Neel Somani's Investment Portfolio
My angel investments are all in crypto. I typically stick to infrastructure, but I'm also interested in decentralized physical infrastucture networks (DePINs) and novel DeFi. As a founder myself, I can advise on positioning, technical specifications, and fundraising.
Astria
Seed Round (2022)
Shared sequencer focusing on the Celestia ecosystem.
Series A co-led by Placeholder and DBA.
Celestia
Series A (2022)
The premier data availability solution.
Series B subsequently raised at 2x the valuation. Token: TIA
EigenLayer
Series A (2023)
The original restaking protocol on Ethereum.
Series B by a16z. Token: EIGEN
Essential
Seed Round (2023)
An intents protocol founded by the inventor of optimistic rollups.
Series A led by Archetype.
Fluent
Pre-seed Round (2023)
The first ZK WebAssembly L2 on Ethereum.
Seed round led by Polychain.
Grass
Pre-seed Round (2022)
Collect & verify internet data.
Seed round by Polychain, Series A by Hack VC. Token: GRASS
Monad
Pre-Series A (2024)
The parallel EVM Layer 1.
Highly oversubscribed round followed by Paradigm-led Series A.
Ostium
Seed Round (2022)
Commodities DEX built by ex-Bridgewater quants, led by General Catalyst.
Launched mainnet.
React Network
Seed Round (2022)
Onchain electricity grid coordination (batteries & solar panels).
Series A led by a16z.
RISC Zero
Series A (2023)
A general-purpose ZK RISC-V processor.
Highly oversubscribed Blockchain Capital-led round.
Rome Protocol
Pre-seed Round (2023)
A shared sequencer re-purposing the Solana L1.
Followed by seed round by Hack VC.
Skip Protocol
Series A (2022)
The Cosmos MEV solution.
Acquired by Interchain Foundation, the stewards of Cosmos.
Solayer
Pre-seed Round (2024)
The Solana restaking protocol.
Seed round led by Polychain. $300M TVL deployed into the mainnet protocol.
Stride
Strategic Financing Round (2024)
The Cosmos liquid staking protocol.
Oversubscribed round led by DBA.