# Archetype: portfolio, investments and team

> Archetype is a vc firm based in United States. 116 investments on record, 19 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Archetype

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 116 cheques on record.

Deploying now New fund $1.4M, Mar 2023 VC firm Website unconfirmed

Pre-seed Seed Series A Crypto Onchain Blockchain

Deploying now

**70%** of best year **19** **cheques in 12 months**, 116 on record

Since the last cheque **55** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 116** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 53%**

Pitch Archetype

Another investor of this name exists, and we could not establish from the rounds which of them the press meant. Treat the record below as possibly belonging to either. [Tell us which](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=archetype) if you know.

## Archetype highlights

- 01 19 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 65% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $1.8M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Crypto Onchain Blockchain
- **Based in:** Soho, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=archetype).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **116 appearances**

- **2026** 16 rounds
- **Sept** **[Bulwark Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bulwark-dynamics)** Seed · US **$6.8M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Nocall](https://millionrounds.com/company/nocall)** Series A · JP **$5.2M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Venice AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/venice-ai)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$65M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[fomo](https://millionrounds.com/company/fomo)** Series B · US · AlleyWatch **$75M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[CULTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/culta)** Grant · JP **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Welmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/welmo)** Venture · JP **$4.2M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Hiway](https://millionrounds.com/company/hiway)** Series A · FR **$1.9M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Turnkey](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnkey)** Venture · US **$13M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[LOOV](https://millionrounds.com/company/loov)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[CULTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/culta)** Seed · JP **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Relay](https://millionrounds.com/company/relay)** Series B · Ventureburn **$17M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Sotas](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotas)** Series A · JP **$6.5M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Tenbin Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenbin-labs)** Seed · US **$7.1M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Power Wave](https://millionrounds.com/company/power-wave)** Series A · JP **$5.9M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Taxnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/taxnap)** Series A · JP **$8.2M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[REVORN](https://millionrounds.com/company/revorn)** Venture · JP **$2.7M** With 2 others
- **2025** 22 rounds
- **Dec** **[Cascade](https://millionrounds.com/company/cascade)** US · Ventureburn **$15M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[dawn](https://millionrounds.com/company/dawn)** Series B · US **$13M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Fomo](https://millionrounds.com/company/fomo)** Series A · TechCrunch **$17M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Allora Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/allora-labs)** Venture · US **$35M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Hokan](https://millionrounds.com/company/hokan)** Debt · JP **$6.5M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[AssetHub](https://millionrounds.com/company/assethub)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Loop Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/company/loop-crypto)** Venture · US **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Herd Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/herd-labs)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Superworm](https://millionrounds.com/company/superworm)** Seed · JP **$1.9M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Hubble](https://millionrounds.com/company/hubble)** Series B · US **$5.5M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[TACEO](https://millionrounds.com/company/taceo)** Seed · AT **$5.5M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[PolicyBound](https://millionrounds.com/company/policybound)** Seed · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Hacobu](https://millionrounds.com/company/hacobu)** Venture · JP **$4.8M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Zaico](https://millionrounds.com/company/zaico)** Debt · JP **$1.4M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Beam](https://millionrounds.com/company/beam)** Venture · GB **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Haul](https://millionrounds.com/company/haul)** Debt · US **$1.6M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Octane](https://millionrounds.com/company/octane)** Seed · US **$6.8M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[August](https://millionrounds.com/company/august)** Series A · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Reservoir](https://millionrounds.com/company/reservoir)** Series A · US **$14M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Altius Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/altius-labs)** Pre-seed · US **$11M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Tribeau](https://millionrounds.com/company/tribeau)** Series C · JP **$3.9M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Rysk Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/rysk-finance)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2024** 21 rounds
- **Dec** **[Any](https://millionrounds.com/company/any)** Series B · JP **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[TVision](https://millionrounds.com/company/tvision)** Debt · US **$1.5M** With 4 others

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 **9 named**

AA **Ashbel Aldrich Egan** Sole Member i Form ADV

AC **Austin C. Shelton** Managing Member of Archetype Endeavors LLC. i Filing they signed

CS **Chetan Singh Bagga** CEO/CIO/Managingpartner i Form ADV

CH **Christopher Harrison** Managing Member of Archetype Endeavors LLC. i Filing they signed

