker, David Cancel, David Chang, David Rogier, Dennis Yang, Douglas Stark, Elad Gil, Elias Aalto, Elie Seidman, Eric Wu, Fredrik Hjelm, Gerard Casale, Gregory Waldorf, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harrison Uffindell, Inbal Leshem, Jared Leto, Jason Robins, Jeffrey Wilke, Jennifer Lum, Jeremy Zimmer, Joshua Reeves, Josh Yguado, Justin Mateen, Karl Peterson, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Louis Beryl, Luc Levesque, Maria Raga, Mark Cuban, Mats Diedrichsen, Merlin Kauffman, Michael Ryan Dubin, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Gordon, Peter Hunn, Peter Moran, Rashaun Williams, Ric Fulop, Richard Branson, Robert Hohman, Sean Flynn, Sean Rad, Tim Ferriss, Tom Williams, Tyler Willis, Wayne Chang, Zander Lurie
Nov 1, 2019	Facily	$1.0M Seed	—	3one4 Capital, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Digital Currency Group, Fifth Wall, monashees, Notable Capital, Chris Larsen, Immad Akhund, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2018	Vanta	$3.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Alate Partners, #ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS), Blockchain Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, C2 Investment, Coatue, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Craft Ventures, CRV, Delta Blockchain Fund, DNX Ventures, Drummond Road Capital, eFounders, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Goat Capital, Goldcrest Capital, Greycroft, Highbury Group, Hoxton Ventures, Index Ventures, KKR, LGF, LombardStreet Ventures, M13, MATH Venture Partners, New Stack Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Relay Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Shine Capital, Spark Capital, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Visionaire Ventures, Christian Reber, Elad Gil, Ellen Pao, Hiro Tamura, J.D. Fagan, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Ning Sung, Scott Belsky, Steve Salis, Theresa Johnson, Thibaud Elziere, Travis Vanderzanden, Accelr8, Alumni Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Huh, Better Capital, Joi Ito, Majinx Capital, Master Ventures, Orion Willow Parrott, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital

Financial History

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Valuation

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Leadership Team

Key people at Master Ventures Investment Management.

Orion Depp

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Master Ventures Investment Management.

Orion Depp

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Master Ventures Investment Management (also known as Master Ventures or MV Global) is a blockchain-focused venture studio and investment firm specializing in web3 technologies. Their mission is to transform how people live and work by building and investing in early-stage blockchain and digital asset companies. They combine visionary ideas, exceptional talent, and capital to conceive, build, launch, and scale innovative web3 ventures. The firm supports over 250 projects and manages approximately $1 billion in assets, focusing on equity and token investments as well as strategic and operational support. Their investment philosophy centers on nurturing startups through the entire growth cycle, leveraging deep industry networks and entrepreneurial expertise to foster innovation in the digital economy[1][2][7].

Origin Story

Founded in 2012, Master Ventures has evolved from a traditional investment firm into a comprehensive venture studio dedicated to the blockchain space. Key partners include CEO Kyle Chasse, Managing Partner Dane Hoy, and COO Marta Vitvitska. The firm’s focus has shifted over time to emphasize venture creation alongside investment, reflecting the growing importance of web3 technologies. Their early traction came from incubating and investing in numerous blockchain projects, positioning themselves as a key player in the emerging decentralized economy[1][2][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Combines venture creation, early-stage equity and token investments, and hands-on operational support.
Network Strength: Extensive industry connections and experience in blockchain and digital assets.
Track Record: Supported over 250 projects and manages close to $1 billion in assets.
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance and resources to help startups scale effectively.
Thesis-Driven Approach: Focused on transformative web3 technologies that reshape traditional business models[1][2][7].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Master Ventures rides the wave of the web3 revolution, capitalizing on the shift toward decentralized technologies, blockchain, and token economies. The timing is critical as blockchain adoption accelerates globally, driven by demand for transparency, security, and new economic models. The firm influences the broader ecosystem by incubating innovative projects that push the boundaries of finance, governance, and digital interaction, helping to shape the future of the digital economy[1][2][7].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Master Ventures is poised to deepen its role as a builder and investor in the web3 space, likely expanding its portfolio and operational capabilities. Trends such as decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and metaverse applications will shape their journey. Their influence is expected to grow as they continue to back visionary founders and technologies that redefine digital ownership and collaboration. This positions Master Ventures as a pivotal force in the ongoing transformation of how value and work are organized in the digital age[1][2][7].

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Master Ventures Investment Management?

Master Ventures Investment Management was founded by Orion Depp (Co-Founder, Managing Partner).