Messari Fund Analysis Q3'21: Examining Liquid Portfolios of Crypto Funds

Mason NystromNov 17, 2021 ⋅ 5 min read

Smart money investors – venture capital funds, hedge funds, mercenary liquidity providers – are making bets across various sectors DeFi, NFTs, Web3, Infrastructure, The Metaverse – at various stages of growth (all the way from sub $50 million to well over $1 billion).

We’ve tracked down many of the top venture capital (VC) firms and hedge funds in crypto and recorded their liquid portfolios (assets that trade on the market). This of course could miss equity investments or investments in networks that are not yet live.

In total, our analysis shows that combined, fifty-three funds hold 228 unique assets across various sectors including smart contracts, DeFi, Web3, Scaling, Interoperability, and NFTs.

(Messari Pro comes with access to our full list of community screeners, including VC portfolio screeners for Multicoin, Pantera, Paradigm, ParaFi, Three Arrows Capital, and more). To find the list of portfolio screeners go to Messari.io/screener and for screeners by Messari Research in the community section:

A16z
Alameda Research
Dragonfly Capital

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Mason Nystrom

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Mason was a Senior Research Analyst at Messari focused on Web3 protocols and cryptoassets. Before Messari, Mason worked at ConsenSys as a Content Marketer focused on marketing strategy. Mason obtained his Master’s in Business Management at Hong Kong Baptist University.

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