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Anatoly Yakovenko

North America, California, United States

Description

Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at...

Investor Profile

Anatoly Yakovenko has backed more than 47 startups, with 14 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 0 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Series Unknown rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, Singapore, France.
  • Strong thematic focus on Blockchain, Software, Web3.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (45%)
  • Series A (19%)
  • Series Unknown (11%)
  • Pre Seed (11%)
  • Angel (6%)
  • Initial Coin Offering (2%)
  • Series C (2%)
  • Series D (2%)
  • Series B (2%)

Country Focus

  • United States (49%)
  • Singapore (6%)
  • France (6%)
  • Canada (6%)
  • Switzerland (4%)
  • United Kingdom (4%)
  • China (2%)
  • Australia (2%)
  • Spain (2%)
  • Philippines (2%)

Industry Focus

  • Blockchain
  • Software
  • Web3
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Information Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Decentralized Finance (Defi)
  • Fintech
  • Saas
  • Payments
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Who does Anatoly Yakovenko frequently co-invest with?

Stakeholder Ventures
Stakeholder Ventures
North America, Midland, Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Co-Investments: 3
CV
Cogitent Ventures
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 3
SV
Solana Ventures
North America, New York, United States, Brooklyn
Co-Investments: 8
Coinbase Ventures
Coinbase Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 3
Robot Ventures
Robot Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 4
Alliance DAO
Alliance DAO
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
Electric Capital
Electric Capital
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 5
BB
Big Brain Holdings
North America, Florida, United States, Weston
Co-Investments: 8
Anagram
Anagram
North America, Midland, Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Co-Investments: 3
Multicoin Capital
Multicoin Capital
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Co-Investments: 7

Which angels does Anatoly Yakovenko often collaborate with?

Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 4
AF
Austin Federa
North America, New York, United States, New City
Shared Deals: 4
KD
Kash Dhanda
Asia, Singapore
Shared Deals: 3
Sandeep Nailwal
Sandeep Nailwal
Asia, Indonesia
Shared Deals: 4
TY
Tristan Yver
North America, Hawaii, United States
Shared Deals: 6
Mert Mumtaz
Mert Mumtaz
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Shared Deals: 9
RG
Raj Gokal
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 15
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Shared Deals: 4
SR
Santiago R Santos
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
LB
Lucas Bruder
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Shared Deals: 3

What are some of recent deals done by Anatoly Yakovenko?

Ryder

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Ryder is a cryptocurrency company that sells the Ryder One hardware wallet, emphasizing simplified, tap-to-pay security.

CryptocurrencyHardwareManufacturing
SeedOct 17, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,200,000
Inference

San Francisco, California, United States

Inference is a distributed GPU cluster for LLM inference based on Solana.

Infrastructure
SeedOct 14, 2025
Amount Raised: $11,800,000

Raiku is a Web3 infrastructure startup focused on enhancing the Solana blockchain's reliability and predictability.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinance
SeedSep 24, 2025
Amount Raised: $11,250,000
Circuit & Chisel

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Circuit & Chisel is an agentic AI platform that enables agents to make transactions between autonomous agents.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Payments
SeedSep 22, 2025
Amount Raised: $19,200,000
TITAN

George Town, Midland, Cayman Islands

Titan is the ultimate DEX aggregator offering the best swap prices by scanning on-chain liquidity and using advanced routing algorithms.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyDecentralized Finance (DeFi)SoftwareTrading Platform
SeedSep 18, 2025
Amount Raised: $7,000,000

Vanish Trade is a Solana-based trading platform focused on anonymity.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
SeedAug 22, 2025
Amount Raised: $1,000,000
ZAR

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

ZAR establishes a connection between cash-based economies and the web3 framework, facilitating adoption of stablecoins.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyWeb3
SeedApr 30, 2025
Amount Raised: $7,000,000

MagicBlock Labs is a gaming and technology firm that creates infrastructure for fully on-chain games.

Web Development
SeedApr 24, 2025
Amount Raised: $7,500,000
FrodoBots Lab

Weston, Florida, United States

FrodoBots Lab is a pioneer in crowdsourcing robotics data through gaming.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyRobotics
SeedFeb 13, 2025
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Pulse

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Pulse is a developer of an all-in-one health and wellness platform designed to integrate a wearable gadget and fitness tracking software.

SoftwareWearablesWellness
Pre SeedNov 14, 2024
Amount Raised: $1,800,000
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