1kx
Venture capital · Berlin, Germany · Europe
1kx is a research-driven global investment firm founded in 2018 that invests in blockchain networks and companies. It underwrites investments on fundamentals using its 'Cost of Trust' thesis framework and publishes research such as the Blockchain Revenue Report.
Invests inFintechCrypto & Web3
In its own wordsblockchaindefistablecoinsreal-world assetstrade financeagentic ai
Your fit with 1kx
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Or find every investor that fits1kx lists 74 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 15 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (34%), Crypto & Web3 (15%) and Enterprise Software (10%). 69% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Blockchain Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and a16z Frontier.
Counts come from funding rounds that name 1kx, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not 1kx's whole history. Rounds on record name 15 companies; its own site lists 74. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first round1kx does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 7% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 2 | 0 |
| '22 | 1 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 6 | 3 |
| '26 | 6 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 92th | 74 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 81th | 12% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 34% | 12% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 15% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 6% | 18% |
| Gaming | 6% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Blockchain Capital | 10 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 8 |
| a16z Frontier | 7 |
| Animoca Brands | 6 |
| A.Capital Ventures | 5 |
| NGC Ventures | 5 |
| RockawayX | 5 |
| Archetype | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7196%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company34%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Blockchain Capital
Compare 1kx head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with 1kx| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Series B | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Round Led | |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Series A |
Round details for 1kx
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in 1kx's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
74 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract provides a platform for building, deploying, and scaling web3 applications. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Arweave provides permanent information storage through a decentralized network. | Crypto & Web3AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arx Research provides Medical Affairs benchmarking solutions to pharmaceutical executives | Healthcare & Biotech | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Blockscout provides a multichain search and block explorer service for various cryptocurrency chains. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Caldera is a network of interconnected, purpose-built blockchains, settling on Ethereum. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Camp Network is a Layer-1 blockchain built to modernize intellectual property infrastructure and power the next generation of AI Agents on verifiable IP | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Apr 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Coop Records operates a music platform where users can buy and sell tracks and coins related to music artists. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Sept 2025Round | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Cryptio provides data transformation and ERP solutions for digital assets | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Mar 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Curve provides a platform for swapping and trading cryptocurrencies | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Decen Space creates a marketplace for ground station access for satellites | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a reward program that pays users real money for completing online activities with various brands. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Eco connects digital asset markets through stablecoins, allowing developers and enterprises to move money across onchain markets and tokenization platforms with failsafe execution. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Energy Web builds rule digitization tools and decentralized verification infrastructure for energy and environmental sustainability markets. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Fabric develops hardware-accelerated cryptography chips for real-time, high-performance systems | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Flexa helps companies of all sizes grow and reach new customers using next-generation payments and loyalty solutions. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides automated analysis solutions for smart contract security | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Optimum is the Universal Data Acceleration Network that makes blockchains faster and more efficient | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- 1kx.capital
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jun 2021
- Companies checked
- 74
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