Partnering with Crypto Founders from Day 0

Joined February 2017
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
"Everything runs on Blockworks."
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DePIN on @solana is evolving The first generation proved token rewards could bootstrap real-world infrastructure networks The next iteration is about giving anyone the ability to fund them Introducing Fractals: fund the growth of tomorrow’s networks and share in the rewards
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
If you’re building in this category drop me a line. @recvcx is actively deploying into DeFi on the sun chain.
Perpetuals are one of the most important financial primitives in crypto. Solana makes it viable to run them fully onchain, without sacrificing the performance real participants and institutions require. We want to support teams building onchain 👇
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Introducing the Transparency Alliance. An industry-led alliance establishing the Token Transparency Framework as the standard for token market disclosures.
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If you're building in any of the below areas, hit me up! Reciprocal is actively deploying.
May 21
We asked Solana builders to share what they're working on. 550 responses, sorted with the help of @lagunacarta and her magic Claude toolkit. Agents were on top: agentic payments, agent security, agent identity, agent observability, agent credit, agent commerce. After agents, the diversity of categories was impressive. Whatever you're building, it has a home on Solana.
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
I’m excited to share that we expanded our investment team at Reciprocal, adding Sam as an Investor. Great founders deserve great partners. Sam brings the curiosity, conviction, and intellectual rigor we look for in everyone at our firm. Crypto’s most important companies are still ahead of us, and we’re thrilled to have him helping us find and back them. Welcome aboard, Sam. Onwards!
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining Reciprocal as an investor! (@recvcx) This is certainly an interesting spot to enter crypto venture. For the second time in its relatively brief history, DeFi is at an inflection point. While I have some ideas, I’m not entirely sure what it will look like next. What I do know is that each cycle, infrastructure improves, crypto protocols get better, and conviction hardens. We’ve had more products go mainstream in the last couple years than ever before. That is what matters. I’m excited to take on the mission of finding, investing, and supporting the next era of great crypto companies with an incredibly talented team. Onwards!
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining Reciprocal as an investor! (@recvcx) This is certainly an interesting spot to enter crypto venture. For the second time in its relatively brief history, DeFi is at an inflection point. While I have some ideas, I’m not entirely sure what it will look like next. What I do know is that each cycle, infrastructure improves, crypto protocols get better, and conviction hardens. We’ve had more products go mainstream in the last couple years than ever before. That is what matters. I’m excited to take on the mission of finding, investing, and supporting the next era of great crypto companies with an incredibly talented team. Onwards!
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
Excited to share that Reciprocal co-led the Series A extension for @Blockworks_ alongside @paraficapital. Here's why we believe Yano and Mike are building the Morningstar for crypto. This industry is at an inflection point. The technology works. Regulation is finally catching up. Institutions are showing up. The thing standing in the way of real scale isn't any of the old excuses anymore. It's the trust gap. Most crypto businesses haven't done the work to earn investors' trust. And investors don't have the information they need to underwrite the asset class with conviction. That's the bottleneck. Solve it, and a lot of capital starts moving. Here's the bigger picture: every capital market in the world is moving onchain. Stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, real estate, and tokens. All of it, on public blockchains, trading 24/7, globally and transparently. We've believed this for years and it's no longer a fringe view. In every mature capital market, the information layer is one of the most valuable parts of the system. Bloomberg, S&P, Moody's, Morningstar, FactSet, CapIQ, Refinitiv, Broadridge. These businesses help investors underwrite and help issuers tell their story. They're often worth more than the assets they cover. Crypto deserves its own version of that layer. Built natively for onchain markets with AI from day one. Blockworks is building it. Three products are doing the work today: Data. One of the largest data platforms in the industry. Trillions of rows across 100 pipelines, ingesting from nearly 100 sources, with fully indexed blockchains and direct feeds from a dozen-plus major exchanges. Hundreds of companies and funds run their workflows on top of it. Investor Relations. Blockworks IR is the first full-stack IR platform built for onchain businesses. Branded portals, curated analytics, quarterly reports, the whole stack. Solana, BNB Chain, and Jito are live. Many more are on the way. Disclosures. The Token Transparency Framework is becoming the standard. 30 issuers rated today, 200 by year end. Presented to both the SEC and the CFTC. Active integration conversations with every major exchange. This is what mandated token disclosures will look like. But a great product isn't enough. Winning this market requires trust, and Blockworks has spent years earning it from crypto teams, financial institutions, and large enterprises. This has become a differentiator and a distribution advantage. Customers are telling Blockworks what to build next, and they are delivering. As a result, ARR has grown more than 10x since their last raise. Couldn't be more pumped to back @JasonYanowitz and @MikeIppolito_ for what's next!
1/ Blockworks has raised a Series A extension at a $192M valuation. This allows us to double down on our mission to build trust in onchain markets. Thank you to all of our customers, we couldn’t have done this without you.
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Introducing Predicate Asset Compliance: Automated compliance controls for stablecoins and RWAs. Issuers define policies for who can and can’t access their assets. Predicate enforces them in real time, directly onchain. Here's how it works and why we built it.
