New Form Capital

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Jan 6, 2026 ·

About

New Form Capital invests in teams building at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial markets, and data at the earliest stages.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Limitless Labs	$10.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Oct 1, 2025	Glue	$20.0M Series A	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Sep 1, 2025	Belfort	$6.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Nicolas Pinto, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin, Willem Delbare
Jul 1, 2025	Hyper	$6.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Bowery Capital, DTCP, Inspired Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, David Dubick
Jul 1, 2025	Polymarket	$150.0M Series C	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Darling Ventures, Divergence Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, EQT Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, iNovia Capital, Operator Collective, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, Triatomic Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Jun 1, 2025	Netic	$20.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, AngelList, Bling Capital, Brainchild, C2 Investment, Kevin Ding, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Jigsaw VC, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Longtail Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Ann Bordetsky, Polychain Capital, Primitive Ventures, Quiet Capital, Robot Ventures, Saga, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Mike Vernal, Sahin Boydas, Samvit Ramadurgam, Sohail Prasad, Stani Kulechov, Sue Xu, Vitalik Buterin
Jun 1, 2025	Niural	$31.0M Series A	—	AirAngels, Amity Ventures, AngelList, First Round Capital, Inspired Capital, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Hulls, Gokul Rajaram, Matteo Franceschetti, Vishal Rao
Jun 1, 2025	Ubyx	$10.0M Seed	—	Citi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, FirstHand Alliance, Haun Ventures, Pantera Capital, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Tioga Capital Partners, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Weil, Leopold Gasteen, Ron Pragides
May 1, 2025	Sentora	$25.0M Series A	—	Cyberstarts VC, FirstHand Alliance, Haun Ventures, Pantera Capital, The Hit Forge, Tioga Capital Partners, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Weil, Mike Giampapa
Oct 1, 2024	Tako	$6.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Alumni Ventures, AngelList Syndicator, Autopilot Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, CapitalX, Coalition Operators, Cyberstarts VC, FirstHand Alliance, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, Kepler Operator’s Fund, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital, Monochrome Capital, NFX, No Label Ventures, Not Boring Capital, OCA Ventures, Pantera Capital, Polygon, Project A, Prototype Capital, Sarona Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Starship Ventures, Stratus Ventures, Susa Ventures, Techstars, The Club, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Tioga Capital Partners, Village Global, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Abe Burns, Adam Jackson, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Cheng, Christian Reber, Cristina Cordova, D’Arcy Coolican, Dharmesh Shah, Fareed Mosavat, Felipe Navio, Frederic Kerrest, Gil Elbaz, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, Jan Deepen, Job Van Der Voort, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Kanjun Qiu, Kevin Weil, Koen Bok, Mandeep Singh, Mark Ghermezian, Mike Giampapa, Paul Yacoubian, Richard Burton, Scott Belsky, Stanley Druckenmiller, Stefan Jeschonnek
Sep 1, 2024	Limitless Labs	$3.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Sep 1, 2024	RISE Labs	$3.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Blue Bear Capital, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, North Island Ventures, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Robot Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, White Loop Capital, Ajit Tripathi, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Tekin Salimi
Aug 1, 2024	Story Protocol	$80.0M Series B	—	10100, 1confirmation, 355 Capital, 468 Capital, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Animoca Brands, Brainchild, CVentures, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, rocketship.vc, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sunset Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, True Global Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Baris Gultekin, Biz Stone, David Hoffman, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Gokul Rajaram, Josh Elman, Kunal Shah, Mark Pincus, Othman Laraki, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Aug 1, 2024	Vybe	$5.0M Seed	—	75 & Sunny, Airtree Ventures, Alumni Ventures, C2 Investment, Conviction Partners, Cyberstarts VC, Embedded Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, Lightbank, NEO, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Pear VC, Polygon, Precursor Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, T-Bird Capital, The Hit Forge, Tioga Capital Partners, Anthemos Georgiades, Balaji Srinivasan, bill weathersby, Elad Gil, Henry Davis, John Collison, Karim Atiyeh, Lex Bayer, Mike Giampapa, Surahbi Gupta, Tony Xu
Aug 1, 2024	Protect AI	$60.0M Series B	—	Acrew Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Evolution Equity Partners, Faction VC, ICONIQ Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Next Play Ventures, Oren Yunger, Okta Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, SYN Ventures, Team8, Ten Eleven Ventures, U&I Ventures, Ameet Patel, Assaf Rappaport, George Kurtz, Satya Nadella, Yevgeny Dibrov, Zohar Zisapel
Jul 1, 2024	Echo Chunk AI	$1.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Era Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lerer Hippeau, Paradox Capital, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Waverley Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Evan Moore, Immad Akhund, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Stanley Tang, Tony Xu, Vitalik Buterin
Jul 1, 2024	tread.fi	$4.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Jul 1, 2024	Sentient	$85.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Jul 1, 2024	Rillet	$14.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelPad, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Brainchild, Congruent Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Divergence Ventures, FasterCapital, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Merus Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, Openview Venture Partners, Operator Collective, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sound Ventures, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Volition Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Cristina Cordova, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Gordon Wintrob, Hanno Renner, Immad Akhund, Jon Brelig, Mark Pincus, Max Mullen, Melissa Tan, Mike Hennessey, Peter Reinhardt, Roland Grenke, Sahin Boydas, Saran Chari, Scott Belsky, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin, Zack Kanter
Jun 1, 2024	Polymarket	$55.0M Venture Round	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Darling Ventures, Divergence Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, iNovia Capital, Operator Collective, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Triatomic Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Evan Williams, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Mar 1, 2024	Station70	$5.0M Seed	—	Blockchain.com Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Cadenza Capital Management, Castle Island Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Faction VC, The Hit Forge, Frederic Kerrest, Scott Belsky
Mar 1, 2024	Applied Intuition	$250.0M Series E	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Amplo, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Anti fund, Atomico, Base Partners, Bond, BoxGroup, Brainchild, C2 Investment, Catapult Capital, Coatue, Collab Capital, Commerce Ventures, Construct Capital, Daffy, Divergence Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Electric Capital, Entrepreneur First, Expa, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Haystack, Hersh Interactive Group, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, InterWest, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lux Capital, MaC Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Rick Yang, Next Play Ventures, No Label Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Outcast Ventures, Polychain Capital, Quiet Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Robot Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Softbank Group, Sound Ventures, SparkLabs Group, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, UpHonest Capital, Visionaire Ventures, Aaron Levie, Aston Motes, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Diego Berdakin, DJ Patil, Dylan Field, Erik Moore, Gokul Rajaram, Jim Pitkow, John Legend, Justin Mateen, Kevin Colas, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Mike Krieger, Rick Wagoner, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Thomas Tull, Vitalik Buterin
Mar 1, 2024	Taiko Labs	$15.0M Series A	—	Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI), Blockchain.com Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, CoinFund, Cyberstarts VC, Faction VC, Hashed
Jan 1, 2024	Pontem Network	$6.0M Venture Round	—	Blockchain.com Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Faction VC, FirstHand Alliance, Haun Ventures, Pantera Capital, The Hit Forge, Tioga Capital Partners, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Weil, Mike Giampapa
Dec 1, 2023	Tres	$11.0M Series A	—	Ascender Ventures, Backed VC, backtrace capital, B Capital Group, Blockchain.com Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Divergence Ventures, Faction VC, Innovation Endeavors, Jump Capital, Mechanism Capital, Polygon, Prithvi Ventures, SOSV, Alexander Saint-Amand, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Stefan Jeschonnek

