Picus Capital announces new investment arm focused on crypto and web3
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picus.xyz, will support founders in building the next generation of incumbents across web3 infrastructure and consumer
- Picus already backs leading companies in the web3 space, including Spice, Stride, Web3 Builders, Nefta, Arda, CypherD, Arch, and D2X
Munich/New York, December 7 – Picus Capital, the global privately-financed investment firm, announces the launch of picus.xyz, a new investment arm dedicated to backing the next wave of leading crypto and web3 companies. The early-stage investor will focus on equity and token investments across web3 infrastructure and consumer. The new investing arm plans to partner with founders who seek to advance web3 by abstracting its complexity for consumers and developers.
picus.xyz will provide vital support to early-stage founders across various web3 verticals, and bring expertise in core scaling challenges including hiring, product design, legal & regulatory, community-building, sales & marketing, and fundraising.
Commenting on the launch, Robin Godenrath, Founding Partner and Managing Director at Picus Capital, said:
“At Picus we are increasingly convinced that web3 will enable the next paradigm shift in the way we live, work and interact. picus.xyz represents a culmination of this belief and our desire to partner with the category-defining leaders of the open web era. We look forward to backing the next-generation of web3 founders with the full resources of the Picus franchise.”
Daniel Niklas, Investor at picus.xyz, added:
“We have arrived at an exciting and critical juncture in web3, where we have all the necessary ingredients to build meaningful solutions that serve a much broader audience. With picus.xyz we look forward to providing dedicated support to visionary web3 founders that can imagine entirely new business models, and remove the barriers facing the next-generation of web3 consumers and developers.”
More information at picus.xyz and https://medium.com/@picus.xyz/announcing-picus-xyz-f8f68eeb62d7
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Katryna Nolan
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Picus Capital
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About Picus Capital
Picus Capital is an international, privately financed venture capital company with headquarters in Munich and offices in New York, Beijing, Berlin, London, Bangalore, Stockholm and São Paulo. Picus predominantly invests in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds and focuses on technology companies in real estate, financial services, HR, energy & climate, logistics & mobility, e-commerce, healthcare, crypto & web3 and deeptech. As an entrepreneurial sparring partner, Picus Capital pursues a long-term investment philosophy and supports founders from the ideation phase to the IPO and beyond. For further information please visit www.picuscap.com and www.linkedin.com/company/picus-capital
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