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Earlybird Venture Capital

$38Tdisclosed portfolio round capital
5 Apr, 2023last investment
8portfolio companies
13team members

Analyst signals

Portfolio activity and matriculation

Metrics use all recorded activity through 21 Jul 2026 across seed, series a, series b, unknown. Later-round outcomes are capped at the period end.

62.5%companies with a later round · 5/8
3.50×median round-size step-up · n=5
Not availablemedian valuation step-up · n=0
0%recorded-solo rate · 0 solo / 13 syndicated
Finance · 3 companiesInfrastructure · 3 companiesAsset Management · 1 companies

These are activity signals, not fund-return metrics. Round capital is the full disclosed financing amount, not this fund's check size. “Recorded solo” means only one investor is present in the source data and is a lead signal, not verified lead status; syndicated rounds are a co-investor or follower signal. IRR, TVPI, DPI, ownership, exits, and market beta cannot be calculated from the available records.

Opportunities

Crypto jobs across Earlybird Venture Capital's portfolio

37 current roles at companies backed by Earlybird Venture Capital, sourced from JobStash's crypto job board.

People

Team

A

Akash Bajwa

Principal

D

Dr. Andre Retterath

General Partner

D

Dr. Christian Nagel

Co-Founder and General Partner

D

Dr. Hendrik Brandis

Co-Founder and General Partner

D

Dr. Moritz Belling

Principal

L

Laura Waldenstrom

Principal

L

Laurin Class

Investment Team

N

Nina Mayer

Principal

P

Paul-Christoph Altunay

Investment Team

P

Paul Klemm

General Partner

S

Stefano Gonelle Ribas

Investment Team

T

Tim Rehder

General Partner

U

Umberto Belluzzo

Investment Team

Portfolio

Investments

Full financing histories for portfolio companies. Highlighted rounds are those where Earlybird Venture Capital is recorded as an investor.

Infrastructure

BigchainDB is an open-source blockchain database combining distributed-database capabilities with decentralization, immutability, and native asset support. It was designed for developers and enterprises building large-scale applications across areas such as intellectual property, identity, supply chain, and IoT.

Series A27 Sep, 2016$3.4T roundSyndicated · 8 disclosed investors
Seed30 Jun, 2015$2T roundSyndicated · 4 disclosed investors
Blockchain Platforms

LAOS Network is an open Layer-1 blockchain and Polkadot parachain focused on low-cost, high-volume asset minting across Bitcoin and EVM chains. It supports dynamic NFTs, game assets, real-world asset tokenization, and cross-application asset functionality.

Series A1 Mar, 2022$10M roundSyndicated · 5 disclosed investors
Seed1 Jun, 2021$1M round
Pre-Seed1 Sep, 2019$500K round
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M0

crypto
Infrastructure

M0 is infrastructure for building programmable, interoperable stablecoins with shared liquidity and customizable features.

Series B28 Aug, 2025$40T round
Series A1 Jun, 2024$35M round
Seed1 Mar, 2023$23M roundSyndicated · 10 disclosed investors
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M0

crypto
Infrastructure

M0 provides modular stablecoin infrastructure for businesses and developers creating application-specific digital dollars. Its platform offers configurable design, issuance, liquidity, cross-chain transport, and interoperability layers.

Seed5 Apr, 2023$23T roundSyndicated · 10 disclosed investors
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Nuri

crypto
Asset Management

Nuri is a Berlin-based provider of self-custodial Bitcoin wallet software. Its app lets users hold, send, receive, convert, and buy Bitcoin, with optional Visa card and IBAN features delivered through partners.

Series B1 Jun, 2021$11M round
Series B1 Dec, 2020$18M roundSyndicated · 3 disclosed investors
Series A1 Jul, 2019$13M roundSyndicated · 3 disclosed investors
Unknown1 Sep, 2018$3.1M roundSyndicated · 2 disclosed investors
Seed1 Jun, 2016$800K round
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Obligate

crypto
Finance

Obligate is a digital securities platform that lets companies issue on-chain bonds and commercial paper, and gives institutional investors access to regulated debt instruments under Swiss DLT law.

Seed1 Jan, 2023$4M roundSyndicated · 4 disclosed investors
Seed1 Jun, 2021$4.7M roundSyndicated · 2 disclosed investors
Finance

ShapeShift is a multichain crypto platform that enables users to trade, track, buy, and earn with digital assets across multiple blockchains.

Series A29 Mar, 2017$10T roundSyndicated · 9 disclosed investors
Unknown1 Mar, 2016
Seed8 Sep, 2015$1.6T round
Seed10 Mar, 2015$790B round
Unknown1 Mar, 2015$525K round
Finance

Upvest provides regulated, API-first investment infrastructure for fintechs, banks, brokers, and wealth managers across Europe and the UK. Its platform supports brokerage, settlement, custody, fractional investing, portfolios, savings plans, and investment operations.

Series B1 Jun, 2022$42M roundSyndicated · 8 disclosed investors
Unknown1 May, 2021$4M round
Unknown1 Dec, 2020$12M roundSyndicated · 4 disclosed investors
Series A1 Dec, 2019$7M round