Haun Ventures

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Location Menlo Park, CA
Founded 2022
Fund Size $1.5B initial ($500M early-stage + $1B acceleration); ~$1B new funds raising in 2025
Website https://www.haun.co
Stage Focus
seed series-a series-b growth
Sector Focus
crypto web3 blockchain defi stablecoins fintech

Team

Katie Haun Founder & CEO
Diogo Mónica General Partner
Chris Ahn Partner
Breck Stodghill Partner
Sam Rosenblum Partner

About

Haun Ventures is a crypto and Web3-focused venture capital firm founded in early 2022 by Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz 12. The firm is based in Menlo Park, California 3.

The firm launched with $1.5 billion across two funds — $500 million allocated for early-stage companies and protocols, and $1 billion for “acceleration” (later-stage projects) 1. This marked the largest debut venture fund ever raised by a solo female founding partner 1.

Haun’s pre-VC career was distinctive: she spent over a decade as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she established the DOJ’s first digital currency task force 4. She led prosecutions related to the Silk Road investigation and held senior positions in the National Security Division 4. She clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and graduated with honors from Stanford Law School 4.

In 2017, Haun joined the board of Coinbase, becoming its first and longest-serving independent director through its IPO 4. In 2018, she joined Andreessen Horowitz as its first female general partner, co-leading the firm’s crypto franchise alongside Chris Dixon across three funds 42.

By mid-2023, Haun Ventures had deployed approximately 30% of its initial capital across roughly two dozen positions 3. The firm splits allocations nearly evenly between digital tokens and traditional equity 3. Notably, Haun avoided investing in FTX, protecting her LPs when competitors like Sequoia ($200M) and Paradigm ($290M) suffered significant losses from the exchange’s collapse 3.

In March 2025, Haun Ventures announced plans to raise an additional $1 billion across two new crypto-focused funds ($500M early-stage, $500M late-stage), expected to close by June 2025 5.

The firm has a core team of approximately 11 people 3. Key investment team members include General Partner Diogo Mónica, Partners Chris Ahn and Breck Stodghill, and Senior Associate Mark Beylin 6.

Stated Thesis

(Self-reported: These represent what Haun Ventures says publicly about its approach. See Inferred Thesis for analysis of actual investment behavior.)

Haun Ventures publicly describes its mission as “backing the founders building the future of finance” 7. The firm states its belief that “decentralized technology creates a more efficient, transparent, and accessible financial system” 7.

The firm has emphasized stablecoins and cross-border payments as key focus areas, stating: “the evolution of money is inevitable, and the most ambitious founders will lead its next era” 7.

Haun has described crypto as “an internet-sized opportunity” and compared crypto protocols to early internet protocols: “If you were inventing the internet, you might think of protocols like SMTP or HTTP. That’s the equivalent of layer one protocols today in crypto. But the difference was you couldn’t invest in SMTP or HTTP. Here, we can actually invest in the protocols themselves” 8.

On investment horizon, Haun has stated: “We are investing for a 10-to-20-year horizon. If you are looking for quick flips, you are in the wrong asset class” 8.

On market positioning, Haun has said: “We are in the dial-up days and the critics out there confuse the current state of innovation with the end state of the innovation” 8.

Inferred Thesis

Based on 34 verified portfolio companies from the firm’s public portfolio page 9:

Sector breakdown: The portfolio is entirely crypto/Web3-focused. By sub-sector: DeFi and financial protocols (Euler Labs, Ellipsis Labs, Lighter, Erebor, Meanwhile — 5 of 34, 15%), blockchain infrastructure and L1/L2 (Aptos Labs, Aleo, Conduit, Commonware, Sovereign Labs, Plume — 6 of 34, 18%), stablecoin/payments infrastructure (BVNK, Bridge, XFX — 3 of 34, 9%), DAO/governance tooling (Agora — 1 of 34, 3%), developer tools and data (Helius, thirdweb, Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Taxbit, Squads — 6 of 34, 18%), NFT/social/consumer (Zora, OpenSea, Autograph, Farcaster, Neynar, Highlight, Witness — 7 of 34, 21%), compliance and security (Guardrail, The Clearing Company, Chaos Labs, Argus — 4 of 34, 12%), other (Bitwise, Superstate — 2 of 34, 6%).

