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1kx

DePINAIDeFiToken Networks

Fund snapshot

Lookout tier
Tier 2
Lookout score
87/100
AUM
Vintage
2018
Check size
$50K – $5M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Role
Leads rounds

Lookout's read

How Lookout reads this fund.

Among the most intellectually serious token-economics shops in crypto — its DePIN and incentive-design research is field-shaping and it backs that thesis early as a lead. Strong institutional LP base signals durability. Tier 2 only because true fund size isn't disclosed; any AUM figure floating around is an estimate.

Research Coverage

Lookout profiles this fund based on publicly available information. This does not constitute an endorsement or a commercial relationship.

Fund thesis

What they back.

Token-first network design is the foundation of the next internet: back token-native networks with sustainable token economies, plus deep in-house token-engineering and GTM support.

Portfolio

Notable bets · 3

3 with realized tokens or exits

Matter Labs (zkSync)

2020
L2EarlyToken live

Gitcoin

2021
Public GoodsEarlyToken live

Connext

2021
BridgeSeedToken live

In their orbit

Deals Lookout covers.

Team

Who runs the capital.

Lasse Clausen

@lalleclausen

Founding Partner

Serial tech entrepreneur; co-founded 1kx in 2018 and drives its token-network thesis.

Christopher Heymann

@ChrisHeymann

Founding Partner

Tech entrepreneur and co-founder of 1kx.

Co-investors

Who they ride with.

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