Stanford, US · Partner
Avichal Garg
General Partner, Co-Founder at Electric Capital
Latest rounds
- CloosivRound · $1MOct 2019
- Rare BitsSeries A · $6MApr 2018
- BitwiseSeed · $4MDec 2017
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Electric CapitalVC firm · US8cheques in 12 months81all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 5
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $14.2M
- Active
- 2010–19
CloosivRound$1MUSJoined · +5 investors
- Rare BitsSeries A$6MUSJoined · +9 investors
- BitwiseSeed$4MUSJoined · +9 investors
- PachydermSeed$2MUSJoined · +11 investors · historical
- OptimizelySeed$1.2MUSJoined · +20 investors · historical
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Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O13Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O12Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O10Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O11Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O9Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O8Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP O2Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2023
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundECP Opportunities C1Managing Member of the Managing Membersince 2023
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundElectric CapitalManaging Member of the Managing Memberon 3 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundATAGManaging Member of the Managing Memberon 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundElectric CapitalManaging Member of the General Partneron 11 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundCaffeinated CapitalManaging Member of the General Partneron 3 filings · since 2016
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Hear them before you pitch them
Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric CapitalGoogleAdam Blitz
About this episode
On today's Manager Meeting, Maneesh Gandhi sits down with Avichal Garg. Maneesh is a Partner at Evanston Capital, a $4.5 billion hedge fund of funds, whose CIO Adam Blitz was a past guest on Capital Allocators. Avichal is the Co-Founder of Electric Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on… More on the show's page
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Web 3 Series: The Trillion Dollar Opportunity to Reshape Money with Avichal Garg
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric Capital
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Avichal Garg (@avichal), founder of Electric Capital, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways: - Downturns impact large companies much more than founders and early stage investors because the companies are so small relative to their total addressable market. - Managing your own psychology in a… More on the show's page
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20VC: Why Crypto is Software Eating Money, Why Crypto Firms Will Outcompete Traditional Venture Firms, How To Price Tokens and When To Have Them, DAOs: How Are They Structured and What Makes One Successful with Avichal Garg, Co-Founder @ Electric Capital
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric CapitalKatie Haun
About this episode
Avichal Garg is Co-Founder & Partner @ Electric Capital , last month Electric announced they had raised $1BN for their new fund making them one of the largest independent and crypto-native VC firms in the world. As for Avichal, prior to Electric, he was an investor in crypto projects such as… More on the show's page
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261. The Intersection of Crypto and VC, and the Future of Digital Currency (Avichal Garg)
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric Capital
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Avichal Garg of Electric Capital joins Nick to discuss The Intersection of Crypto and VC and the Future of Digital Currency. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC What's the thesis at Electric Capital? How does the crypto focus change the fund structure of… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThe State and Future of Crypto in 2020 with Avichal Garg
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric Capital
About this episode
Avichal Garg (@avichal), Managing Partner at Electric Capital, joins Erik on this episode. They discuss: - How he came to be running Electric Capital. - Their perspective and thesis. - What’s newly possible with computers able to own money. - Why price fluctuations happen with Bitcoin. - What… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageCrypto Stories: A Primer on Privacy Coins with Elena Nadolinski and Avichal Garg
WithAvichal Garg
MentionsElectric CapitalBrett Bolkowy
About this episode
Elena Nadolinski (@leanthebean), an engineer interested in the privacy space, and Avichal Garg (@avichal), Managing Partner at Electric Capital, join Erik on this episode to discuss privacy coins. They break down what a privacy coin is and why privacy is important in crypto. They talk about the… More on the show's page
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Mentioned in
Episodes that name Avichal Garg in their description, which is not the same as being on them.
E233: Why Stablecoins Could Rewrite Global Finance, Faster Than Anyone Thinks
MentionsElectric CapitalGoogleAvichal Garg
About this episode
What happens when an investor treats crypto like software infrastructure, not speculation? In this episode, I sit down with Avichal Garg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Electric Capital, to unpack the evolution of crypto investing, from speculative hype cycles to infrastructure that powers the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page20VC: Why DAOs Will Replace Venture Capital, What Existing Incumbent Venture Firms Can Do To Survive, The Biggest Challenges Facing New DAOs Today and Whether Web3 Will Bring More or Less Income Inequality
MentionsCiti VenturesKleiner PerkinsAvichal GargIan Lee
About this episode
Ian Lee is the Co-Founder of Syndicate , a web3 startup that has raised over $28M from a16z, Kleiner Perkins, IDEO, and 300+ investors. Previously, Ian was Managing Partner of IDEO CoLab Ventures , a crypto venture fund backed by IDEO focused on web3, crypto, and blockchain startups. From… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 205: Why I Passed (Warner, Torenberg, Garg, Grayson & Holt)
MentionsAvichal GargDayna GraysonErik TorenbergRachel Holt
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Check Warner Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt Erik Torenberg Avichal Garg Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. Did you miss our guests full… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 194: Post Mortems (Hsu, Bannister, Garg, Iheagwam)
MentionsAvichal GargJanet BannisterJonathan HsuSimeon Iheagwam
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jonathan Hsu Janet Bannister Avichal Garg Simeon Iheagwam Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 178: Strange & Unusual (Dubugras, Douglass, Clarkson, Garg)
MentionsAvichal GargHenrique DubugrasJim Douglass
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Henrique Dubugras Jim Douglass Beezer Clarkson Avichal Garg Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. More on the show's page
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