Stage distribution: The dual-fund structure ($500M early-stage + $1B acceleration) suggests roughly one-third of capital goes to early-stage and two-thirds to later-stage. However, by deal count, early-stage investments appear more numerous.

Token vs. equity: The firm invests in both equity and tokens, with approximately even allocation between the two strategies 3. This is distinctive — most crypto VCs lean heavily toward one or the other.

Geographic patterns: Portfolio companies span the US, Europe, and globally distributed crypto teams, consistent with the borderless nature of crypto/blockchain projects.

Notable pattern — regulatory expertise as edge: Haun’s DOJ background and Coinbase board experience give the firm unusual credibility with projects navigating regulatory challenges. Several portfolio companies (Chainalysis, Taxbit, The Clearing Company, Fireblocks, Guardrail) operate in the compliance/regulatory space, suggesting a competitive advantage in sourcing and evaluating these deals.

Notable pattern — market timing discipline: Haun deliberately slowed deployment during the 2022-2023 crypto downturn, deploying only ~30% of capital by mid-2023 3. This contrarian patience protected LPs and positioned the firm for better entry prices.

Portfolio

Company Stage Year Sector Status Source
Agora Seed (led, $5M) 2024-05-01 DAO governance Active 9124748
Aleo Series B ext. 2022 Privacy blockchain Active 313
Aptos Labs Series A 2022 L1 blockchain Active 914
Argus Seed 2023 Web3 gaming Active 915
Autograph Series B 2022 NFT/collectibles Active 916
Bitwise Growth ($70M) 2025-02-25 Crypto asset mgmt Active 9176768
Bridge Series A ($40M) 2024-08-29 Payments Acquired by Stripe 9184142
BVNK Series B (led, $50M) 2024-12-17 Stablecoin infra Active 9194344
Chainalysis Secondary 2024-04 Blockchain analytics Active 92069
Chaos Labs Series A (led, $55M) 2024-08-15 Risk management Active 9214546
Commonware Seed (co-led, $9M) 2024-12-11 Infrastructure Active 9224950
Conduit Series A (co-led, $37M) 2024-06-19 L2 rollups Active 9235152
Ellipsis Labs Fast-follow (led, $21M) 2024-10-31 DeFi Active 9245758
Erebor Early 2025 DeFi/banking Active 925
Euler Labs Series A (led) 2022 DeFi lending Active 926
Farcaster Series A ($150M, $1B val.) 2024-05-21 Social/Web3 Acquired by Neynar 9276162
Fireblocks Secondary 2024 Custody/infra Active 920
Guardrail Early ~2024 Compliance Active 9
Helius Series B (co-led, $21.75M) 2024-09-18 Solana dev tools Active 9285556
Highlight Seed (led) 2022 NFT platform Active 109
Lighter Series A (co-led, $21M) 2024 DeFi trading Active 929
Meanwhile Growth (co-led, $82M) 2025-10-07 Insurance/Bitcoin Active 9307071
Neynar Series A (co-led, $11M) 2024-05-30 Farcaster infra Active 9316364
OpenSea Series C 2022 NFT marketplace Active 932
Plume Seed (led, $10M) 2024-05-23 RWA blockchain Active 9335354
Sovereign Labs Seed (led) 2023 ZK rollups Active 934
Squads Strategic (Altitude launch) 2025-05-14 Solana tools Active 9356566
Superstate Series B 2026 Tokenized funds Active 936
Taxbit Strategic 2022 Crypto tax/compliance Active 937
The Clearing Company Early ~2024 Compliance Active 9
thirdweb Series A (led) 2022 Web3 dev tools Active 938
Witness Seed (led, $3.5M) 2024-02-15 Media/Web3 Active 9395960
XFX Series A 2026 Stablecoins/Payments Active 911
Zora Series A (led) 2022 NFT creation Active 940

Note: The firm notes that some investments are excluded from public disclosure per issuer requests 9. This table represents 34 publicly disclosed portfolio companies. Investment years and stages sourced from individual funding announcements where available; two entries (Guardrail, The Clearing Company) still cite only the firm portfolio page.

