Est. 2024 · Active mandate

Backing the operators of AI & crypto.

Genius Capital is an early-stage investment vehicle with concentrated positions in the foundational layers of artificial intelligence and decentralised infrastructure — deployed alongside top-tier institutional capital.
We invest where we operate. Every check is paired with the distribution, narrative, and market access of Genius — the communications partner to category-defining technology companies.

Kim Than Managing Partner

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Active portfolio companies across two sectors
$1.4B+
Combined capital raised across portfolio
350+
Founders served by the Genius operating platform
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Continents — US, EU, MENA, APAC

01/ About

Software is being rewritten. Twice.

Pillars

01

Foundational AI infrastructure & the application layer it unlocks.

02

Privacy-preserving compute & the next generation of trust primitives.

03

High-performance L1s, L2s & the financial rails built on top of them.

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Operator-led companies with category-defining narrative potential.

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wo platform shifts are unfolding in parallel: artificial intelligence is collapsing the cost of cognition, and crypto

is collapsing the cost of trust. The combination is producing entirely new categories — and the founders building them require capital that understands both worlds, not one.

Genius Capital concentrates around teams whose technology is hard, whose markets are global, and whose narrative will define a category. We write meaningful checks early, and we stay close — not as passive capital, but as the operating partner most funds outsource.

The portfolio is intentionally focused. Conviction over volume.

02 / Selected positions

Current portfolio, by conviction.

Modular Move-based Layer 2 bringing institutional-grade execution to Ethereum.
Co-invested w/ Polychain · Hack VC · Robot Ventures · Foundation Capital
Crypto · L2
L2
The leading concentrated-liquidity DEX on Sui — financial operating system for the Move ecosystem. $30B+ in cumulative volume.
Co-invested w/ Coinbase Ventures · Circle Ventures · Jump Crypto · OKX Ventures · Spartan Group
Crypto
DeFi
The blind compute network — privacy-preserving computation for the AI era.
Co-invested w/ Distributed Global · Hack VC · Big Brain Holdings · Maven 11
Crypto
Privacy
YC S24
AI-native learning platform reimagining how knowledge is delivered at scale.
Co-invested w/ Y Combinator · Selected angels from OpenAI & Stripe
AI
EdTech
The marketplace rebuilding how schools hire teachers — across UK and US.
Co-invested w/ Five Elms Capital · Brighteye Ventures · Ascension
AI
Marketplace
The leading lending and borrowing protocol on TON — backed by Telegram’s open network.
Co-invested w/ Mirana Ventures (Bybit) · TON Foundation · Selected funds
Crypto
DeFi
Structured yield infrastructure giving every investor access to institutional-grade strategies on-chain.
Co-invested w/ Tier-one crypto-native funds & strategic angels
Crypto
DeFi
Stealth
Operating in stealth. Building infrastructure at the intersection of AI tooling and onchain coordination.
Co-invested w/ Selected operators & founder syndicates
AI
Stealth
Selected positions. Additional investments held privately.

Updated · Apr 2026

Conviction in good company

Deployed alongside the funds setting the standard for early-stage AI & crypto.

Coinbase Ventures Polychain Capital Jump Crypto Y Combinator Circle Ventures Hack VC OKX Ventures Distributed Global Foundation Capital The Spartan Group Maven 11 Mirana Ventures Robot Ventures Brighteye Ventures Five Elms Capital Shima Capital Big Brain Holdings TON Foundation Coinbase Ventures Polychain Capital Jump Crypto Y Combinator Circle Ventures Hack VC OKX Ventures Distributed Global Foundation Capital The Spartan Group Maven 11 Mirana Ventures Robot Ventures Brighteye Ventures Five Elms Capital Shima Capital Big Brain Holdings TON Foundation

03 / Approach

Capital is commodity. Distribution is not.

The operating fund for founders.

Genius Capital sits inside Genius — the communications and growth partner to 350+ founders across crypto, Web3, and AI. Every portfolio company plugs into the same engine our paying clients pay for.
From tier-one media placements to founder authority-building, KOL networks, and category narrative — we don’t write a memo and disappear. We move the market with you.

Tier-one press

Forbes · Bloomberg · Fortune · TechCrunch · The Block

Authority stack

Wikipedia · Knowledge Panels · Podcasts · Editorial

Distribution

KOL network · Conference activations · Launch GTM

Capital network

Direct intros into the funds on this page

We don't take meetings with funds. We take meetings with operators who know how to make a market move. That's a different table — and it's the only one we sit at.

Kim Than

Founder, Genius · Managing Partner, Genius Capital
Amsterdam · Dubai · New York

Building something worth backing?

Genius Capital sits inside Genius — the communications and growth partner to 350+ founders across crypto, Web3, and AI. Every portfolio company plugs into the same engine our paying clients pay for.

© 2026 Genius Capital · Personal investment vehicle of Kim van der Linden