Hack VC describes itself as a thesis-driven venture capital firm that partners at the earliest stages with founders building the future of the Internet across crypto, AI and other frontier technologies. Its about page says it has been one of the first institutional investors in frontier technologies such as Web3 and AI, supporting founders from idea to global scale since 2014, and that it is a team of VCs, founders, developers and researchers who build alongside the founders they back. The firm runs hack.labs(), described as its internal R&D arm, and hack.summit(), described as a Web3 developer community of more than 130,000 engineers from 157 countries. Its portfolio page groups investments under AI, (DE)FI and Web3 Infrastructure. The firm reported deploying about $50M across 29 deals in 2025 and said 26 of its portfolio companies launched public tokens that year.
~$700M (firm-stated AUM as of Q3 2025, with ~$550M of committed capital at year-end 2025, per the firm's own "Hack VC 2025 Wrapped", 7 January 2026) AUM70/100 Power Score™2014 FoundedPalo Alto, CA
Hack VC's about page states the firm has supported founders from idea to global scale since 2014; it also runs the hack.summit() Web3 developer community.
2022
Hack VC closes its initial $200 million crypto fund in February 2022, per Decrypt's February 2024 report.
2024
Hack VC raises $150 million for its first venture fund, announced 21 February 2024, taking total assets under management above $425 million at that date.
2025
Harrison Dahme joins as Partner and Chief Technology Officer, announced on the firm's blog on 18 August 2025.
2025
Portfolio company Rail, a global payments infrastructure company Hack VC says it backed at pre-seed in 2021, is acquired by Ripple for $200 million.
2025
Hack VC reports approximately $700 million in AUM as of Q3 2025 and approximately $550 million in committed capital at year-end.