In 2020, Jesse Walden set out to build one of the first early-stage crypto funds. Since then, we’ve built a team and an approach specialized to give our founders leverage early on.

Legal and regulatory are day one concerns when building in crypto, and we have made world-class legal advisory a cornerstone of our founder support. Alongside regulatory, go-to-market, mechanism design, and talent support, Variant is the only early-stage crypto fund we know of with a dedicated platform team.