Mapleblock Capital

What Mapleblock Capital does

Mapleblock Capital is a privately-held, early-stage Web3 venture capital firm founded in 2016 and operated by Managing Partner Vijay Garg from Delhi, India. The firm exclusively invests in and consults on crypto-assets and blockchain companies, backing entrepreneurs building across DeFi, GameFi, NFTs, metaverse, DAOs, and Web3 infrastructure. Its core offering consists of equity and token investments in pre-seed and seed stage rounds, supplemented by operational support in business development, marketing, research, team building, and strategic partnership facilitation. Since 2016 the firm has backed more than 250 blockchain applications and layers, including Sei Network, Shardeum, Taiko, Particle Network, Polyhedra Network, ChainGPT, Frontier, and LimeWire.

Mapleblock's investment approach is location-agnostic and thesis-driven, sourcing deals through direct founder outreach, a public pitch submission form, Twitter Spaces participation, and ecosystem event presence. The firm maintains a flagship strategic partnership with the Fantom Foundation (July 2022) to support projects building on the Fantom blockchain, and routinely co-invests alongside tier-1 crypto-native funds including Binance Labs, Polychain Capital, Multicoin Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Animoca, Pantera Capital, HashKey Capital, and Hashed. Its go-to-market relies heavily on content-led demand generation: detailed investment thesis publications on every portfolio company, monthly market newsletters, and earned media coverage in Times of India, Fortune India, Entrepreneur, Hindustan Times, Livemint, Businessworld, and The Hindu Businessline.

The firm's revenue mechanics follow the standard VC model, deriving returns from equity stakes and token allocations realized upon liquidity events, exits, or token distributions, alongside management fees and carried interest on fund capital (specific terms are not publicly disclosed). The team is intentionally lean at 1-10 employees, allowing broad founder coverage across geographies (USA, Singapore, India, UK, UAE) but creating key-person dependency on the Managing Partner. There is no evidence of disclosed fund size, AUM, or LP composition in the available data.

Name

Mapleblock Capital

Legal name

Mapleblock Capital

Website

https://mapleblock.capital/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mapleblock Capital is a Delhi-based early-stage Web3 venture capital firm founded in 2016 that exclusively invests in and advises blockchain startups across DeFi, GameFi, NFTs, and infrastructure, having backed 250+ portfolio companies globally with seed and pre-seed capital and operational support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web3 Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Tokenization Platforms (RWA, Securities, Funds) (FSAGAMAA)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Blockchain investment
• Web3 venture capital
• Crypto asset investment
• Early stage funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equity and Token Investment Returns: Mapleblock Capital generates returns by taking equity stakes and token allocations in early-stage Web3 startups, acquiring positions during funding rounds and realizing returns upon liquidity events, exits, or token distributions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mapleblock Capital is an investment firm that exclusively consults and invests in crypto-assets and blockchain companies. The firm deploys capital into pre-seed and seed-stage Web3 startups, taking equity stakes and token allocations, and supplements capital with operational support including business development, marketing, research, team building, and strategic partnership facilitation for portfolio companies. Since 2016, Mapleblock has backed more than 250 blockchain applications and layers across DeFi, GameFi, infrastructure, NFTs, DAOs, and the metaverse.

Product overview

Mapleblock Capital is a Web3-focused early-stage venture capital firm that invests in blockchain and Web3 startups. Rather than offering a traditional product or SaaS platform, the firm provides capital investment and strategic support to entrepreneurs building across the Web3 ecosystem. The company has backed 250+ Web3 startups and focuses on areas including DeFi, GameFi, Infrastructure, NFTs, Metaverse, and DAOs. Their offering consists of investment services combined with ecosystem support including business development, marketing, research, team building assistance, and strategic partnership facilitation for portfolio companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Web3 Venture Capital Investment
• Portfolio Operational and Ecosystem Support
• Investment Research and Thought Leadership Content

