CoinFundâs recent bets on liquidity staking and blockchain gaming are part of an $83 million fund the crypto venture firm closed in March.Â
The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based CoinFundâs third fund, âVentures,â is focused on âearly mainstream adoptionâ projects, CEO Jake Brukhman told CoinDesk Monday.Â
Where the firmâs previous fund was largely focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi), Brukhman said the new fundâs portfolio includes go-to-market consumer and enterprise plays, plus Web 2 developers building in the crypto space.
âJust in the first six months of this year, we are leading or co-leading seven opportunities in blockchain,â Brukhman said.Â
That includes multichain protocol Moonbeam, NFT marketplace Rarible, staking platform ClayStack and the esports play Community Gaming.
Institutional investors (pensions, endowments and family offices) contributed over half of the new fundâs $83 million, Brukhman said. Itâs CoinFundâs largest pool to date.
In March filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the VC revealed its two other private funds, âLiquid Opportunitiesâ and âCoinFund,â had gross asset values of $37.3 million and $59.2 million, respectively. Representatives for the firm declined to share total assets under management.