Investors / dlab
dlab
Venture capital
dlab is a discovery-stage venture capital fund that provides hands-on help to founders working in distributed systems and blockchain technology. It was spun out of the SOSV dlab startup program to operate as a standalone fund backing web3 and crypto startups.
Invests inFintechCrypto & Web3
In its own wordsblockchainweb3cryptodistributed systemsdefidepin
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Or find every investor that fitsdlab lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (45%), Crypto & Web3 (18%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 71% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside IndieBio, SOSV and Consensys Mesh.
Counts come from funding rounds that name dlab, 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 dlab's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 23. 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 57th | 23 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 61th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 79th | 45% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 45% | 12% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 18% | 1% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 3% | 2% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IndieBio | 6 |
| SOSV | 6 |
| Consensys Mesh | 3 |
| Animoca Brands | 2 |
| Borderless Capital | 2 |
| Faction | 2 |
| Advanced Blockchain | 1 |
| Alliance DAO | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers23100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 togetherCompare dlab 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 dlab| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for dlab
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in dlab's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
23 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company manages and governs a cryptocurrency called API3. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Contango provides a platform for trading with leverage on lending markets. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Crayonic develops advanced digital identity products and solutions that combine strong security with ease of use, enabling trusted authentication, physical access, digital transformation, and e-signing. | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Credit Coop provides financing to businesses by lending to them using cash flows from vetted borrowers as collateral | FintechLegal & Compliance | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Credmark developed data and risk analytics for decentralized finance. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Daler Trading provides market making and liquidity provision services for digital assets | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Dowsers makes formal verification accessible, scalable and affordable for smart contracts and blockchains | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Fig develops and offers tokenized hedge fund strategies for institutional-grade derivatives, including options, futures, and fixed income, on-chain for qualified US purchasers. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| FleetOperate provides a platform to manage trucks, drivers, and compliance for fleets and insurance carriers | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| GridPlus is an online store that sells products and requires javascript to be enabled for some features to work correctly. | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyacinth Audits provides smart contract audits by trusted experts | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyperbeat offers financial services including banking, trading, and credit cards with a focus on cryptocurrency and fiat-crypto conversion. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Index Network makes it possible for personal agents to socialize their humans' intents and connect people who share similar interests | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides infrastructure and APIs for scaling payments, privacy, and PDAs on Solana. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Den provides enterprise crypto wallet and wallet-as-a-service solutions for managing and automating digital assets | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Ormi Labs provides real-time blockchain data for Web3 apps | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Otim provides an orchestration layer for modern finance platforms to hold funds, earn yield, and move money globally through APIs. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ratio gives users a platform to trade their opinions and earn from their insights on various debates and topics. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Shinkai connects users to multiple AI networks while keeping identity, privacy, and payments decentralized | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
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About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dlab.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 28 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 23
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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