MonkeVentures

MonkeVentures is an investment DAO that backs promising early-stage Web3 projects, with the community-driven support of Monkes, the premier DAO of Solana Monkey Business holders

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Activity Timeline

Cudis
Raised
$5.00M
:
Venture Round from
Draper Associates
, Foresight Ventures
, SkyBridge Capital
, Draper Dragon
, NGC Ventures
, MonkeVentures
, SNZ Holding
, and Mozaik Capital
.
Sep 18, 2024
Elmnts
Raised
$2.00M
:
Pre-seed from
Anatoly Yakovenko
, Mert Mumtaz
, Foundation Capital
, Graph Ventures
, Outliers Fund
, Stepan Simkin
, B+J Studios
, Autonomy Capital
, Vamient Capital
, Austin Federa
, Geoff Renaud
, Asymmetric
, Raj Gokal
, Anagram Crypto
, and MonkeVentures
.
Aug 05, 2024
Tensor
Raised
$3.00M
:
Seed from
Placeholder
, Anatoly Yakovenko
, MonkeVentures
, Raj Gokal
, Alliance DAO (formerly DeFi Alliance)
, Solana Ventures
, and Big Brain Holdings
.
Mar 07, 2023
TipLink
Raised
$6.00M
:
Seed from
Sequoia Capital
, Solana Ventures
, Asymmetric
, Sarah Guo
, MonkeVentures
, Vinny Lingham
, Liu Jiang
, Multicoin Capital
, Circle
, Paxos
, and Big Brain Holdings
.
Feb 21, 2023
Arcium
Raised
$3.50M
:
Seed from
Big Brain Holdings
, Moonrock Capital
, Equilibrium Capital
, LongHash Ventures
, Staking Facilities
, NGC Ventures
, Anagram Crypto
, SolanaFM
, Anatoly Yakovenko
, Jump Crypto
, Cogitent Ventures
, Marin Digital Ventures
, Paul Kim
, Kento Inami
, MonkeVentures
, Token Ventures
, Tristan Frizza
, and Vidor Gencel
.
Nov 03, 2022
Elusiv Association
Raised
$3.50M
:
Seed from
LongHash Ventures
, Big Brain Holdings
, Anagram Crypto
, Marin Digital Ventures
, Jump Crypto
, Solana Foundation
, Tristan Frizza
, Equilibrium Capital
, MonkeVentures
, Moonrock Capital
, Kento Inami
, Anatoly Yakovenko
, Paul Kim
, Vidor Gencel
, Staking Facilities
, NGC Ventures
, Cogitent Ventures
, and Token Ventures
.
Nov 03, 2022
Chillchat
Raised
$6.50M
:
Seed from
Unix
, Swordfish Guild
, Spartan
, Snackclub
, Morningstar Ventures
, MonkeVentures
, GuildFi
, Griffin Gaming Partners
, FTX Ventures/Sam Bankman-Fried
, Double Peak Group/Galen Law Kun
, Diamond hands
, Crypto.com Capital/Bobby Bao
, Animoca Brands
, Ancient8
, and Avocado DAO
.
Jun 07, 2022
Portals
Raised
$5.00M
:
Seed from
Greylock
, Multicoin Capital
, Foundation Capital
, Solana Ventures
, Sino Global Capital
, Alameda Research
, Mantis VC
, Cultur3 Capital
, MonkeVentures
, Wave 7
, SkyVision Capital
, Justin Kan
, Robin Chan
, and David Grider
.
Feb 11, 2022

Team

Investments

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Investors
Sep 18, 2024	Cudis	Venture Round	$5,000,000	Draper Associates Foresight Ventures SkyBridge Capital Draper Dragon NGC Ventures MonkeVentures SNZ Holding Mozaik Capital
Aug 05, 2024	Elmnts	Pre-seed	$2,000,000	Foundation Capital Graph Ventures Outliers Fund B+J Studios Autonomy Capital Vamient Capital Asymmetric Anagram Crypto MonkeVentures Anatoly Yakovenko Mert Mumtaz Stepan Simkin Austin Federa Geoff Renaud Raj Gokal
Mar 07, 2023	Tensor	Seed	$3,000,000	Placeholder MonkeVentures Alliance DAO (formerly DeFi Alliance) Solana Ventures Big Brain Holdings Anatoly Yakovenko Raj Gokal
Feb 21, 2023	TipLink	Seed	$6,000,000	Sequoia Capital Solana Ventures Asymmetric MonkeVentures Multicoin Capital Circle Paxos Big Brain Holdings Sarah Guo Vinny Lingham Liu Jiang
Nov 03, 2022	Arcium	Seed	$3,500,000	Big Brain Holdings Moonrock Capital Equilibrium Capital LongHash Ventures Staking Facilities NGC Ventures Anagram Crypto SolanaFM Jump Crypto Cogitent Ventures Marin Digital Ventures MonkeVentures Token Ventures Anatoly Yakovenko Paul Kim Kento Inami Tristan Frizza Vidor Gencel
Nov 03, 2022	Elusiv Association	Seed	$3,500,000	LongHash Ventures Big Brain Holdings Anagram Crypto Marin Digital Ventures Jump Crypto Solana Foundation Equilibrium Capital MonkeVentures Moonrock Capital Staking Facilities NGC Ventures Cogitent Ventures Token Ventures Tristan Frizza Kento Inami Anatoly Yakovenko Paul Kim Vidor Gencel
Jun 07, 2022	Chillchat	Seed	$6,500,000	FTX Ventures Sam Bankman-Fried Double Peak Group Galen Law Kun Crypto.com Capital Bobby Bao Unix Swordfish Guild Spartan Snackclub Morningstar Ventures MonkeVentures GuildFi Griffin Gaming Partners Diamond hands Animoca Brands Ancient8 Avocado DAO
Feb 11, 2022	Portals	Seed	$5,000,000	Greylock Multicoin Capital Foundation Capital Solana Ventures Sino Global Capital Alameda Research Mantis VC Cultur3 Capital MonkeVentures Wave 7 SkyVision Capital Justin Kan Robin Chan David Grider