AU21 is an investment firm that has shown an impressive investment activity during the last 3 years. It’s a symbiotic hedge and venture capital fund with a broad expertise in the Web3 and crypto industries.
Established in San Francisco in 2017 by Chandler Guo and Kenzi Wang, AU21 is oriented on early-stage investments in growing blockchain-based startups.
Throughout the fairly short time of its existence, the fund has already made an impressive number of investments in crypto companies - more than 170. The most prominent of them are investments in ecosystem heavyweights such as Pokadot, Casper, Phantom and Astar.
AU21 Capital Overview
AU21 Capital - About
AU21 Capital is a forward-thinking venture capital firm applying a strategy of multi-diversification: investing in as many promising startups as possible. Along with that, the fund is committed to supporting only visionary teams that are eager to push the boundaries of blockchain technology.
The core team of the AU21 Capital fund has an extensive professional track record. They have profound executive and operational experience gained while working for such giants as Huobi and Galaxy Digital. The fund also collaborates with the leading launchpads and top-tier exchanges to support them in bringing new Web3 products into the market.
Among the portfolio companies of AU21 Capital, there are such notable stars of the Web3 industry as MultiversX, Astar Network, DAO Maker, IoTeX, Coin98, Ren, Singularity Dao, Fantom, Covalent, Serum, Polkadot, Axie Infinity, Casper Labs, and many more.
AU21 has made 20 exits in total. Meta Spatial, Bagels Finance, and Alphr are some of the projects the fund made successful exits.
Here is the current balance of interests in the portfolio.
Total number of investments: 170
- DeFi: 36.8%
- GameFi: 30.9%
- Blockchain Service: 12%
- NFT: 6.9%
- Blockchain Infrastructure: 6.2%
- Social: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
- CeFi: 1.4%
- Meme: 0.3%
AU21 Capital - Industries
AU21 Capital - Portfolio Performance
AU21 Capital – Investment Rounds
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AU21 Capital – Co-investors
| Fund | Score | Type | Project Support | Social Influence | Retail ROI | Co-investments | Total Investment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GSR | N/A | Venture | High | Medium | 0.682x | 3 | 39 |
 Inception Capital (OP Crypto) | N/A | Venture | N/A | N/A | 0.396x | 2 | 8 |
AU21 Capital Team
