gumi Cryptos Capital

gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) is a boutique early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, focusing on blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. Since its inception in 2018, gCC has been dedicated to supporting innovative founders in the Web3 space, leveraging its entrepreneurial experience and global networks to add value to portfolio companies. The firm believes in the transformative potential of the internet, envisioning it as the largest market in human history, rebuilt on new protocols that protect and coordinate the transfer of digital assets, resources, and intellectual property, generate consensus, incentivize network participants, and decentralize ownership.

gCC's investment strategy centers on identifying and backing exceptional entrepreneurs who are building the foundational layers of Web3 or utilizing blockchain technology to gain significant competitive advantages. The firm has a diverse portfolio that includes early investments in successful projects such as OpenSea, Yield Guild Games, 1inch, Hashflow, Qredo, Agoric, and Lit Protocol. gCC's approach combines a long-term perspective with high conviction, aiming to support founders from the earliest stages through to growth and beyond.

In March 2022, gCC closed its second fund, raising $110 million to continue its mission of supporting blockchain startups. This fund focuses on early-stage investments, with check sizes ranging from $500,000 to $5 million, and targets sectors including blockchain games, infrastructure, Web3 applications, tools, DeFi, CeFi, DAOs, and guilds. The firm's limited partners include Japanese game company gumi, Shinsei Bank, Cygames, Mistletoe Venture Partners, Marui Group, GMP Capital, and Polygon. gCC's unique position, backed by gumi Inc. and other public Japanese companies, allows it to provide strategic value to portfolio companies and crypto partners in both the Asia-Pacific and U.S. markets.

gCC's commitment to the blockchain ecosystem is further demonstrated by its strategic partnerships, such as the one with OKX, a global cryptocurrency exchange. This partnership, announced in April 2023, involved OKX investing in gCC's $110 million Fund II and providing support to gCC's portfolio companies. Additionally, in April 2024, gCC appointed Evans Huangfu as a new Partner to lead its Asia efforts and portfolio strategy, further strengthening its presence in the region. These initiatives underscore gCC's dedication to fostering innovation and supporting the growth of blockchain and cryptocurrency startups worldwide.