Investors / 4Ward
4Ward
Venture capital
4Ward is a venture firm that supports early stage blockchain companies. It describes taking a long term and hands-on approach to building blockchain infrastructure.
Invests inFintechCrypto & Web3
In its own wordsblockchaincryptocurrencyweb3digital assetsinfrastructure
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Or find every investor that fits4Ward lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (42%), Crypto & Web3 (26%) and Enterprise Software (11%). 67% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Celo Camp, Coinvestor Ventures and Eden Ventures.
No funding round on record names 4Ward yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not 4Ward's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 13. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 42% | 12% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 26% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Gaming | 5% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1292%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company18%
- 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.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 76th | 42% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare 4Ward head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia provides liquidity management services for decentralized exchange ecosystems. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cedar provides financial and liquidity services for NFT owners and traders, including instant liquidity, lending, and risk monitoring. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Cian offers a yield aggregation solution that deploys assets across multiple DeFi protocols to maximize returns | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Deal Game enables well-connected individuals to become high-value deal makers | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | |||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Gadget-Bot is a production company that offers end-to-end services from pitch, pre-production, production and post-production | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Gaimin connects gamers worldwide and rewards them for playing games through its ecosystem | GamingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Good Crypto offers a crypto trading and portfolio app with smart trading bots and automation across various markets. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Optim provides a decentralized suite of financial products, including lending, borrowing, and staking, on the Cardano blockchain. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Real Items provides blockchain tools to accelerate circular economy transition and offers digital product passports for supply chains | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Rewards Bunny turns shopping, browsing, quests, and app activity into rewards, creating a programmable rewards layer for users, partners, and AI agents. | Crypto & Web3E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- 4ward.fund
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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