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ToggleIntroduction to Robot Ventures Venture Capital Fund
Robot Ventures is a Venture Capital fund specializing in fintech and blockchain, with a prominent strength in Pre-seed and Seed stages, which are the earliest moments of a project. With its headquarters in the United States, Robot Ventures is known as one of the influential "smart money" funds in the global Web3 community.
[The rest of the translation follows the same approach, maintaining the structure and translating the content to English while preserving any technical terms and proper nouns as specified in the initial instructions.]- Madison plays a role in operating and logistics for the entire investment activities of the fund.
- With a background in fund management and VC operations, she ensures that Robot Ventures' investment process always complies with regulations and is efficient in the long term.
- Additionally, Madison also supports startups in developing strategies and expanding operations globally.
Hart Lambur – Partner
- As a co-founder of UMA Protocol and Across Protocol, Hart has extensive experience in developing decentralized products and designing blockchain-based financial markets.
- Hart joins Robot Ventures as a bridge between infrastructure protocols and the market, helping projects in the portfolio scale products from idea to actual user network.
Notable Investment Deals
Portfolio & Investment Appetite
Robot Ventures typically participates in funding rounds with a medium scale ranging from 3 to 10 million USD. This clearly reflects a focus on the early stage of projects, where capital needs for product development, team building, and model validation are most crucial.
Most of Robot Ventures' investments are made in the United States, which is considered the technology and innovation center for fintech and Web3. Additionally, the fund has also invested in other markets such as Europe, Canada, and some high-potential Asian regions.
Robot Ventures' portfolio is mainly focused on early stages, with specific proportions as follows:
- 45% Seed: Initial product development stage, market and team shaping
- 35% Pre-Seed: Idea stage, without an official product, suitable for high-potential founders and bold ideas
- 10% Series A: Scale and market expansion stage, for projects with products and initial real users
- 10% Strategic: Strategic investments aimed at ecosystem expansion, not limited to specific stages.
- Espresso is a Layer 1 project focusing on Data Availability + Privacy, providing blockchain infrastructure for applications requiring high scalability, privacy, and compatibility with rollups.
- The project is developing the Configurable Asset Privacy (CAP) protocol, allowing users to choose the level of anonymity when transacting.
- Robot Ventures is one of the early investors, along with Electric Capital, Sequoia, and Polychain.
Some Achievements and Market Impact
- The fund owns 8-11 unicorns/quasi-unicorns, such as Berachain, Together AI, Flashbots, Scroll, LayerZero Labs
- Already exited through mergers & acquisitions (11 exits), notably with GitHub and Compound
- Considered a "pre-seed smart money" selection, helping young startups access larger rounds and scale up.
- The fund led a $100M Series C round for Celestia with 1kx, Placeholder, and led many other large Series. Celestia is considered the project with the most impressive ROI in the 2023-2025 period, with an ATH ROI of up to 2085.87x in the Seed Round
Summary
Robot Ventures is a typical fund for the "fintech + blockchain early-stage specialist" model. With a diverse yet strategic investment style, focusing on seed and Series A deals with the potential to change the market, the fund has built a prestigious portfolio originating from unicorns, critical infrastructure platforms, and pioneering DeFi protocols.
Through early investment, technical support, and a widespread network, Robot Ventures not only helps startups start strong but also drives innovation in the financial technology industry, creating a real impact across the global Web3 landscape.
