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Bitcoin Venture Capital · 2016-Present

Trammell Venture Partners

Christopher Calicott and Dustin Trammell.

Fund Size

Fund size undisclosed. An estimated 15 to 20 Bitcoin-native portfolio companies across its fund series, which it began in 2020.

Thesis

One of the first institutional fund series dedicated exclusively to Bitcoin-native companies. TVP focuses on seed and early-stage startups building on the Bitcoin/Lightning Network protocol stack, as well as security/privacy technology and applied AI. Having a co-founder who ran one of Bitcoin's earliest nodes gives the firm rare historical credibility.

Portfolio

Unchained, Voltage, Vida Global, Impervious, and other seed and early-stage Bitcoin-native startups across the protocol stack.

Why It Matters

Trammell Venture Partners carries a unique piece of Bitcoin's origin story, Dustin Trammell's standing as one of Bitcoin's earliest adopters, in direct contact with Satoshi. Their annual Bitcoin-Native Startup and VC Ecosystem Research reports have become an important reference for understanding the state of Bitcoin venture capital.

Companies on this list they backed

Unchained, Kraken

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