Investing Profile

Olaf Carlson-Wee

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Founder & CEO at Polychain Capital

polychain.capitalSan Francisco, California

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Networks Olaf is a member of

NewCo Network

1610 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1038 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Calling Brands Network

739 CONNECTIONS

Stealth Company (John Davis) Network

388 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Polychain Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.8M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$175M

Olaf Carlson-Wee is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)Web3/Crypto (Series A)Web3/Crypto (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed)Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed)

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Investments On Record (39)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Yellow Card	Series UnknownAug 2026$40M Series COct 2024$33M Series ASep 2021$15M SeedAug 2020$2M	$130M
Co-investors: William Wolf (Polychain Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Aleks Larsen (Blockchain Capital LLC), Austin Noronha (Sony Innovation Fund)
Cambrian	SeedJun 2026$6M	$6M
Nava labs	SeedApr 2026$8M	$8M
VeryAI	SeedMar 2026$10M	$10M
Blueprint Bryan Johnson	AngelOct 2025$60M	$60M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Travis Scher (North Island Ventures), Eric Demuth (Bitpanda), Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Shayne Coplan (Polymarket), Bryan Meehan (Blue Bottle Coffee), Saturnin Pugnet (Auspicious Fund), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Bill Lee (Craft Ventures), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Bradley Keywell (Lightbank), Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital), Carter Reum (M13), Chris Hollod (Hollod Holdings), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Emmett Shear, Logan Paul, Jaan Tallinn, Kyle Widrick, Drew Houston
Allora Labs	Series UnknownOct 2025$35M Series AMar 2022$22M	$65M
Co-investors: Shayne Coplan (Polymarket), Andrew Steinwold (Sfermion), Tony Sheng (Multicoin Capital), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Vance Spencer (Framework Ventures), Giselle Melo (Matr (matter) Ventures), Alexander Salnikov (RARI Foundation), Tegan Kline
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 (Borderless Capital), Michael Heinrich (Pioneer Fund), Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital)

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Experience

Founder & CEO Polychain Capital2016 - Present

Founder & Managing Member Cryptographic Financial2016 - Present

Founder & Managing Member Stealth Company (John Davis)Present

Founder & Managing Member Calling BrandsPresent

Founder & Managing Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founder & Managing Member Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Founder & Managing Member NewCoPresent

Founder & Managing Member Top-PatentsPresent

Head of Risk & Product Manager Coinbase2013 - 2016

Olaf Carlson-Wee's Education

Vassar College Bachelor of Arts (BA) Sociology

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