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The shift in the crypto fundraising landscape the past 6 months has been insane. Crypto VCs used to have to constantly be networking/writing/podcasting/going on spaces/promoting your thesis/getting on 10 deal flow calls a week, to get into good deals...now it's literally enough to just have capital to write checks. Deals are being pushed rather than dug out. Inbound if people know you have money is at an all-time high. Most firms are either 1) Out of money 2) Moved to Series A and beyond or 3) Fundraising (with no success). Deals that used to close in 2-3 weeks now close in 2-3 months. Firms with questionable business models or copy pasta of the latest trend are getting zero primary or follow-on funding (Good news!). There are now realistically <20 firms writing checks in pre-seed/seed. VCs basically have the pick of any deal they want, with more time to do DD. IMHO 25/26 are going to be historic vintages for those who stick around.
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We are actively writing checks at @recvcx, and issued/signed a new term sheet just two weeks ago. If you’re a building the future of open economic systems, we want to talk!
Crypto investors have stopped writing checks 2022: 5,345 unique investor names appearing in deals Last 90 days: 377 This data lags too. The real picture is even more stark.
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
Market data, but faster.
Introducing DoubleZero Edge. DoubleZero Edge is a new platform delivering real-time market data to traders and market participants, powered by multicast. Its first feed: raw Solana shreds directly from leaders, delivered over a high-performance fiber network. Infrastructure that levels the playing field for validators and matches traditional trading systems is here. Dive in ↓
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
12 Dec 2025
Introducing the new Kamino A refreshed brand. Six new products. A platform built for the next generation of assets and institutions moving onchain. Welcome to the next chapter 🧵
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
The gap between traditional and digital finance is closing. Big congratulations to the N3XT team on their launch. They are introducing a purpose-built banking model designed to eliminate operating risks and time restrictions. Excited to watch this team lead the charge in modernizing our financial infrastructure.
4 Dec 2025
We are excited to launch N3XT, a fully reserved, state-chartered bank built for the 24/7 digital economy. No lending, no leverage, 1:1 cash and T-bills. Instant and transparent USD settlement. The future of modern banking starts today. For more information, visit n3xt.io
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
26 Nov 2025
Last week, we hosted our 8th AGM for Reciprocal Ventures. It’s such a rewarding experience to bring our closest partners and supporters together each year to give them a glimpse inside our world. It felt especially meaningful this year, as both the crypto market and our firm enter a new phase of maturity. Our industry is finally growing up, with legislation like the GENIUS Act and the upcoming CLARITY Act defining rules of the road for builders and investors. At the same time, we wrapped up deployment for Reciprocal Ventures II in Q4 ‘24, our firm’s first dedicated crypto fund. We’re incredibly proud of the work we’ve done in RV II and have been fortunate to partner with some absolute legendary founders. It’s an incredibly exciting time to have fresh capital to deploy. Reciprocal Ventures III will run the same barbell strategy as RV II, focusing on a combination of decentralized protocols and centralized picks-and-shovels businesses at the earliest stages. We have backed five companies this year in RV III, including @doublezero, @plumenetwork, and three yet-to-be-announced deals. So what are we excited about for 2026? To be honest, there’s a lot. Here are some of the top thoughts, ideas, themes, and theses we covered during our AGM this year.
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31 Oct 2025
Strongly believe fees should be turned on early in a protocol’s life to test for real demand. Love to see @doublezero leading the charge here! IBRL 0️⃣0️⃣
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The @doublezero network's fees went live in early October, here's a snapshot for the month so far: ~$256,000 of USD equivalent fees. According to @DefiLlama this puts DoubleZero at 16th in 30-day fees-by-network less than a month since launch. These fees go to contributors of the fiber contributors to the DoubleZero network, with a portion of fees burned for sybil resistance. Today these fees only comprise a 5% block reward fee paid by Solana validators. DoubleZero now powers 34% of Solana, up from ~15% in early September. 859 - 82.89 SOL 860 - 102.65 SOL 861 - 73.61 SOL 862 - 144.60 SOL 863 - 85.56 SOL 864 - 102.98 SOL 865 - 102.21 SOL 866 - 95.96 SOL 867 - 125.03 SOL 868 - 111.60 SOL 869 - 94.86 SOL 870 - 114.37 SOL 871 - 158.37 SOL 872 - epoch ongoing Validators can pay in $SOL or $2Z - any SOL collected is swapped to $2Z. You can see the network in realtime at doublezero.xyz/dashboard and track fees onchain or at github.com/doublezerofoundat…
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
High quality event by @recvcx and @deptvc! Stablecoins are eating to eat the world.
14 Oct 2025
Our CEO @pumpernikhil speaking on a panel at @Token2049 Stable Straights discussing TradFi onboarding to stablecoins. Delighted to see Predicate friends @chriseyin from @plumenetwork, @will_beeson from @multiliquid_xyz, and @vishalkgupta from @truemarketsco on stage. Shoutout to @deptvc and @recvcx for hosting an amazing event!
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Reciprocal Ventures retweeted
8 Oct 2025
"If you can perform better and faster, then volume naturally flows to you." Coinflow is proud to announce our $25M Series A round led by @PanteraCapital to power billions in global payment volume. Read more about what this means for the future of global payments in @FortuneMagazine 👉 fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/0…
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"There will be a net-new winner built natively on this technology." — @SirDigitalDan, on taking on Stripe & Worldpay Coinflow coming for the payments 👑
8 Oct 2025
"If you can perform better and faster, then volume naturally flows to you." Coinflow is proud to announce our $25M Series A round led by @PanteraCapital to power billions in global payment volume. Read more about what this means for the future of global payments in @FortuneMagazine 👉 fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/0…
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