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Leadership Team

Key people at New Form Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at New Form Capital.

Deep Dive

New Form Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in New York City that invests primarily at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial markets, and data. Their mission is to back exceptional teams engineering the next generation of financial markets by leveraging blockchain rails and immutable data to create more efficient, transparent, and innovative economic networks. They focus on fintech and blockchain startups that are building financial primitives and next-generation market infrastructure, aiming to advance the evolution of digital finance and capitalism[1][2][4][5].

The firm was established to capitalize on the shift toward decentralized finance and the digitization of financial markets, recognizing the economic value created by reducing inefficiencies and enabling new market creation through blockchain technology. Key partners and founders are not explicitly detailed in the sources, but the firm has evolved to emphasize early-stage investments in companies demonstrating product-market fit and growth potential within the blockchain and fintech sectors. New Form Capital has made over 36 investments, including recent notable rounds such as a $25 million Series A in Sentora, an institutional DeFi platform, highlighting their active role in supporting innovative financial market protocols[1][2][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Specialized Focus: Concentrates exclusively on the convergence of blockchain, financial markets, and data, differentiating from generalist VCs.
Early-Stage Expertise: Invests primarily at seed and early growth stages, supporting startups from foundational development through scaling.
Network and Co-Investors: Collaborates with prominent investors like Tribe Capital, RippleX, and others, enhancing deal flow and support.
Long-Term Vision: Emphasizes long-term investments in fintech applications of blockchain, aiming to reshape financial infrastructure.
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance to founders building next-gen financial market infrastructure, leveraging deep domain expertise[1][2][3][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

New Form Capital rides the wave of digital transformation in finance, particularly the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain-based financial systems. The timing is critical as traditional financial systems face pressure to innovate and become more transparent, efficient, and inclusive. Market forces such as increasing institutional adoption of blockchain, regulatory evolution, and growing demand for immutable data and decentralized protocols favor New Form Capital’s investment thesis. By backing foundational technologies and protocols, the firm influences the broader ecosystem by accelerating the development of next-generation financial markets and economic networks[1][2][4].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, New Form Capital is poised to deepen its influence as blockchain technology matures and integrates further with traditional finance. Trends such as institutional DeFi adoption, tokenization of assets, and enhanced data transparency will shape their investment focus. The firm’s continued support of early-stage innovators positions it to be a key player in the evolution of financial markets infrastructure, potentially expanding into new financial primitives and data-driven market solutions. Their role as a specialized investor at this intersection will likely grow as the digital finance ecosystem expands and matures[1][2][4].

Sources

Core Differentiators

Specialized Focus: Concentrates exclusively on the convergence of blockchain, financial markets, and data, differentiating from generalist VCs.
Early-Stage Expertise: Invests primarily at seed and early growth stages, supporting startups from foundational development through scaling.
Network and Co-Investors: Collaborates with prominent investors like Tribe Capital, RippleX, and others, enhancing deal flow and support.
Long-Term Vision: Emphasizes long-term investments in fintech applications of blockchain, aiming to reshape financial infrastructure.
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance to founders building next-gen financial market infrastructure, leveraging deep domain expertise[1][2][3][4].