{"id":49092,"date":"2025-09-23T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=49092"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:32:08","slug":"crypto-vc-firm-archetype-launches-100m-fund-to-back-early-blockchain-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=49092","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>New York-based venture capital firm Archetype has raised $100 million for its third fund aimed at backing early-stage blockchain startups, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250922322599\/en\/Archetype-Raises-Over-%24100-Million-for-Third-Crypto-Venture-Fund\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fund, called Archetype III, is supported by a mix of existing and new institutional investors, including pensions, academic endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and funds of funds.<\/p>\n<p>Archetype has a track record of early bets that paid off. Privy, a crypto wallet startup in its portfolio, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/06\/11\/stripe-to-acquire-crypto-wallet-startup-privy-in-bid-to-expand-web3-capabilities\">acquired by Stripe<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Another investment, US Bitcoin Corp, completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2023\/02\/07\/bitcoin-miners-hut-8-us-bitcoin-corp-announce-merger\">merger with Hut 8<\/a>, a move that brought the company into a joint venture tied to Eric Trump\u2019s American Bitcoin project.<\/p>\n<p>The firm currently manages around $350 million in assets, including sizable stakes in Solana and Ethereum, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>While specific investments from the new fund haven\u2019t been disclosed, Archetype said several deals have already been made. The firm plans to focus on founders building real-world use cases that could bring crypto to broader consumer markets.<\/p>\n<p>CoinDesk has reached out to Archetype for comment but hasn\u2019t heard back by press time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York-based venture capital firm Archetype has raised $100 million for its third fund aimed at backing early-stage blockchain startups, the firm said. The fund, called Archetype III, is supported by a mix of existing and new institutional investors, including pensions, academic endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and funds of funds. Archetype has a track record [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-49092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}