In Their Own Words

“We are investing for a 10-to-20-year horizon. If you are looking for quick flips, you are in the wrong asset class.” — Katie Haun, as reported in multiple interviews 8.

“We are in the dial-up days and the critics out there confuse the current state of innovation with the end state of the innovation.” — Katie Haun, on the state of crypto 8.

“If you were inventing the internet, you might think of protocols like SMTP or HTTP. That’s the equivalent of layer one protocols today in crypto. But the difference was you couldn’t invest in SMTP or HTTP. Here, we can actually invest in the protocols themselves.” — Katie Haun, on why crypto investing is unique 8.

“Even if the market is in a massive crypto bull run, we don’t intend to increase our size. We think we’ve picked our size and our strategy for a reason.” — Katie Haun, on fund discipline 8.

What Founders Say

No independently sourced founder testimonials found. Haun Ventures’ website does not include public founder testimonials, and dedicated searches did not surface independent founder quotes about working with the firm.

Sources

  1. CNBC, “Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1.5 billion, the largest debut fund ever by a female VC,” March 22, 2022. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/crypto-investor-katie-haun-raises-1point5-billion-for-haun-ventures.html↩↩↩

  2. Cointelegraph, “Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1.5 billion for Web3 venture fund,” March 2022. https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-investor-katie-haun-raises-1-5-billion-for-web3-venture-fund↩↩

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  12. The Block, “Haun Ventures leads $5 million seed round in cross-chain governance platform Agora,” May 1, 2024. https://www.theblock.co/post/291952/haun-ventures-leads-5-million-seed-round-in-cross-chain-governance-platform-agora↩

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  15. Fortune, “Haun Ventures leads $10 million funding round for Web3 gaming startup Argus Labs,” June 6, 2023. https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/06/06/haun-ventures-leads-10-million-funding-round-for-web3-gaming-startup-argus-labs/↩

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  17. The Block, “Spot bitcoin ETF issuer Bitwise raises $70 million, backed by Electric Capital, MassMutual and Haun Ventures,” February 2025. https://www.theblock.co/post/343279/spot-bitcoin-etf-issuer-bitwise-raises-70-million-backed-by-electric-capital-massmutual-and-haun-ventures↩

  18. Fortune, “Exclusive: Coinbase and Square vets aim to level up stablecoins with Bridge and $58 million in funding,” August 29, 2024. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/08/29/bridge-stablecoins-sequoia-ribbit-index-haun-58-million/↩

  19. Fortune, “Exclusive: Crypto startup BVNK raises $50 million at around $750 million valuation amid red-hot stablecoin interest,” December 17, 2024. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/12/17/exclusive-stablecoin-bvnk-750-million-series-b-bridge-stripe-haun/↩

  20. Axios, “Haun Ventures invested in Fireblocks & Chainalysis,” May 14, 2024. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/haun-ventures-vc-kathryn-haun↩↩↩

  21. PR Newswire, “Chaos Labs Announces $55M Series A Funding Round Led by Haun Ventures To Scale Onchain Economic Security,” August 15, 2024. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chaos-labs-announces-55m-series-a-funding-round-led-by-haun-ventures-to-scale-onchain-economic-security-302223616.html↩

  22. The Block, “Former Ava Labs engineering lead raises $9 million to build ‘anti-framework’ blockchain developer tools,” 2024. https://www.theblock.co/post/330443/former-ava-labs-engineering-lead-raises-9-million-to-build-anti-framework-blockchain-developer-tools↩

  23. The Block, “Paradigm, Haun Ventures co-lead $37 million round in Conduit,” June 2024. https://www.theblock.co/post/301878/paradigm-haun-ventures-co-lead-37-million-round-in-conduit↩

  24. CoinDesk, “Ellipsis Labs Raises $21M to Launch ‘Verifiable Finance Blockchain’ Atlas,” October 31, 2024. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/31/ellipsis-labs-raises-20m-from-haun-ventures-to-launch-verifiable-finance-blockchain-atlas↩

  25. Axios, “Scoop: Palmer Luckey’s digital bank valued at over $4 billion,” December 22, 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/22/palmer-luckey-digital-bank↩

  26. CoinDesk, “Katie Haun’s New Fund Leads $32M Round in Lending Protocol Euler,” June 7, 2022. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/07/katie-hauns-new-fund-leads-32m-round-in-lending-protocol-euler↩

