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The LAO

North America, New York, United States, Brooklyn

Description

The LAO is a venture capital firm that invests in the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and application software sectors.

Investor Profile

The LAO has made 62 investments, with 2 in the past 12 months and 2% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (63%)
  • Series A (18%)
  • Initial Coin Offering (6%)
  • Series Unknown (6%)
  • Pre Seed (3%)
  • Convertible Note (2%)
  • Series B (2%)

Country Focus

  • United States (52%)
  • Singapore (10%)
  • Australia (6%)
  • Switzerland (5%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • Gibraltar (3%)
  • Thailand (2%)
  • New Zealand (2%)
  • Germany (2%)

Industry Focus

  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Software
  • Web3
  • Ethereum
  • Decentralized Finance (Defi)
  • Finance
  • Information Technology
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does The LAO frequently co-invest with?

MetaCartel Ventures
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 10
B
Europe, Zug, Switzerland, Zug
Co-Investments: 8
1kx
Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Co-Investments: 8
Coinbase Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 10
Maven 11 Capital
Europe, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, Amsterdam
Co-Investments: 7
Digital Currency Group
North America, Connecticut, United States, Stamford
Co-Investments: 8
Framework Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 8
Lemniscap
North America, Midland, Cayman Islands, George Town
Co-Investments: 7
The Spartan Group
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Co-Investments: 7
Flamingo DAO
North America, California, United States, Sacramento
Co-Investments: 8

Which angels does The LAO often collaborate with?

Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 5
AS
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
SK
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 7
JS
Europe, Zug, Switzerland, Zug
Shared Deals: 3
Kain Warwick
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Shared Deals: 6
MD
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 5
MW
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
Suji Yan
Asia, Tokyo, Japan
Shared Deals: 3
DD
North America, Florida, United States, Land O Lakes
Shared Deals: 4
Mariano Conti
South America, Argentina
Shared Deals: 5

What are some of recent deals done by The LAO?

Reservoir

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Reservoir is a developer platform that enables next-generation NFT products to be delivered to market.

BlockchainDeveloper APIsInformation Technology
Series AFeb 5, 2025
Amount Raised: $14,000,000
Solv Protocol

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTech
Series UnknownJul 3, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
NFTfi

Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa

NFTfi is an NFT collateralized lending marketplace that can use NFT assets as collateral for a loan or lend to other users.

FinanceFinancial ServicesMarketplace
Series AMar 11, 2024
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Superfluid Finance

London, England, United Kingdom

Superfluid Finance is on a mission to transform the way assets move in decentralized finance.

ComputerDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Financial Services
SeedFeb 22, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,100,000
UnshETH

San Francisco, California, United States

UnshETH is a DeFi protocol that aims to reshape the landscape of Ethereum.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyEthereum
SeedAug 7, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,300,000
Hook

New York, New York, United States

Hook provides an NFT-native options protocol that enables active traders to earn more with less.

BlockchainFinTechTrading Platform
SeedJun 28, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Transak

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Transak is a global web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure provider.

CryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTechPaymentsWeb3
Series AMay 30, 2023
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
LabDAO

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

LabDAO is a research organization designed to unlock progress in the computational life sciences.

BiotechnologyLife ScienceProduct Research
SeedMay 23, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,600,000

Borrow against Liquid Staking Tokens & Arbitrum native assets with our flexible and transparently over-collateralized stablecoin

BlockchainSoftwareWeb3
SeedFeb 23, 2023
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
Gateway.fm

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

GatewayFM is a decentralized blockchain infrastructure and node provider.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyWeb3
SeedFeb 20, 2023
Amount Raised: $4,600,000