====== Polychain Capital ======

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**Polychain Capital** is an American venture capital firm based in [[united_states:california:San Francisco]], [[united_states:California]].

===== History =====

Polychain Capital was founded in 2016 by [[Olaf Carlson-Wee]], an employee at [[Coinbase]].((Chernova, Y. (2016, December 9). //Polychain’s Blockchain Hedge Fund Gets Backed by Andreessen, USV.// Wall Street Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226093415/https://www.wsj.com/articles/polychains-blockchain-hedge-fund-gets-backed-by-andreessen-usv-1481286602))

===== Organization =====

==== Portfolio ====

Polychain's portfolio includes:((//Companies.// Polychain Capital Talent Network. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from https://jobs.polychain.capital/companies?page=5))

  * [[BBS Network]]
  * [[Coinbase]]
  * [[Coinlist]]
  * [[DFINITY]]
  * [[dYdX]]
  * [[FBG Capital]]
  * [[Kik Messenger]]
  * [[Nym Technologies]]
  * [[Protocol Labs]]
  * [[Tezos]]
  * [[Valora]]
  * [[Web3 Foundation]]

==== Investors ====

Investors in Polychain Capital include:((Deveau, S., & Pearson, N. O. (2018, January 29). //Crypto Hedge Fund Polychain Says It Won’t Proceed With IPO.// Bloomberg. https://archive.ph/yoNjE)) ((Chernova, Y. (2016, December 9). //Polychain’s Blockchain Hedge Fund Gets Backed by Andreessen, USV.// Wall Street Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226093415/https://www.wsj.com/articles/polychains-blockchain-hedge-fund-gets-backed-by-andreessen-usv-1481286602))

  * [[Andreessen Horowitz]]
  * [[Founders Fund]]
  * [[Sequoia Capital]]
  * [[Union Square Ventures]]

==== Personnel ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Olaf Carlson-Wee]]  | Founder  | First employee at [[Coinbase]]  |

===== External links =====

  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Polychain-Capital|White Rose Wiki]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychain_Capital|Wikipedia]]