Which VCs Invested the Most Blue-chips
Colin Wu . 2022-02-24 . Data

Here's a ranking of the VCs who bought the most blue-chip (large-cap) projects (updated Feb. 20). This ranking represents the comprehensive strength of VC, including the amount of capital, brand and so on. Because investing in blue-chip projects requires a relatively high amount of capital; on the other hand, blue-chip projects have high requirements on the VC brand.

Projects are classified by market capitalization into the top 25, top 50, top 100 and top 200. The funding information comes from Dove Metrics, which includes 589 projects based on data from July 2020 (prior to that, information is confusing and mostly undisclosed).

Top 25

Select VCs who have invested in at least 2 of the top 25 projects by market capitalization, sort by selected number.

Top 50

Select VCs who have invested in at least 3 of the top 50 projects by market capitalization, sort by selected number.

Top 100

Select the VCs who have invested in at least 4 top 100 projects by market capitalization, sort by selected number.

Top 200

Select the VCs who have invested in at least 5 top 200 projects by market capitalization, sort by selected number.

Coinbase's top 200 investments are: Terra (Strategic 2021/1/26), FTX (Series B 2021/7/20), The Graph (Strategic 2020/7/1), Synthetix (Treasury Diversification 2021/2/14), Livepeer (Series B 2021/7/29), Fei (Series A 2021/3/8), 0x (Series A 2021/2/5), Moonbeam (Series A 2021/3/30), Decentralized Social (2021/9/21), Tokemak (Seed 2021/4/21), Flux (Seed 2021/5/20), Hxro (2021/11/30), Biconomy (2021/7/28), Lido (Treasury Diversification 2021/5/5), Bounce (Strategic 2021/3/19), Covalent (Seed 2021/3/24), GuildFi (Seed 2021/11/11), Ribbon (Seed 2021/4/12), CertiK (Series B 2021/7/14), DerivaDAO (Strategic 2020/7/3), Vega Protocol (Strategic 2021/3/18), Rarible (Seed 2021/2/3), Orca (Series A 2021/9/22).

3AC's top 200 investments are: Avalanche (2021/9/16), NEAR (2022/1/13), Mina Protocol (Strategic 2020/10/21), dYdX (Series B 2020/10/21; Series C 2021/6/15), WOO Network (Series A 2021/11/9), Multichain (Seed 2021/12/21), Joe (Seed 2021/9/2), Lido (Treasury Diversification 2021/5/5), Bonfida (Seed 2020/12/15), Nerve Finance (Strategic 2021/4/11), KeeperDAO (Strategic 2020/7/31), Platypus Finance (Seed 2021/12/2), DerivaDAO (Strategic 2020/7/3), Tranchess (Seed 2021/7/5), Jet (Extended Seed 2021/11/8), Orca (Series A 2021/9/22).

A16z's top 200 investments are: Solana (2021/6/9), NEAR (2022/1/13), Axie Infinity (Series B 2021/10/4), Helium (2021/8/10), Flow (Strategic 2021/3/31; Series D 2021/9/22), Celo (Strategic 2021/2/10), dYdX (Series C 2021/6/15), Decentralized Social (2021/9/21), Chia (Series D 2021/5/24), Yield Guild Games (2021/8/19), Goldfinch (Seed 2021/6/16; Extended Series A 2022/1/6), Friends With Benefits Pro (Treasury Diversification 2021/10/27).

Polychain Capital's top 200 investments are: Solana (2021/6/9), Avalanche (2021/9/16), dYdX (Series B 2020/10/21; Series C 2021/6/15), Decentralized Social (2021/9/21), AscendEx (Series B 2021/11/3), Clover Finance (Seed 2021/2/18), Badger DAO (Treasury Diversification 2021/3/4), Maple (Seed 2021/3/18), KeeperDAO (Strategic 2020/7/31), DerivaDAO (Strategic 2020/7/3), Orca (Series A 2021/9/22), Liquity (Seed 2020/9/25).

Multicoin Capital's top 200 investments are: Solana (2021/6/9), FTX (Series B 2021/7/20), The Graph (Strategic 2020/7/1), Helium (2021/8/10), Audius (Strategic 2020/7/31), Perpetual Protocol (Seed 2020/8/25), Coin98 (Seed 2021/4/13), Beta Finance (Seed 2021/7/9; 2021/10/29), Alpha Finance (Strategic 2020/10/6), Oxygen (Strategic 2021/2/24), Eden (Seed 2021/9/8).

Fenbushi Capital's top 200 investments are: Enjin (Strategic 2021/4/2), BitDAO (Growth 2021/6/16), Mina Protocol (Strategic 2020/10/21), 1inch (Series B 2021/12/1), Moonbeam (Series A 2021/3/30), WOO Network (Strategic 2020/9/28; Series A 2021/11/9), Biconomy (Seed 2021/1/11), Balancer (Treasury Diversification 2021/5/27), SIPHER (Seed 2021/10/26), Stratos (Seed 2021/5/8).

Binance Labs's top 200 investments are: Gala (2021/7/13), Moonbeam (Series A 2021/3/30), WOO Network (Extended Series A 2022/1/4), Multichain (Seed 2021/12/21), Coin98 (Strategic 2022/1/5), Biconomy (Seed 2021/1/11), Covalent (Seed 2021/3/24), Tranchess (Seed 2021/7/5), HOPR (Seed 2020/7/10), Refinable (2021/4/6).

DCG's top 200 investments are: The Graph (Strategic 2020/7/1), Livepeer (Series B 2021/7/29; Extended Series B 2022/1/5), API3 (Seed 2020/11/12), Mask Network (Seed 2021/2/15), Merit Circle (Seed 2021/10/7), Magic (Series A 2021/7/22), Wilder World (2021/5/10), Lido (Treasury Diversification 2021/5/5).

Paradigm's top 200 investments are: FTX (Series B 2021/7/20), Uniswap (Series A 2020/8/7), Axie Infinity (Series B 2021/10/4), Osmosis (2021/10/27), Synthetix (Treasury Diversification 2021/2/14), Lido (Treasury Diversification 2021/5/5), Gitcoin (Strategic 2021/4/14), Jet (Extended Seed 2021/11/8).

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