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Spartan Group

DeFiInfrastructureGamingAI

Fund snapshot

Lookout tier
Tier 2
Lookout score
86/100
AUM
Vintage
2018
Check size
$500K – $10M
Stage
Seed, Series A, Liquid
Role
Leads rounds

Lookout's read

How Lookout reads this fund.

Asia's sharpest DeFi-native shop, with a Goldman-trained partnership and a value lens rare in a momentum market. The Pendle bet validates the fundamentals-first approach. Smaller and more selective than the megafunds, but the advisory + dual-structure model gives outsized APAC influence.

Fund thesis

What they back.

A long-term, value-investing blockchain firm seeking projects with strong fundamentals and durable growth, blending Goldman-pedigree rigor with both liquid hedge-fund and early-stage venture mandates.

Portfolio

Notable bets · 4

4 with realized tokens or exits

Pendle

DeFiEarlyToken live

Maple Finance

DeFiEarlyToken live

Kaito

2023
DataSeries AToken live

Lido

StakingEarlyToken live

In their orbit

Deals Lookout covers.

Team

Who runs the capital.

Kelvin Koh

@SpartanBlack_1

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Former Goldman Sachs MD and head of Asia tech research; co-founded Spartan in 2018.

Jason Choi

@mrjasonchoi

General Partner

Crypto researcher and host of The Blockcrunch podcast.

Co-investors

Who they ride with.

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