Organization · Venture Capital
Faction VC
Faction VC is an early-stage blockchain venture fund that invests in disruptive crypto projects, focusing on Seed and Series A stages across various sectors within the blockchain ecosystem.
Overview
What Faction VC does
What Faction VC is
Faction VC is an early-stage blockchain venture fund that invests in disruptive crypto projects, focusing on Seed and Series A stages across various sectors within the blockchain ecosystem.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Venture Capital
- Founded
- Founded in 2013
- Approximate age
- About 13 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- April 29, 2026
Official channels
Find Faction VC elsewhere
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Capability profile
Faction VC as a funder
Investment thesis
Faction VC backs crypto builders creating real utility and pushing the blockchain frontier, investing in both equity and tokens.
Focus narrative
Faction VC invests in early-stage disruptive crypto projects, specifically at the Seed and Series A stages, across both equity and tokens. The organization is vertical agnostic but emphasizes investments in projects that create real utility within the blockchain space, including sectors such as DeFi and NFTs.
Value beyond capital
Faction VC provides value to its portfolio companies by offering support in token/equity structuring, scaling, ecosystem access, and long-term capital support. The firm emphasizes backing technical crypto-native founding teams and projects that advance the blockchain industry.
Terms and economics
- Typical check
- $5,000,000–$10,000,000
- Sweet spot
- $7,500,000
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Seed · Series A
- Sectors
- Web3 · Defi · Fintech
- Regions
- Global · North America
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Yes
Portfolio and track record
Portfolio context
Notable portfolio companies include Monad, a blockchain infrastructure company; Space and Time, a decentralized data/blockchain infrastructure company; Ethena, a crypto/DeFi protocol; Taiko, a blockchain scaling/infrastructure project; zkSync, an Ethereum scaling project; Figure, a financial/blockchain platform; Flashbots, an MEV/blockchain infrastructure organization; and Crossmint, a Web3 infrastructure company.
Common questions
What to know about Faction VC
Upseed classifies Faction VC under the Venture Capital organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 29, 2026
Known limits
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