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Multicoin Capital

AI-AgentsData-LayerPayment-Rails

Fund snapshot

Lookout tier
Tier 1
Lookout score
88/100
AUM
$3B
Vintage
2017
Check size
$500K – $25M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Role
Leads rounds

Lookout's read

How Lookout reads this fund.

DePIN pioneers who extended the playbook into AI × Crypto. Their public memos are required reading — few funds articulate a thesis as cleanly. Strong on data + agent infrastructure. The watch item is whether their next inference bet lands as well as Helium did for DePIN.

Research Coverage

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Fund thesis

What they back.

Concentrated, non-consensus, thesis-driven bets on category-defining protocols — research published openly, long-term conviction across execution layers, DePIN, payments, and Solana-native infra.

Portfolio

Notable bets · 6

6 with realized tokens or exits

Solana

2018
L1StrategicToken live

Helium

2019
DePIN / WirelessStrategicToken live

Render Network

2017
DePIN / ComputeSeedToken live

io.net

2024
DePIN / ComputeSeries AToken live

Hivemapper

2022
DePIN / MappingSeed (lead)Token live

The Graph

2020
Data / IndexingStrategicToken live

In their orbit

Deals Lookout covers.

Team

Who runs the capital.

Tushar Jain

@TusharJain_

Co-Founder / Managing Partner

Co-founded Multicoin in 2017; now leads the firm after Kyle Samani's Feb 2026 step-back.

Kyle Samani

@KyleSamani

Co-Founder (stepped back 2026)

Co-founded Multicoin; prominent Solana advocate; stepped down as MP in Feb 2026.

Spencer Applebaum

Partner

Investing partner focused on DePIN and infrastructure.

Co-investors

Who they ride with.

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