Mantis VC

Mantis VC is a partnership between Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, otherwise known as The Chainsmokers, and experienced Venture Capital professionals and entrepreneurs Milan Koch and Jeffrey Evans that invests opportunistically in early stage technology enabled startups.

Key Info

mantisvc.com
2020 Founded
14 Investments
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@mantisvc

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Activity Timeline

Openlayer
Raised
$4.80M
:
Seed from
Yuri Sagalov
, Y Combinator
, Soma Capital
, Rodrigo Schmidt
, Quiet Capital/Astasia Myers
, Picus Capital
, Jonathan Swanson
, John S. Kim
, Hack VC
, Oliver Cameron
, Mike Krieger
, Max Mullen
, Mantis VC
, Liquid 2 Ventures
, Guillermo Rauch
, Gokul Rajaram
, Immad Akhund
, and Ground Up Ventures
.
May 04, 2023
Tavus
Raised
$6.10M
:
Seed from
Mantis VC
, Lightspeed Venture Partners
, Index Ventures
, Hack VC
, Guillaume Cabane
,
, Accel
, Sequoia Capital
, SV Angel
, Zillionize
, Terra Nova Partners
, Soma Capital
, Remus Capital
, and Liquid 2 Ventures
.
Mar 20, 2023
Few and Far
Raised
$10.50M
:
Venture Round from
Cypher Capital
, Hypersphere Ventures
, MetaWeb Ventures
, Huobi Capital
, Pantera Capital
, Mantis VC
, and K5 Global
.
Mar 02, 2023
MPCH Labs
Raised
$40.00M
:
Series A from
Animoca Brands
, LedgerPrime
, Finality Capital Partners
, Global Coin Research
, Human Capital
, Liberty City Ventures
, Oak HC/FT
, Polygon Studios
, Mantis VC
, QCP Capital
, and Quantstamp
.
Sep 27, 2022
Tres.finance
Raised
$7.60M
:
Seed from
Alchemy Ventures
, Blockdaemon
, F2 Venture
, Kenetic
, Mantis VC
, and New Form Capital
.
Sep 20, 2022
Kurtosis
Raised
$20.00M
:
Series A from
Olivier Pomel
, Coatue
, Coinbase Ventures
, and Mantis VC
.
Aug 04, 2022
Irreverent Labs
Raised
$40.00M
:
Series A from
Solana Ventures
, Michael Ovitz
, Mantis VC/Alex Pall
, Andreessen Horowitz/Arianna Simpson
, Infinity Ventures Crypto/Brian Lu
, Advancit Capital
, Unlock Venture Partners
, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
, and Keen Crypto
.
May 09, 2022
Swim Protocol
Raised
$4.00M
:
Seed from
Brandon Millman
, Phillip Liu Jr.
, Bonfida
, Coinbase Ventures
, FTX Exchange
, IOSG Ventures
, Jump Capital
, Mantis VC
, Solana Ventures
, Panony
, Social Capital
, Alameda Research/Sam Bankman-Fried
, Pantera Capital/Paul Veradittakit
, ROK Capital
, and GBV Capital
.
Mar 09, 2022
Trace Finance
Raised
$4.30M
:
Seed from
Marcelo Sampaio
, Mantis VC
, Philippe Teixeira Da Mota
, Nordstar
, Oliver Jung
, HOF Capital
, BlockFi
, 2TM
, and Paulo Silveira
.
Feb 16, 2022
Portals
Raised
$5.00M
:
Seed from
Greylock
, Multicoin Capital
, Foundation Capital
, Solana Ventures
, Sino Global Capital
, Alameda Research
, Mantis VC
, Cultur3 Capital
, MonkeVentures
, Wave 7
, SkyVision Capital
, Justin Kan
, Robin Chan
, and David Grider
.
Feb 11, 2022

