Archetype Raises Over $100 Million for Third Crypto Venture Fund

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 23, 2025--

Archetype, a premier early-stage crypto venture firm, today announced the successful close of its third fund, Archetype III (“the Fund”), with over $100 million in total capital commitments. The Fund received significant support from both existing and select new institutional investors, including funds of funds, pensions, academic endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

Launched in New York City in 2021, Archetype supports early-stage companies building disruptive decentralized infrastructure and applications that power the onchain economy. The firm leverages a high-touch, partnership-oriented approach to help visionary founders building real-world use cases scale their platforms and communities. Consistent with the successful approach of its predecessor vehicles, the Fund will invest in and support onchain social networks, stablecoins, payments, crypto AI, the modular protocol stack, decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), and mobile apps built on crypto rails.

Fund III has already made several notable investments that have yet to be announced, adding to the category-leading companies that are already in the firm’s portfolio, including Privy, Monad, Hut 8, Farcaster, Ritual, and Relay, among others.

“Blockchains are becoming the commerce rails of the world, and crypto’s ChatGPT moment is set to emerge atop uniquely performant onchain infrastructure and a powerful new class of creator tooling. Archetype’s mission is to empower the founders that can propel crypto’s use cases to billions of users and invest in the crypto networks that will define the decades ahead,” said Ash Egan, Founder and General Partner at Archetype. “The close of Archetype III reflects our investors’ persistent conviction in our team as stewards of capital, and their trust in our concentrated, partnership-oriented investment approach, our ability to identify emergent and enduring trends, and the strength of our investing track record. We are ecstatic to announce our third fund and continue Archetype’s journey in accelerating the programmable future.”

“Archetype is on an exciting growth trajectory, led by an investment team with a differentiated approach to venture investing in crypto – one that is concentrated, conviction-led, and rooted in genuine partnership with founders,” said Aram Verdiyan, Partner at Accolade Partners. “The firm has demonstrated a proven ability to identify high-potential founders, and we’re excited to support them as they build on the momentum of Archetype I and II.”

"I've seen Ash bring exceptional insight and conviction to his practice since we both worked at Consensys in 2018, and I'm thrilled to continue supporting him as a third time LP in Archetype III," said Andrew Keys, Co-founder and Chairman of The Ether Machine. "Archetype has become a world-class team distinguished by their truly hands-on approach and unwavering commitment to empowering visionary founders."

As one of New York City’s leading crypto venture investment firms, Archetype is committed to establishing the city as the epicenter of the digital asset world. New York has long been a global financial and cultural hub, and is increasingly becoming a destination for top tier developers, setting the stage for NYC to position itself as crypto's Sand Hill Road in the coming decades. The firm actively fosters community through regularly held in-person events, research initiatives, and founder-focused programs designed to attract and empower the next generation of crypto talent. To learn more about Archetype, its events, and open roles at the firm and at Archetype-backed portfolio companies, visit archetype.fund.

About Archetype

Archetype is an early-stage venture fund focused on accelerating the programmable future. They back the next generation of crypto founders who are disrupting the status quo, creating entirely new markets, and dedicating themselves maniacally to their craft. The firm provides visionary founders with working capital, hands-on support, unique expertise, and community to help transform bold ideas into real-world use cases that expand what’s possible onchain. Archetype invests across infrastructure, decentralized finance, consumer applications, and emerging crypto primitives that will shape the future of technology and finance.

To learn more, please visit: https://www.archetype.fund/

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