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Press Start Capital
Venture capital
Press Start Capital is a web3 venture capital firm founded by ex-founders. It runs 1st-check programs, including a pre-accelerator fellowship and an invite-only residency, that give very early stage founders capital, mentorship and a bridge to top accelerators.
In its own wordsweb3consumercreator economygamingentertainmentai agents
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Or find every investor that fitsPress Start Capital lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (44%), Gaming (28%) and Enterprise Software (8%). 67% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Alliance DAO, Animoca Brands and Paradigm.
No funding round on record names Press Start Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Press Start Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 18. 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 | 44% | 12% |
| Gaming | 28% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 8% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Developer Tools | 4% | 0% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1794%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company16%
- 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 | 46th | 18 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 | 78th | 44% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Press Start Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
18 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 Comics is an upstart publisher and content studio for independent comic book creators. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Blend Money DeFi provides earning infrastructure for fintechs and payment businesses to make more from the money they move and hold. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Covenant Finance transforms any on-chain asset into fully backed leverage and yield, amplifying on-chain liquidity. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Encrypto DeFi provides a non-custodial platform for users to manage and transfer various cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| For The Kingdom Gaming is a company that develops a fully on-chain, real-time strategy game where every move is verifiable on-chain. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningGaming | Portfolio page | |||
| Monad is an institutional-grade blockchain powering an open, global economy through efficient payments, asset tokenization, and onchain capital markets. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| PIVY Payments provides a platform for private payments on the Sui blockchain | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pixelmon creates a connected universe of games, anime, and collectibles where players can collect, evolve, and battle with unique monsters. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Primodium develops fully on-chain games and open-source libraries for Ethereum, and builds infrastructure to support consumer apps using data from Solana decentralized exchanges. | GamingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Quadrata provides a single sign-on digital passport for Web3 applications with identity verification and privacy preservation features | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Royal provides premium financial research for AI agents and pay-per-article access to newsletters and podcasts | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers online competitive games such as puzzles and minigames | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a game of social deduction available to play online for free on PC, Mac, and Android devices. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Thetanuts provides analytics tools and platforms for options trading. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates an online game where players can explore a dungeon, fight monsters, and compete for prizes. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| W3GPT AI deploys smart contracts with AI on EVM chains. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ZeroDev provides infrastructure for web3 applications, including smart accounts and embedded wallets. | FintechDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- pressstart.capital
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 18
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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