DM **Dana Michelle Crook** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

DH **Duff Hearon** Managing Member of Archetype Endeavors LLC. i Filing they signed

IG **Iain George Grant Fitzpatrick** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MD **Michael Dimartile** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

SR **Shahrukh Rohinton Tarapore** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **10** 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

**$369M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Archetype Fund Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 327973

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

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

[Altiuslabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/altius-labs)[Chainalysis](https://millionrounds.com/company/chainalysis)[Decent](https://millionrounds.com/company/decent)[Endstate](https://millionrounds.com/company/endstate)[Exolabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/exo-labs)[Farcaster](https://millionrounds.com/company/farcaster)[Figment](https://millionrounds.com/company/figment)[Fomo](https://millionrounds.com/company/fomo)[Freatic](https://millionrounds.com/company/freatic)[Herd](https://millionrounds.com/company/herd-labs)[Loopcrypto](https://millionrounds.com/company/loop-crypto)[Meow](https://millionrounds.com/company/meow)[Moderntreasury](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-treasury)[Monad](https://millionrounds.com/company/monad)[Monaverse](https://millionrounds.com/company/monaverse)[Moonpay](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonpay)[Odyn](https://millionrounds.com/company/odyn)[Opacity](https://millionrounds.com/company/opacity)[Parcl](https://millionrounds.com/company/parcl)[Perennial](https://millionrounds.com/company/perennial)[Poap](https://millionrounds.com/company/poap)[Polynomial](https://millionrounds.com/company/polynomial)[Privy](https://millionrounds.com/company/privy)[Rain](https://millionrounds.com/company/rain)[Rated](https://millionrounds.com/company/rated)[Relay](https://millionrounds.com/company/relay)[Remix](https://millionrounds.com/company/remix)[Sentiment](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentiment)[Sherlock](https://millionrounds.com/company/sherlock)[Socket](https://millionrounds.com/company/socket)[Sound](https://millionrounds.com/company/sound)[Stackrlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackr-labs)[Syndicate](https://millionrounds.com/company/syndicate)[T2](https://millionrounds.com/company/t2)[Taceo](https://millionrounds.com/company/taceo)[Tenbinlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenbin-labs)[Turnkey](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnkey)[Venice](https://millionrounds.com/company/venice) 0x Alchemy Allora App Beam Dawninternet Essential Founder Portal Gondi Hut8 Lagrange Movingcastles Navalabs Obol Octane Onceupon Ritual River Rwa Shinkai Stack Tephra and 2 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.

New fund on file

**$1.4M**

raised in Mar 2023

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.8M**

Led 1 of 116 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *45*
- Venture *27*
- Series A said *21*
- Series B *10*
- Debt *5*
- Pre-seed said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) 15
- [DNX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us) 13
- [Nissay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital) 10
- [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) 9
- [Robot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures) 9
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 8

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Coinbase Ventures** Corporate VC **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase)[**DNX Ventures** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us)[**Nissay Capital** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)[**Robot Ventures** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures)[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**SMBC Venture Capital** Investment bank **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2)[**Variant** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/variant)[**A16z Crypto** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-crypto)[**CyberAgent Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures)[**Google for Startups** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Archetype put money into.

[**Bulwark Dynamics** $6.8M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bulwark-dynamics)[**Nocall** $5.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nocall)[**fomo** $75M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fomo)[**CULTA** $2.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/culta)[**Welmo** $4.2M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welmo)[**Hiway** $1.9M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hiway)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Archetype in the title.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 18 May 2024 · 51 min Pioneering physical AI with Archetype AI's Ivan Poupyrev | E1951 Mentions [Archetype](https://millionrounds.com/fund/archetype) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Archetype

### What does Archetype invest in?

Archetype invests most often at Seed and Venture (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Crypto, Onchain and Blockchain.

### How active is Archetype?

116 investments on record, 19 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Archetype invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Bulwark Dynamics (Seed, Sept 2026), Nocall (Series A, Sept 2026) and Venice AI (Series A, Jul 2026).

### How big are Archetype's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $10M.

### Does Archetype lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 116 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Archetype invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (53%) and Japan (39%).

### Is Archetype investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 19 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Archetype invest alongside?

Most often Coinbase Ventures (15 rounds together), DNX Ventures (13 rounds together) and Nissay Capital (10 rounds together).

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