Electric Capital

aid: electric-capital
name: Electric Capital
description: >-
  Electric Capital is an engineering-led venture capital firm founded in 2018 and
  headquartered in Palo Alto, California, investing in founders building frontier
  technologies across crypto, cryptography, distributed systems, and AI. The firm
  backs user-owned technology and cryptographic infrastructure that reduces reliance
  on intermediaries and gives users control, privacy, and access. Electric Capital
  invests from pre-seed through growth, with typical checks ranging from roughly
  $1M to $15M+, and has deployed more than $3B since inception across multiple funds
  (including a $1B raise announced in 2022). Its portfolio spans DeFi, layer-1 and
  layer-2 infrastructure, exchanges, developer tools, security, identity, and select
  AI, fintech, healthcare, and deep-tech companies, with notable investments including
  Solana, Kraken, EigenLayer/EigenCloud, dYdX, Magic Eden, Sui/Mysten Labs, NEAR,
  Consensys, and Aave. The firm is also known for authoring the widely cited annual
  Electric Capital Developer Report.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
image: https://www.electriccapital.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Pre-Seed
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Growth
  - Crypto
  - Web3
  - DeFi
  - Blockchain Infrastructure
  - Developer Tools
  - AI
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/investments/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/electric-capital-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/electric-capital-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/content/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/content/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://electriccapital.substack.com/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.electriccapital.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/contact/
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/electric-capital
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electric-capital
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://x.com/electriccapital
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/electric-capital
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth'
      - 'Typical check: $1M-$15M+'
      - 'Sectors: crypto, cryptography, distributed systems, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, AI, fintech, healthcare'
      - 'Geography: primarily North America, global'
      - 'Total invested: $3B+ since inception'
      - 'Fund: $1B raised (announced 2022)'
      - 'Founded: 2018'
      - 'HQ: Palo Alto, California'
    sources:
      - https://www.electriccapital.com/
      - https://www.electriccapital.com/investments/
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: https://apisjson.org
  - FN: Electric Capital
    url: https://www.electriccapital.com/