# 1kx: portfolio, investments and team

> 1kx is a vc firm based in Germany. 49 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/1kx (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 1kx

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 49 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Crypto Onchain Nfts

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**67%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 49 on record

Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **2 of 49** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 67%**

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## 1kx highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 88% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.2M

## What they do

> 1kx is a research-driven global investment firm making trust instant, open, and programmable, with 160+ investments since 2018 across DeFi, stablecoins, and onchain infrastructure. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Crypto Onchain Nfts
- **Based in:** Berlin, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **49 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[Predicate](https://millionrounds.com/company/predicate)** Series A · Google News search **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Cantina](https://millionrounds.com/company/cantina)** Venture · US **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Giggles](https://millionrounds.com/company/giggles)** TechCrunch **$1.2M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Kulipa](https://millionrounds.com/company/kulipa)** Seed · US **$6.2M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Cryptio](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryptio)** Series B · FR · Ventureburn **$45M** With 8 others
- **Feb** **[BLUFF](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluff)** Ventureburn **$21M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Predicate](https://millionrounds.com/company/predicate)** Venture · US **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **2025** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[ARX](https://millionrounds.com/company/arx)** Seed · US **$6.1M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Giggles](https://millionrounds.com/company/giggles)** Pre-seed · US **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **May** **[VOYA Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/voya-games)** Seed · DE **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Impossible Cloud Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-cloud-network)** Venture · CH **$34M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Combinder](https://millionrounds.com/company/combinder)** Pre-seed · AT **$500K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Olas](https://millionrounds.com/company/olas)** Venture **$14M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Ligero](https://millionrounds.com/company/ligero)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[pod network](https://millionrounds.com/company/pod-network)** Seed · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Impossible Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-cloud)** DE **$1.5M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Celestia](https://millionrounds.com/company/celestia)** Series B · LI · AlleyWatch **$100M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Blockscout](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockscout)** Seed **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Cambria](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambria)** Seed **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Astria](https://millionrounds.com/company/astria)** Venture · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Jokerace](https://millionrounds.com/company/jokerace)** Seed · DE **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Botto](https://millionrounds.com/company/botto)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[FuzzLand](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuzzland)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[BuildBear Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildbear-labs)** Seed · SG **$1.9M** With 3 others
- **2023** 10 rounds
- **Dec** **[Seam Social](https://millionrounds.com/company/seam-social)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[web3mine](https://millionrounds.com/company/web3mine)** Seed · LI **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Yee-Haw Monster Trucks](https://millionrounds.com/company/yee-haw-monster-trucks)** Seed · US **$3.3M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[IYK](https://millionrounds.com/company/iyk)** Seed · US **$17M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Pudgy Penguins](https://millionrounds.com/company/pudgy-penguins)** Seed · US **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Hydra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydra-ventures)** Seed · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Overlay Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/company/overlay-foundation)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Sleepagotchi](https://millionrounds.com/company/sleepagotchi)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Sovereign Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/sovereign-labs)** Seed · US **$7.4M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Zypsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/zypsy)** Venture · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **2022** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[SPICYEST](https://millionrounds.com/company/spicyest)** Seed · US **$10M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Glass](https://millionrounds.com/company/glass)** Seed · JP **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Ready Player DAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/ready-player-dao)** Venture · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Galleon DAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/galleon-dao)** Seed · GB **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Global Coin](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-coin)** Venture · US **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[GCR DAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/gcr-dao)** Seed **$1.2M** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named**

AP **Alessandro Palladino** Director of 1Kx Management Ltd. i Form ADV

CH **Christopher Heymann** Shareholder i Form ADV

HB **Henry Brodie** Director i Form ADV

LC **Lasse Clausen** Shareholder i Form ADV

PV **Peter Van Zoost** Director of 1Kx Management Ltd. i Form ADV

WJ **Walter Joseph Reich** Director of 1Kx Management Ltd. i Form ADV

We also hold **9** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$426M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** 1kx Management LTD.
- **SEC number:** CRD 319529

