Framework Ventures
San Francisco, California · Invests in US; Europe; Asia · Website
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We back crypto-native founders building the next generation of valuable blockchain networks and applications. We were early believers in DeFi and continue to identify emerging opportunities at the intersection of cryptography, protocol design, and real-world utility.
Likely not a fit for
No non-technical founders, no projects without clear protocol/incentive design, no pure speculative plays
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $1.4B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Aave is a decentralized non-custodial liquidity protocol that allows users to supply and borrow assets, earning interest on their deposits and accessing liquidity against collateral.
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform that enables secure and reliable data feeds for smart contracts across various blockchain networks.
Synthetix is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that offers perpetual futures trading on the Ethereum Mainnet, enabling users to trade synthetic assets with high security and liquidity.
The Graph is an open-source protocol that enables efficient indexing and querying on blockchains, making it easily accessible for developers, projects, and applications.
Yearn is DeFi's Yield Aggregator that allows users to earn on their crypto through various vaults that utilize DeFi opportunities for risk-adjusted yields.
Optimism is a blockchain infrastructure scaling Ethereum, offering scalable, secure Layer 2 solutions. It uses the OP Stack to lower barriers for developers and focuses on solving complex problems with an optimistic mindset.
Celestia is the L1 for specialised onchain markets, enabling fibre optic performance with millisecond latency. It provides terabit-scale blockspace for high-throughput decentralized applications.
Jito Labs provides infrastructure solutions for Solana, focusing on maximizing MEV (Miner Extractable Value) opportunities for validators and searchers on the blockchain.
Allora Network is a decentralized, community-driven AI ecosystem that enables crowdsourced models and supports staking mechanisms for economic security and decentralization.
Berachain is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain built on Proof-of-Liquidity consensus. Proof-of-Liquidity is a novel consensus mechanism that aims to align network incentives, creating strong synergy between Berachain validators and the ecosystem of projects.
Plasma is a high-performance layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins, enabling near instant, fee-free payments with institutional-grade security.
Obex is focused on incubating institutional-grade stablecoin projects that offer innovative and diversified yield within the Sky Ecosystem.
Recent activity
- May 2026
Checker
Seed · Co-Lead
- Mar 2026
Midas
Series A · Lead
- Nov 2025
Obex
Series B · Lead
- Oct 2025
Takenos
Seed · Participated
- Oct 2025
Daylight Energy
Series B · Lead
- Oct 2025
Crown
Seed · Lead
- Aug 2025
Perle
Seed · Lead
- Aug 2025
USD AI (Permian Labs)
Series A · Lead
Framework Ventures in the news
Dealroom
Framework Ventures raises $400M for fourth fund, pushes beyond crypto
2 months ago
Crypto Briefing
Framework Ventures co-founder highlights AI and robotics funding shift with $400M new fund
2 months ago
CoinDesk
Tokenization is becoming the financing layer for AI and robotics, Framework bets with $400 million fund
2 months ago
CryptoRank
Framework Ventures Raises $400M Fund, Going Beyond Crypto Into AI and Robotics
2 months ago
Coinpedia
Framework Ventures Raises $400M Fund, Going Beyond Crypto Into AI and Robotics
2 months ago
TradingView
Framework Ventures Raises $400M Fund, Going Beyond Crypto Into AI and Robotics
2 months ago
bloomingbit
Framework Ventures Raises $400 Million Fourth Fund, Names Hyperliquid, Plasma and Sky as Key Bets
2 months ago
Binance
Framework Ventures Raises $400M Fourth Fund to Expand Beyond Crypto into AI, Robotics, Energy
2 months ago
Startup Fortune
Framework Ventures raises $400 million to chase AI and robotics beyond its crypto roots
2 months ago
Fortune
Exclusive: Framework Ventures raises $400 million for fourth fund as firm expands beyond crypto
2 months ago
Blockster
Framework Ventures Raises $400 Million as Crypto VCs Expand Into AI, Robotics and Energy
2 months ago
Crypto News
Framework Ventures unveils $400 million fund with AI and crypto focus
2 months ago
TradingView
Framework Ventures raises $400M to invest beyond crypto: Report
2 months ago
The Block
Framework Ventures raises $400 million for fourth fund to invest across crypto, AI and robotics
2 months ago
The Block
Framework Ventures raises $400 million for fourth fund to invest across crypto, AI and robotics
2 months ago
Crypto Briefing
Crypto VC Framework Ventures closes $400 million fund amid crypto slowdown
2 months ago
Dealroom
TVL Capital raises $5M led by Framework Ventures to bring structured products on-chain
2 months ago
PR Newswire
Checker Raises $8M from Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures and Framework Ventures to Unify Fragmented Digital Asset Markets for Institutions
3 months ago
HousingWire
Better.com says tokenized capital could push rates below 5%
6 months ago
pulse2.com
Better Home & Finance: $500 Million Strategic Partnership With Venture Capital Firm To Integrate Into Stablecoin Ecosystem
6 months ago
Business Wire
Better and Framework Ventures Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Deployment of $500MM into Better via Sky’s Stablecoin Ecosystem
6 months ago
Solar Builder
Daylight Energy raises $75 million to fund decentralized U.S. residential solar + storage network
10 months ago
Blockworks
Crown raises $8.1M to launch BRLV, a Brazilian real-backed stablecoin
10 months ago
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