  27. Unchained Crypto, “Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Raises $150 Million in a Series A Round,” May 2024. https://unchainedcrypto.com/decentralized-social-network-farcaster-raises-150-million-in-a-series-a-round/↩

  28. Helius blog, “Funding Announcement,” September 2024. https://www.helius.dev/blog/funding-announcement↩

  29. Fortune, “DeFi founder who graduated Harvard at 18 raises $68 million for crypto trading protocol Lighter,” November 11, 2025. https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/lighter-fundraise-founders-fund-ribbit-capital-haun-ventures-robinhood-vladimir-novakovski/ — disclosed Lighter’s previously unreported 2024 round: $21M co-led by Haun Ventures and Craft Ventures with Dragonfly and Robot Ventures participating; the 2024 round was never publicly announced at the time and no specific date or month is given in any source. ↩

  30. BusinessWire, “Meanwhile, the First Regulated Bitcoin Life Insurer, Raises $82M,” October 7, 2025. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251007203460/en/Meanwhile-the-First-Regulated-Bitcoin-Life-Insurer-Raises-$82M-to-Meet-Strong-Demand-for-Inflation-Proof-Savings-and-Retirement-Products↩

  31. Fortune, “Coinbase and Haun Ventures invest $11 million in Neynar, a toolbox for Web3 social networks,” May 30, 2024. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/30/haun-ventures-coinbase-and-a16z-invest-11-million-in-neynar-a-toolbox-for-web3-social-networks/↩

  32. CoinDesk, “NFT Marketplace OpenSea Valued at $13.3B in $300M Funding Round,” January 5, 2022. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/05/nft-marketplace-opensea-valued-at-133b-in-300m-funding-round-report↩

  33. CoinDesk, “Plume, Layer-2 Blockchain for Real-World Assets, Pulls $10M in Seed Funding from Haun, Galaxy,” May 23, 2024. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/23/plume-layer-2-blockchain-for-real-world-assets-pulls-10m-in-seed-funding-from-haun-galaxy↩

  34. TechCrunch, “Haun Ventures leads Sovereign Labs’ $7.4M seed round to help scale blockchains,” January 30, 2023. https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/30/haun-ventures-leads-sovereign-labs-7-4m-seed-round-to-help-scale-blockchains/↩

  35. Blockworks, “Exclusive: Squads unveils stablecoin account for businesses,” May 2025. https://blockworks.co/news/squads-launches-altitude-stablecoins-funding-huan↩

  36. FinSMEs, “Superstate Raises $82.5M in Series B Funding,” January 2026. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/01/superstate-raises-82-5m-in-series-b-funding.html↩

  37. PR Newswire, “Haun Ventures backs TaxBit, one of the new firm’s first investments,” May 2022. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/haun-ventures-backs-taxbit-one-of-the-new-firms-first-investments-a-clear-signal-to-regulators-and-policymakers-that-crypto-is-here-to-stay-301548999.html↩

  38. TechCrunch, “Thirdweb raises $24M for its web3 development kit,” August 24, 2022. https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/24/thirdweb-raises-24m-at-a-160m-valuation-from-haun-ventures-shopify-and-coinbase-for-its-web3-development-kit/↩

  39. Axios, “Witness raises $3.5M to renew the web’s trustworthiness,” February 15, 2024. https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/witness-raises-35m-to-renew-the-webs-trustworthiness↩

  40. TechCrunch, “NFT startup Zora Labs nabs $50M in round led by Haun Ventures,” May 5, 2022. https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/haun-ventures-leads-50m-round-in-nft-startup-zora-labs/↩

  41. PYMNTS, “Bridge Raises $40 Million for Global Stablecoin-Based Payments Platform,” August 30, 2024. https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2024/bridge-raises-40-million-dollars-global-stablecoin-based-payments-platform/↩

  42. Crypto Economy, “Sequoia and Ribbit Lead $58M Investment in Bridge’s Stablecoin Network,” August 30, 2024. https://crypto-economy.com/sequoia-and-ribbit-lead-58m-investment-in-bridges-stablecoin-network/↩

