Investing Profile

Olaf Carlson-Wee

VCInvestorFounderAngel

Founder & Managing Member at Cryptographic Financial

polychain.capitalSan Francisco, California

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Networks Olaf is a member of

NewCo Network

1600 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1032 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Sm4rt Predictive Systems Network

299 CONNECTIONS

Coinbase Network

68 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Cryptographic Financial

Investment Range

$500K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.8M

Investments On Record

Olaf Carlson-Wee is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)Web3/Crypto (Series A)Web3/Crypto (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed)Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed)

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Investments On Record (39)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Yellow Card	Series UnknownAug 2026$40M Series COct 2024$33M Series ASep 2021$15M SeedAug 2020$2M	$130M
Co-investors: William Wolf (Polychain Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Aleks Larsen (Blockchain Capital LLC)
Cambrian	SeedJun 2026$6M	$6M
Nava labs	SeedApr 2026$8M	$8M
VeryAI	SeedMar 2026$10M	$10M
Blueprint Bryan Johnson	AngelOct 2025$60M	$60M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Travis Scher (North Island Ventures), Eric Demuth (Bitpanda), Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Shayne Coplan (Polymarket), Bryan Meehan (Blue Bottle Coffee), Saturnin Pugnet (Unknown Ventures), Chris Hollod (Hollod Holdings), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Bill Lee (Craft Ventures), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Gemini Israeli Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Bradley Keywell (Lightbank), Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital), Carter Reum (M13), Emmett Shear, Jaan Tallinn, Logan Paul, Balaji Srinivasan, Kyle Widrick, Drew Houston
Allora Labs	Series UnknownOct 2025$35M Series AMar 2022$22M	$65M
Co-investors: Alexander Salnikov (RARI Foundation), Shayne Coplan (Polymarket), Andrew Steinwold (Sfermion), Tony Sheng (Multicoin Capital), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Vance Spencer (Framework Ventures), Giselle Melo (Matr (matter) Ventures), Tegan Kline
CEA Industries	Post Ipo EquityJul 2025$500M	$500M
Co-investors: David Namdar (Coral (Coral Defi))
Talus Network	SeedNov 2024$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Kenzi Wang (Borderless Capital), Michael Heinrich (Pioneer Fund), Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital)

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Experience

Founder & CEO Polychain Capital2016 - Present

Founder & Managing Member Cryptographic Financial2016 - Present

Founder & Managing Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founder & Managing Member Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Founder & Managing Member NewCoPresent

Founder & Managing Member Top-PatentsPresent

Head of Risk & Product Manager Coinbase2013 - 2016

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Education

Vassar College Bachelor of Arts (BA) Sociology

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