Address
AU21 Capital
San Francisco, CA
United States
Recent investment activity
Company type
Blockchain focused venture capital fund.Overview
AU21 Capital was founded by Chandler Guo and Kenzi Wang in 2017 with the mission of backing the most promising blockchain entrepreneurs, and providing founders with resources and connections to succeed. Chandler previously co-founded Gate.io, one of the top exchanges in Asia. He is also an early investor in blockchain projects and cryptocurrency exchanges including Ethereum, ETC, Metaverse, NEO, Qtum, Binance, and Huobi. Chandler started his career in the blockchain sector by operating one of the largest Bitcoin mining operations in the world. Kenzi served as Vice President and General Manager at Huobi Global, a leading global exchange, where he directed exchange operations, business development, marketing, venture and listing functions. He is an avid investor in numerous top-tier DeFi and NFT projects, and has helped dozens of companies secure successful listings on top exchanges.
Funding rounds
Selected investments
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Aldrin (RIN) | Trading platform that mixes centralized and decentralized components. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Arcade Network (ARC) | Platform providing metaverse Interoperability. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Bit.country (NUUM) | Platform for user-created metaverses and games with opportunities to earn. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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BSC Station (BSCS) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Cere Network (CERE), (Decentralised data cloud.) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Chatex | Telegram-based crypto bank. Users can receive, exchange and store cryptocurrency. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Chimeras (CHIM) | Play-to-earn metaverse that is free-to-play and allows the players to earn on the content they generate in-game and the feats they accomplish. | Seed Initial investment | ||
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Colizeum (ZEUM) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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CoreStarter (CSTR) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Corvell Labs Pte Ltd (Oddz Finance) | Multi-chain options trading platform on Binance Smart Chain, Polkadot & Ethereum. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Credefi (CREDI) | Providing crypto-lending for real-world projects. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Crust Network | N/A Initial investment | |||
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DaFi Protocol (DAFI) | Private Round Initial investment | |||
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DAO Maker (DAO) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Deeper Network (DPR) | Private Round Initial investment | |||
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DeFi Wizard | Dashboard for building DeFi (decentralized finance) smart contracts with a few clicks. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Dora Factory (DORA) | DAO-as-a-Service infrastructure to empower future organisations and ventures. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Dot Finance (PINK) | Comprehensive platform for all-things DeFi in the Polkadot ecosystem. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Duet Protocol (DUET) | Multi-chain synthetic asset protocol that sharpens all assets for use in the blockchain world. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Enjinstarter (EJS) | IDO & INO launchpad for gaming, metaverse & P2E projects. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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ETHA Lend | Composable DeFi yield optimizer built on Ethereum and Polkadot. | Seed Initial investment led the round Min Kim | ||
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Forward (FORWARD) | WordPress for Web 3.0. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Frontier (FRONT) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Gaia Everworld (GAIA) | Immersive, multi-region fantasy world in which players build their kingdoms, explore the lands, collect, breed and battle their Gaia Legionnaires. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Gari Network (GARI) | Private Round Initial investment | |||
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Geopoly (GEO$) | "The largest capitalist metaverse in the world". | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Good Games Guild (GGG) | Gaming Hub that aims to create the largest virtual world economy by optimizing its owned assets to get maximum reward generated. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Happy Land (HPL) | Play to earn and farm to earn metaverse game. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Harmony Launcher | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Hopr (HOPR) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Hypersign Identity Token (HID) | Cross-chain Identity protocol and Whitelisting solution powered by Polkadot & Ethereum. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Infinity Skies (ISKY) | Private Round Initial investment | |||
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Ispolink (ISP) | Cross-chain platform for devs on BSC and Polygon. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Koi Metaverse | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Kyberdyne (KBD) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Launch X | Multi-chain decentralized IDO launchpad platform. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Legend of Fantasy War (LFW) | 3D turn-based role-playing game empowered by blockchain. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Lever Network (LEV) | Private Round Initial investment | |||
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Libre DeFi (LIBRE) | Complete multi-chain decentralized DeFi ecosystem. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Mecha Morphing | Next-generation violence aesthetic combat strategy game. | Seed Initial investment | ||
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Meta Spatial (SPAT) | Metaverse super universe consisting of many fantasy spaces connected by Spatial Portal. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Metarun (MRUN) | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Mintlayer (MLT) | Long-term, secure solution for scaling and accelerating the future of decentralized finance. | N/A Initial investment led the round | ||
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NFTify (N1) | AI services provider aimed to help detect fake, duplicates or similar tokens for enhancing copyright protection. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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Nsure.Network | Open insurance platform for Open Finance. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Orbitau (TAUM) | Turn-based idle combat/socializing game, inspired by Norse Mythology and the Seven Deadly Sins. | Seed Initial investment | ||
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Pax World (PAXW) | Open metaverse for evolution of communication and commerce. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Persistence | Interoperable protocol built to facilitate the creation of next-gen financial products. | N/A Initial investment | ||
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Pinknode (PNODE) | Polkadot-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service project aiming to accelerate adoption and empower innovators to create Web 3.0 meta protocol. | Private Round Initial investment | ||
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PlaceWar Governance Token (PLACE) | Gamified Internet culture metaverse, play-to-earn (P2E) social gamefi strategic artillery game ecosystem. | Private Round Initial investment |
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Current team
Employee | Position | ||
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Kenzi Wang (founder) | ||
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Min Kim |