Team

Investments

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Investors
May 04, 2023	Openlayer	Seed	$4,800,000	Quiet Capital Astasia Myers Y Combinator Soma Capital Picus Capital Hack VC Mantis VC Liquid 2 Ventures Ground Up Ventures Yuri Sagalov Rodrigo Schmidt Jonathan Swanson John S. Kim Oliver Cameron Mike Krieger Max Mullen Guillermo Rauch Gokul Rajaram Immad Akhund
Mar 20, 2023	Tavus	Seed	$6,100,000	Mantis VC Lightspeed Venture Partners Index Ventures Hack VC Accel Sequoia Capital SV Angel Zillionize Terra Nova Partners Soma Capital Remus Capital Liquid 2 Ventures Guillaume Cabane
Mar 02, 2023	Few and Far	Venture Round	$10,500,000	Cypher Capital Hypersphere Ventures MetaWeb Ventures Huobi Capital Pantera Capital Mantis VC K5 Global
Sep 27, 2022	MPCH Labs	Series A	$40,000,000	Animoca Brands LedgerPrime Finality Capital Partners Global Coin Research Human Capital Liberty City Ventures Oak HC/FT Polygon Studios Mantis VC QCP Capital Quantstamp
Sep 20, 2022	Tres.finance	Seed	$7,600,000	Alchemy Ventures Blockdaemon F2 Venture Kenetic Mantis VC New Form Capital
Aug 04, 2022	Kurtosis	Series A	$20,000,000	Coatue Coinbase Ventures Mantis VC Olivier Pomel
May 09, 2022	Irreverent Labs	Series A	$40,000,000	Mantis VC Alex Pall Andreessen Horowitz Arianna Simpson Infinity Ventures Crypto Brian Lu Solana Ventures Advancit Capital Unlock Venture Partners Keen Crypto Michael Ovitz Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Mar 09, 2022	Swim Protocol	Seed	$4,000,000	Alameda Research Sam Bankman-Fried Pantera Capital Paul Veradittakit Bonfida Coinbase Ventures FTX Exchange IOSG Ventures Jump Capital Mantis VC Solana Ventures Panony Social Capital ROK Capital GBV Capital Brandon Millman Phillip Liu Jr.
Feb 16, 2022	Trace Finance	Seed	$4,300,000	Mantis VC Nordstar HOF Capital BlockFi 2TM Marcelo Sampaio Philippe Teixeira Da Mota Oliver Jung Paulo Silveira
Feb 11, 2022	Portals	Seed	$5,000,000	Greylock Multicoin Capital Foundation Capital Solana Ventures Sino Global Capital Alameda Research Mantis VC Cultur3 Capital MonkeVentures Wave 7 SkyVision Capital Justin Kan Robin Chan David Grider
Nov 04, 2021	Mythical Games	Series C	$150,000,000	Javelin Venture Partners Alex Gurevich WestCap Laurence A. Tosi Galaxy Interactive Sam Englebardt Andreessen Horowitz Arianna Simpson Mantis VC One Team Partners RedBird Capital Partners Struck Capital Struck Crypto The Kraft Group The Raine Group 01 Advisors 32 Equity Almanack Family Office Alumni Ventures Binance Labs D1 Capital Partners FTX Exchange Signum Growth Capital Sand Hill Angels Snow K Ryan Tedder Michael Jordan Michael Gordon Jonathan Kraft Curtis Polk
Oct 29, 2021	Irreverent Labs	Seed	$5,000,000	Andreessen Horowitz Arianna Simpson Mantis VC Alex Pall Keen Crypto Unlock Venture Partners Advancit Capital
Oct 20, 2021	Superplastic	Venture Round	$20,000,000	GV (Google Ventures) Mantis VC Betaworks Craft Ventures Day One Ventures Founders Fund Galaxy Digital Index Ventures Kakao Investment LINE Friends Sean Qiao Ventures Electric Feel Ventures Jared Leto Justin Timberlake Scooter Braun Scott Belsky Cyan Banister
Apr 28, 2021	Alchemy	Series B	$80,000,000	Coinbase Ventures Emilie Choi Mantis VC Addition Coatue Communitas Asset Management DFJ Growth Genies Investments K5 Global Neythri Futures Fund Pantera Capital Samsung NEXT SignalFire Stanford University Glazer Family Jared Leto Charles Schwab Reid Hoffman John Hennessy Shawn Carter Jerry Yang