Brian Singerman

General Partner · Small Ventures

Check $250K–$3M

PRE SEED

SEED

Crypto

Devtools

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Investment thesis

Technical founders building in crypto, AI, and frontier tech. Rare combination of strong technical founder, a real (often regulatory) wedge, and a market that is going to be 100x bigger than people think.

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Communication style

Technical, fast, low ceremony. Direct to the point of blunt. Will say 'I don't get it' plainly.

Red flags

No technical co-founder

Regulatory risk that founders haven't engaged with seriously

Token design that doesn't survive game-theory scrutiny

Signature questions

1.What's the cryptoeconomic loop? Walk me through the incentive design.

2.Why is this better on-chain than off-chain?

3.What's the regulatory path, and what's the worst-case outcome?

4.What did the team build before this that gives you an unfair edge?

Fund facts

Fund size $500M

Vintage 2025

RAISING

Stemcentrx · Series B '13

Compound

StarkWare

Optimism

Worldcoin

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