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ portfolio companies backed across different stages since 2016
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Fantom FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2022Fantom Foundation and Mapleblock Capital formed a strategic partnership to support projects building on the Fantom blockchain. The collaboration aims to provide significant funding boosts, mentorship, business development, marketing support, critical in-house research, team building assistance, and strategic partnership facilitation for Fantom ecosystem projects. Fantom provides the scalable EVM-compatible blockchain infrastructure (leveraging the aBFT consensus mechanism), while Mapleblock provides capital and operational support to startups in DeFi, GameFi, Infrastructure & Middleware, NFT & Metaverse, and DAOs.
• Router ProtocolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMapleblock backed Router Protocol as a cross-chain technology investment, aligning with their multi-chain thesis. Router Protocol builds a universal cross-chain communication and asset transfer protocol solving liquidity fragmentation across L1s and L2s.
• SafleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMapleblock backed Safle as a multi-chain wallet solution investment. Safle aims to create a one-stop wallet functioning across all L1s and L2s with better UX and private key management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Polychain Capital: Polychain Capital is a thesis-driven crypto investment firm focused on early-stage blockchain protocols and Web3 infrastructure. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Polychain in Polyhedra Network, Canza Finance, and Sei Network — making them directly comparable in early-stage Web3 deal flow.
• IOSG Ventures: IOSG Ventures is a crypto-native fund focused on early-stage Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, and open finance. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside IOSG Ventures in Ready Games' $3M funding round, positioning them as directly comparable early-stage crypto VCs.
• Multicoin Capital: Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven crypto investment firm that has been one of the most active Web3 VCs since 2017, with notable early bets on Solana, Helium, and The Graph. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Multicoin in Sei Network and Fluidity Money, positioning them as direct peers in early-stage Web3 venture investing.
• Hashed: Hashed is one of Asia's largest crypto-native venture funds, with deep exposure to Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, gaming, and the Korean blockchain ecosystem. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Hashed in Ready Games' $3M funding round, making them directly comparable in early-stage Web3 deal flow.
• Pantera Capital: Pantera Capital is one of the earliest and largest crypto-native venture funds, investing across DeFi, L1s, NFTs, and Web3 infrastructure since 2013. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Pantera in Few and Far, making them directly comparable as crypto-VC peers targeting early-stage Web3 founders.
• HashKey Capital: HashKey Capital is an Asia-focused crypto-native asset manager and venture firm investing across Layer-1s, DeFi, and Web3 infrastructure. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside HashKey Capital in Polyhedra Network and Particle Network, positioning them as directly comparable early-stage Web3 VCs with similar geographic and sector focus.
• Spartan Group: Spartan Group is a crypto-native investment and advisory firm focused on DeFi, L1s, and Web3 infrastructure. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Spartan in Ready Games and Shardeum ($18.2M seed), making them directly comparable as thesis-driven early-stage crypto VCs.

Broad incumbents

• Animoca Brands: Animoca Brands is a global Web3 leader with operations spanning gaming, NFTs, DeFi, and investment, functioning as both an operator and broad-incumbent investor. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Animoca in Particle Network and LiveArt, making them comparable in Web3 deal sourcing despite Animoca's much broader operating scope.
• Coinbase Ventures: Coinbase Ventures is the investment arm of Coinbase, one of the largest publicly listed crypto exchanges, investing broadly across Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, and developer tooling. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Coinbase Ventures in Frontier, making them comparable in early-stage Web3 deal sourcing despite Coinbase Ventures being a broad incumbent.
• Binance Labs: Binance Labs is the venture and incubation arm of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and operates as a broad incumbent crypto investor across the full Web3 stack. Mapleblock has co-invested alongside Binance Labs in LiveArt, Few and Far, and SkyArk, making them comparable in Web3 deal flow despite Binance Labs being part of a much larger enterprise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Maple_block
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mapleblock-capital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments81 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Mapleblock Capital