Investing Profile

Olaf Carlson-Wee

VCInvestorFounderAngel
Founder & CEO of Polychain Capital
polychain.capitalSan Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Polychain Capital Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.8M
Investments On Record
47
Current Fund Size
$175M

Olaf Carlson-Wee is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Investments On Record (34)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Blueprint
AngelOct 2025$60M
$140M
Co-investors: Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Victor Pascucci III (Energy Capital Ventures), Oleg Tikhturov (TrueSight Ventures), Brett Queener (Bonfire Ventures), Conrad Shang (Ensemble VC), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Bradley Keywell (Lightbank), Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital), Carter Reum (M13), Logan Paul, Emmett Shear, Balaji Srinivasan, Drew Houston, Eric Demuth, Steve Aoki, Shayne Coplan, Kyle Widrick, Bryan Meehan
Allora Labs
Series UnknownOct 2025$35M
Series AMar 2022$22M
$65M
Co-investors: Giselle Melo (MATR Ventures), Vance Spencer (Framework Ventures), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Alexander Salnikov, Tegan Kline, Shayne Coplan, Andrew Steinwold, Tony Sheng, Stani Kulechov
CEA Industries
Post Ipo EquityJul 2025$500M
$500M
Co-investors: David Namdar (Coral (Coral Defi))
Talus Network
SeedNov 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital), Michael Heinrich (Pioneer Fund)
Brevis
SeedNov 2024$8M
$8M
Yellow Card
Series COct 2024$33M
Series ASep 2021$15M
SeedAug 2020$2M
$90M
Co-investors: Aleks Larsen (Blockchain Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), William Wolf
Story Protocol
Series BAug 2024$80M
$110M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), David Lee (Samsung NEXT Ventures), David Lee (SLVC), Adrian Cheng (CVentures), Nicolas Berggruen, Charlie Songhurst, Balaji Srinivasan
Lombard
SeedJul 2024$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Tekin Salimi

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Experience

Founder & Managing Member Cryptographic Financial2016 - Present
Founder & CEO Polychain Capital2016 - Present
Head of Risk & Product Manager Coinbase2013 - 2016

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Education

Vassar College Bachelor of Arts (BA) Sociology