CoinFund

Basics

• Blockchain technology research company and cryptoasset investment vehicle, a next-generation cryptofund.
• Partners with Satoshi.Fund
• Is named as part of the MetaCartel ecosystem (as of 1-2020 on the website)
• From Jake Brukhman's twitter (30-7-2020):

"Founders are asking more and more about how we as a fund support networks.

1. We run staking delegations or nodes on ~10 portfolio networks today.
2. We participate in network governance, such as @LivepeerOrg LIPs.
3. We add liquidity to mechanisms, especially those on @BalancerLabs."

Investments

• Acala. From CoinDesk (27-8-2020):

"Acala closed a $7 million simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the funding round include 1confirmation, Arrington XRP Capital, ParaFi Capital, Coinfund, Spartan Capital and others."

• Boardroom. Participated in a $2.2M raise for BoardRoom (13-10-2020).
• The Graph. It is one of its backers according to the website of The Graph (2-10-2020).
• Livepeer; participated in their $20M Series B (7-2021).
• Messari. Invested in Messari
• Moonbeam; part of a $6M raise for PureStake (30-3-2021).
• NuCypher. Backer of NuCypher (9-10-2020).
• Numerai. Was a purchaser of tokens in the second Numerai token sale (3-6-2020)
• Props. Invested in the tokensale of Props (30-4-2020).
• Rarible. Invested in Rarible (9-9-2020). Participated in a $1.75M rase (3-2-2021).
• Secret Network; bought SCRT in an OTC deal (16-1-2022).
• Solana; part of a $314M raise with a token sale (9-6-2021).
• Syndicate Protocol; was one of 20+ investors in a $1M raise (17-3-2021).
• Terra; part of the $150M Ecosystem investment fund (16-7-2021).
• Worldcoin; one of the many VCs who participated in this controversial project (24-10-2021).
• Zapper. Participated in the $1.5M seed round, among many other participants (27-8-2020).

Team

• Brukhman, Jake; Co-Founder, “Blockchain tech research & crypto asset investments. Previously Partner & CTO at Triton Research, technical product manager and engineer at Amazon.com, and spent 5 years in financial technology in New York City.”
• Evan Feng
• API3; is mentioned as a partner on their website (5-3-2021).