Investing Profile

Olaf Carlson-Wee

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Founder & CEO of Polychain Capital
polychain.capitalSan Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Polychain Capital Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.8M
Investments On Record
45
Current Fund Size
$175M

Olaf Carlson-Wee is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Investments On Record (33)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
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 (Symbolic Capital), Michael Heinrich (Pioneer Fund)
Brevis
SeedNov 2024$8M
$8M
Yellow Card
Series COct 2024$33M
Series ASep 2021$15M
SeedAug 2020$2M
$90M
Co-investors: Aleks Larsen (Blockchain Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), William Wolf
Story Protocol
Series BAug 2024$80M
$110M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), David Lee (Samsung NEXT Ventures), David Lee (SLVC), Adrian Cheng (CVentures), Nicolas Berggruen, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Songhurst
Lombard
SeedJul 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Tekin Salimi
Polymarket
Series AMay 2024$25M
SeedOct 2020$4M
$120M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Nick Tomaino (1confirmation), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Alex Marinier (New Form Capital), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Vitalik Buterin, Balaji Srinivasan, Stani Kulechov, Sahin Boydas
Tomo
SeedApr 2024$4M
$130M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Nick Huber (Ribbit Capital), Spencer Rascoff (75 & Sunny), Alexander Sacerdote

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Experience

Founder & Managing Member Cryptographic Financial2016 - Present
Founder & CEO Polychain Capital2016 - Present
Head of Risk & Product Manager Coinbase2013 - 2016

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Education

Vassar College Bachelor of Arts (BA) Sociology