Gnosis Ventures

Overview

Gnosis Ventures is the venture capital arm of Gnosis, backing over 80 innovative Web3 startups with a focus on early-stage investments. The fund specializes in decentralized infrastructure, real-world assets (RWA), and financial rails, supporting projects that are building the future of decentralized finance and blockchain technology.

Investment Focus

Gnosis Ventures targets early-stage projects across several key verticals:

• Decentralized Infrastructure: Layer-2 protocols, rollups, and core blockchain infrastructure
• Real-World Assets: Projects bringing traditional financial assets onto blockchain rails
• Financial Rails: Next-generation payment systems, DeFi protocols, and financial infrastructure
• DeFi Innovation: Intent-based trading, MEV protection, and novel AMM designs

Notable Portfolio Companies

The fund has successfully invested in industry-leading projects including:

• Safe: The industry-standard for secure multi-signature wallets, powering digital asset management across all major EVM chains
• CoW Swap: The largest intent-based DEX with MEV protection, developed by CoW DAO
• 1kx: Crypto investment firm specializing in ecosystem growth
• Altlayer: Decentralized protocol for native and restaked rollups
• Anoma: Intent-centric privacy-preserving protocol
• Autonolas: Bringing external APIs, automation, and AI on-chain
• Aztec: Privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum
• Azuro: Tooling, oracle, and liquidity solution for predictions, betting, and games
• Backed: Bringing financial assets onto blockchain rails with DeFi integrations

The portfolio demonstrates Gnosis Ventures' strategic focus on infrastructure projects that enable the next wave of Web3 adoption, particularly in areas bridging traditional finance with decentralized systems.