What Kommune.one does

Kommune.one is a privately held venture capital fund headquartered in Austin, United States, that provides pre-seed equity capital to early-stage Web3 startups. The fund targets visionary founders building borderless, censorship-resistant applications with ownership rights and financial independence at their core, drawing on a thesis rooted in the founding team's experience growing up in the Soviet Union under conditions of restricted property and political repression. Operationally, it functions as a community-led micro-VC with 1-10 employees, sourcing deals through cross-border founder networks rather than conventional institutional channels.

The product surface is the Kommune Fund itself, structured as a single unified offering that consolidated predecessor vehicles (CryptoBazar, CB Capital, Berezka Ventures) starting in early 2017 into the Kommune.brand. Through these vehicles the team has invested in more than 50 projects; named investments include Casper Labs, Klaytn, 1inch, Mina Protocol, Fantom, Hedera Hashgraph, Harmony, NuCypher, Polygon, and The Graph, spanning Layer 1 blockchains, Layer 2 scaling, DeFi aggregation, distributed ledger, decentralized indexing, and privacy key management. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or licensing revenue disclosed; the "product" is deployed capital plus community support. Distribution is run through LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Telegram, and a website blog.

The business model is a standard venture capital construct: the fund earns revenue via management fees on committed capital and, conditionally, carried interest from exits, secondary sales, or IPOs of portfolio equity. No fund size, vintage terms, management fee rate, or realized returns are disclosed. Leadership consists of co-founder Oleg Ivanov, with no additional named executives in the source data. The firm operates globally with no disclosed geographic restrictions, targeting founder deal flow across jurisdictions.

Name

Kommune.one

Legal name

Kommune.one

Website

https://kommune.one

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kommune.one is a privately held Austin-based venture capital fund making pre-seed equity investments in early-stage Web3 startups through a cross-border founder community, with a portfolio of over 50 projects including Polygon, The Graph, 1inch, and Hedera Hashgraph.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital Fund

NAICS

Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities (523999), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Assets / Crypto Fund of Funds (FSAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Pre-seed venture capital
• Web3 investments
• Blockchain venture funding
• Decentralized technology investing
• Cryptocurrency fund management

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Generates returns through equity investments in pre-seed Web3 startups. Returns realized through exits, IPOs, or secondary sales of portfolio company equity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kommune.one operates the Kommune Fund, a pre-seed venture capital fund that invests equity capital into Web3 startups building borderless, censorship-resistant applications with ownership rights and financial independence at their core. Since early 2017, through predecessor vehicles (CryptoBazar, CB Capital, Berezka Ventures) and the consolidated Kommune Fund, the firm has deployed capital into over 50 projects spanning blockchain protocols, DeFi, Layer 2 scaling, distributed ledger technology, and decentralized infrastructure.

Product overview

Kommune is a venture capital fund structured as a single unified offering (Kommune Fund) that invests in pre-seed Web3 projects. The fund evolved from earlier centralized funds and SPVs (CryptoBazar, CB Capital, Berezka Ventures) since 2017 and has streamlined all venture activities under the Kommune brand. It backs Web 3 companies across blockchain, DeFi, and decentralized infrastructure sectors, with a portfolio of over 50 projects including Casper Labs, Klaytn, 1inch, Mina Protocol, Fantom, Hedera Hashgraph, Harmony, NuCypher, Polygon, and The Graph.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kommune Fund A pre-seed venture capital fund that invests equity capital in Web3 startups building borderless, censorship-resistant applications with ownership rights and financial independence at their core. The fund provides capital, community support, and cross-border networking to founders across blockchain protocols, DeFi, Layer 2 scaling, distributed ledger technology, and decentralized infrastructure, with a portfolio of over 50 projects including Casper Labs, Klaytn, 1inch, Mina Protocol, Fantom, Hedera Hashgraph, Harmony, NuCypher, Polygon, and The Graph.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pantera Capital: One of the longest-tenured crypto-native venture funds, deploying across blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and token-based investments since 2013. Directly comparable to Kommune as a crypto-focused, multi-stage fund backing foundational Web3 protocols.
• 1confirmation: Crypto-only venture fund focused on early-stage backing of Web3 founders and protocols since 2017. Closely mirrors Kommune's vintage, pre-seed orientation, and crypto-purist thesis.
• Polychain Capital: Crypto-native investment firm focused on blockchain protocols and Web3 infrastructure, with deep positions in early-stage token and equity rounds. Closely parallels Kommune's protocol-focused, pre-seed/early-stage crypto thesis.
• Paradigm: Crypto-native investment firm backing early-stage Web3 companies and protocols across DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer crypto. Directly comparable as a leading crypto VC with comparable portfolio-stage focus.
• Multicoin Capital: Thesis-driven crypto fund investing across tokens and equity in Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, and decentralized applications. Comparable to Kommune as an early-mover crypto fund with a portfolio spanning multiple protocol layers.
• Variant Fund: Crypto venture firm investing in early-stage founders building Web3 networks and applications, with a focus on ownership economies. Highly comparable to Kommune's pre-seed Web3 thesis and founder-network-driven approach.
• Placeholder VC: Crypto-native fund investing in early-stage Web3 protocols and decentralized applications with a thesis-driven approach. Comparable to Kommune in vintage, stage focus, and protocol-centric portfolio construction.

Broad incumbents

• Digital Currency Group: Crypto-focused conglomerate with venture, lending, and media arms that invests across the Web3 stack including early-stage protocols. Comparable to Kommune as a crypto-focused capital allocator, but with broader operating scope.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Crypto): Large, multi-stage venture firm with a dedicated crypto fund investing across Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, and applications. Operates in the same asset class as Kommune but at significantly greater scale and across more verticals.
• Coinbase Ventures: Investment arm of Coinbase, deploying capital into Web3 startups and crypto protocols across stages. Comparable to Kommune through crypto-native deal flow and protocol investments, though operating at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KommuneONE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kommune-one

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments44 records

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