6th Man Ventures

6th Man Ventures, which brands itself 6MV, describes itself on its own site as 'Builder-First Capital For The World's Most Tenacious Founders' and as 'a team of company founders and builders, partnering with leaders courageous enough to create the future'. It states that it invests at Seed and Series A as a high conviction lead or co-lead, with an average cheque of $2M to $5M and the ability to flex, and that it does not index on pedigree but seeks 'N of 1 founders building N of 1 companies'. Its portfolio page groups holdings under the firm's own labels Consumer, Developer, Money, AI, DePin, DeFi and Other. The 2022 fund was described by the fund's counsel as focused on play-to-earn gaming and metaverse projects, web3 networks and DAOs, and infrastructure. In a Solana Breakpoint 2025 keynote the firm was reported as putting about 50 per cent of its deal flow into the Solana ecosystem. The firm publishes a research blog under 'Writing' covering tokenisation, DePIN, airdrops, token unlocks and stablecoins.

Not publicly disclosed (no AUM figure is published; a $145M second crypto fund was formed in 2022, per the Lowenstein Sandler announcement of 12 May 2022) AUM 66/100 Power Score™ - Founded New York, NY
Crypto Web3 Blockchain Infrastructure DeFi Consumer
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Key Partners & Leadership

Managing Partner
Managing Partner
General Partner
General Partner
Emilio Maglione-Fulco
Head of Operations

Firm Timeline

2022
CoinDesk reports on 12 May 2022 that 6th Man Ventures' first fund held $7.4 million and invested in 75 projects at an average cheque of $100,000.
2022
The firm's counsel Lowenstein Sandler announces on 12 May 2022 that it represented 6th Man Ventures, 'a venture capital firm founded by Mike Dudas and Serge Kassardjian', in the formation of a $145 million second crypto fund.