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**36** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[2018 Infrastructure Arweave](https://millionrounds.com/company/arweave)[2019 Infrastructure Matter](https://millionrounds.com/company/matter-labs)[2021 Invested Limestone](https://millionrounds.com/company/redstone)[2022 Infrastructure Solana](https://millionrounds.com/company/solana)[2022 Invested Abstract](https://millionrounds.com/company/abs)[2022 Invested Igloo](https://millionrounds.com/company/igloo)[2022 Invested JokeDAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/jokerace)[2022 Invested Pudgy](https://millionrounds.com/company/pudgy-penguins)[2022 Invested Relay](https://millionrounds.com/company/relay)[2023 Invested Caldera](https://millionrounds.com/company/caldera)[2023 Invested IYK](https://millionrounds.com/company/iyk)[2023 Invested Inco](https://millionrounds.com/company/inco)[2023 Invested Kiln](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiln)[2023 Invested Rhinestone](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhinestone)[2023 Onchain Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/superstate)[2024 Invested Fabric](https://millionrounds.com/company/fabric-cryptography)[2024 Invested Mawari](https://millionrounds.com/company/mawari)[2024 Invested Predicate](https://millionrounds.com/company/predicate)[2024 Invested Transak](https://millionrounds.com/company/transak)[2024 Invested pod](https://millionrounds.com/company/pod)[2024 Invested reown](https://millionrounds.com/company/reown)[2024 Onchain Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryptio)[2025 Invested Bluff](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluff)[2025 Invested Camp](https://millionrounds.com/company/camp-network)[2025 Invested Gunzilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunzilla-games)[2025 Invested Kulipa](https://millionrounds.com/company/kulipa)[2025 Invested Miden](https://millionrounds.com/company/miden)[2026 Invested Giggles](https://millionrounds.com/company/giggles)[Blockscout](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockscout)[Curve](https://millionrounds.com/company/curve)[Flexa](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexa)[Fuzz](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuzz)[Liquity](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquity)[Makerdao](https://millionrounds.com/company/makerdao)[Polkadot](https://millionrounds.com/company/polkadot)[Rarible](https://millionrounds.com/company/rarible) 2018 Invested Eco 2019 Onchain Finance 2020 Invested Covalent 2020 Onchain Finance 2021 Invested LI.FI 2021 Invested Treasure 2022 Invested Storyverse 2023 Invested Coop 2023 Invested Elliptic 2023 Invested Impossible 2023 Invested Lagrange 2023 Invested Ramo 2024 Invested Ligero 2024 Invested Voya 2024 Onchain Finance 2025 Invested Decen 2025 Invested Moonbirds 2026 Invested Kivi3 Code4rena Cow Daylight Moduluslabs Nervos Nymtech and 3 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.2M**

Led 2 of 49 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *28*
- Venture *10*
- Pre-seed said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Series A said *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Hashed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hashed) 5
- [Robot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures) 5
- [Protocol Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/protocol-labs) 4
- [A16z Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-crypto) 3
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-11) 3
- [Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as 1kx. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Hashed** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hashed)[**Robot Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures)[**Protocol Labs** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/protocol-labs)[**A16z Crypto** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-crypto)[**Maven 11 Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-11)[**Tribe Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital)[**Balaji Srinivasan** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan)[**Blockchain Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blockchain-capital)[**ConsenSys** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys)[**Digital Currency Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group)[**Dragonfly Capital Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragonfly-capital-partners)[**Graph Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies 1kx put money into.

[**Predicate** $8.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/predicate)[**Giggles** $1.2M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/giggles)[**Kulipa** $6.2M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kulipa)[**Cryptio** $45M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryptio)[**ARX** $6.1M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/arx)[**VOYA Games** $5.0M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/voya-games)

## Quick answers about 1kx

### What does 1kx invest in?

1kx invests most often at Seed and Venture (88% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Crypto, Onchain and Nfts.

### How active is 1kx?

49 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has 1kx invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Predicate (Series A, Oct 2026), Cantina (Venture, Jul 2026) and Giggles (Apr 2026).

### How big are 1kx's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does 1kx lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 49 investments on record (4%).

### Where does 1kx invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%), Germany (9%) and Liechtenstein (6%).

### Is 1kx investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does 1kx invest alongside?

Most often Hashed (5 rounds together), Robot Ventures (5 rounds together) and Protocol Labs (4 rounds together).

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