  43. BVNK Blog, “We’ve raised $50 million to fuel the next era of stablecoin payments,” December 17, 2024. https://bvnk.com/blog/series-b-fuel-next-era-of-stablecoin-payments↩

  44. FinSMEs, “BVNK Raises $50M in Series B Funding,” December 2024. https://www.finsmes.com/2024/12/bvnk-raises-50m-in-series-b-funding.html↩

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  47. Fortune, “Ex-Coinbase designer raises $5M for crypto voting service Agora,” May 1, 2024. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/01/ex-coinbase-designer-raises-5m-for-crypto-voting-service-agora/↩

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  51. Conduit blog, “Announcing Conduit’s $37M Series A led by Paradigm and Haun Ventures,” June 19, 2024. https://www.conduit.xyz/blog/conduit-series-a/↩

  52. blocmates, “Conduit Raises $37 Million in Series A Round Led by Paradigm, Haun Ventures,” June 2024. https://www.blocmates.com/news-posts/conduit-raises-37-million-in-series-a-round-led-by-paradigm-haun-ventures↩

  53. Chainwire (press release distribution), “Plume Network, a RWA Layer-2, Raises $10M in Seed Funding from Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, and Others,” May 23, 2024. https://chainwire.org/2024/05/23/plume-network-a-rwa-layer-2-raises-10m-in-seed-funding-from-haun-ventures-galaxy-ventures-and-others/ — confirms $10M seed announced 2024-05-23, led by Haun Ventures with Galaxy Ventures, Superscrypt, A Capital, SV Angel, Portal Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, plus angel investors from Wormhole, EigenLayer, Sei, Mechanism, and Centrifuge. ↩

  54. PRWeb, “Plume Network, a RWA Layer-2, Raises $10M in Seed Funding from Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, and Others,” May 23, 2024. https://www.prweb.com/releases/plume-network-a-rwa-layer-2-raises-10m-in-seed-funding-from-haun-ventures-galaxy-ventures-and-others-302153880.html — independent confirmation of date, lead, and amount. ↩

  55. Unchained Crypto, “Solana Developer Platform Helius Raises $21.75 Million in Series B Round,” September 2024. https://unchainedcrypto.com/solana-developer-platform-helius-raises-21-75-million-in-series-b-round/ — confirms $21.75M Series B co-led by Haun Ventures and Founders Fund, with Foundation Capital, Chapter One, 6th Man Ventures, and Spearhead participating; announcement posted on X by CEO Mert Mumtaz Wednesday evening ET (Sept 18, 2024). ↩

  56. CMOIntern, “Helius Raises $21.75 Million in Series B to Empower Solana Developers and Drive Web3 App Adoption,” September 21, 2024. https://www.cmointern.com/2024/09/helius-raises-2175-million-in-series-b.html — independent confirmation of $21.75M Series B co-led by Haun Ventures and Founders Fund; cumulative total raised reported as $31.3M. ↩

  57. Ellipsis Labs blog, “Ellipsis Labs Raises $21M Led By Haun Ventures,” October 31, 2024. https://www.ellipsislabs.xyz/blog-posts/ellipsis-labs-raises-21m-led-by-haun-ventures — confirms $21M raise announced 2024-10-31 led by Haun Ventures with participation from existing investors Electric Capital, Anatoly Yakovenko, and Paradigm. Note: per CoinDesk this was a “fast-follow” to Ellipsis Labs’ April 2024 Series A led by Paradigm — not itself a Series A. ↩

  58. crypto.news, “Ellipsis Labs raises $21m round led by Haun Ventures,” October 31, 2024. https://crypto.news/ellipsis-labs-raises-21m-round-led-by-haun-ventures/ — independent confirmation of date, $21M amount, Haun Ventures as lead, and characterization as a follow-on rather than Series A. ↩

  59. Fortune, “Can a crypto protocol kill gas fees? The founders of Witness may have the solution,” February 15, 2024. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/15/witness-haun-ventures-blockchain-gas-fees-seed-funding/ — confirms 2024-02-15 announcement of $3.5M seed round led by Haun Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures. ↩

  60. Haun Ventures (Breck Stodghill), “Witness,” February 15, 2024. https://www.haun.co/writing/witness — Haun Ventures’ own announcement post confirming lead role in Witness’s seed round on 2024-02-15, with Coinbase Ventures and strategic angels participating. ↩

  61. CoinDesk, “Farcaster, Blockchain-Based Social Media Startup, Raises $150M, Led by Paradigm,” May 21, 2024. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/21/farcaster-blockchain-based-social-media-startup-raises-150m-led-by-paradigm — confirms 2024-05-21 announcement, $150M Series A led by Paradigm with a16z crypto, Haun Ventures, USV, Variant, and Standard Crypto participating. ↩

  62. SiliconANGLE, “Farcaster secures $150M to expand decentralized social networking features,” May 21, 2024. https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/21/farcaster-secures-150m-epxand-decentralized-social-networking-features/ — independent confirmation of 2024-05-21 announcement, $150M raise at $1B valuation, lead Paradigm with Haun Ventures among participants; cumulative funding reported as $180M. ↩

  63. Neynar blog, “Neynar raises $14M to build technology stack for social protocols,” May 30, 2024. https://neynar.com/blog/series-a-fundraise-announcement — Neynar’s own announcement; article body specifies $11M Series A from Haun Ventures and Union Square Ventures with participation from a16z CSX and Coinbase Ventures. ↩

  64. Haun Ventures (Breck Stodghill), “Neynar,” May 30, 2024. https://www.haun.co/writing/neynar — Haun Ventures’ announcement post confirming lead role in Neynar’s Series A alongside USV, with a16z CSX and Coinbase Ventures participating. ↩

  65. Squads, “Introducing Altitude & a Strategic Investment from Haun Ventures,” May 14, 2025. https://squads.xyz/blog/introducing-altitude-and-a-strategic-investment-from-haun-ventures — Squads’ own announcement of the Altitude launch and Haun Ventures strategic investment; amount undisclosed. ↩

  66. Odaily, “Squads launches enterprise-level stablecoin account service Altitude and has received strategic investment from Haun Ventures,” May 15, 2025. https://www.odaily.news/en/newsflash/430725 — independent confirmation; reports Squads’ Altitude launch and Haun Ventures strategic investment; specific investment amount not disclosed. ↩

  67. BusinessWire, “Bitwise Announces New $70M Backing From Financial Institutions and Technology Investors,” February 25, 2025. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250225437115/en/Bitwise-Announces-New-$70M-Backing-From-Financial-Institutions-and-Technology-Investors — confirms 2025-02-25 announcement, $70M, with Haun Ventures named alongside Electric Capital, MassMutual, MIT IMC, Highland Capital, ParaFi Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Blockchain Coinvestors. ↩

  68. PYMNTS, “Bitwise Raises $70 Million to Support Crypto as an Asset Class,” February 25, 2025. https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2025/bitwise-raises-70-million-dollars-support-crypto-asset-class — independent confirmation; identifies Electric Capital as the lead investor for the $70M February 2025 raise. ↩

  69. Crunchbase, “Chainalysis Secondary Market funding round,” April 8, 2024. https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/chainalysis-secondary-market–c5eb46d5 — records Chainalysis secondary market round on 2024-04-08 with Haun Ventures and SharesPro as participants. The Information first reported the secondary purchase on 2024-04-08; Haun publicly confirmed at Axios BFD San Francisco on 2024-05-14 (see 20). Exact transaction-close date not publicly disclosed; entry uses month-precision 2024-04 to reflect the public reporting window. ↩

  70. Bitcoin Magazine, “Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $82 Million,” October 7, 2025. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-life-insurer-meanwhile-raises-82-million — confirms 2025-10-07 announcement of $82M co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and Haun Ventures, with Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Stillmark participating; quotes Chris Ahn (Haun Ventures) on the investment thesis. ↩

  71. PR Newswire, “Meanwhile, Bitcoin Life Insurer, Secures $82M to Meet Soaring Demand for Inflation-Proof Savings,” October 8, 2025. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meanwhile-bitcoin-life-insurer-secures-82m-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-inflation-proof-savings-302578311.html — independent confirmation of $82M co-led by Haun Ventures and Bain Capital Crypto, with Pantera, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Stillmark participating; brings Meanwhile’s 2025 funding total to $122M after a $40M Series A earlier that year. ↩