Placeholder is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Los Angeles, California, United States. Known portfolio companies include Tally, Movement Labs, Eclipse, Celestia, Squads and WeatherXM, 10 companies in all.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- FinTech
Who to pitch at Placeholder
Placeholder portfolio companies (10)
- Tally
- Movement Labs
- Eclipse
- Celestia
- Squads
- WeatherXM
- Arx
- Botanix Labs
- Astria
- NFTfi
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About Placeholder
The firm's listing covers sector FinTech, and focus areas Crypto, DeFi, Decentralized Networks and NFT; known deals cluster at Seed, Series A and Series B.
The contacts to approach at Placeholder are Christopher Burniske (Investor) and Huy Đình (Investor).
Placeholder shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Dba, 1kx and Syncracy Capital.
Frequently asked questions
What is Placeholder?
Placeholder is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Los Angeles, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Placeholder invest in?
Listed sectors include FinTech; listed focus areas include Crypto, DeFi, Decentralized Networks and NFT. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Placeholder invest at?
The known deals of Placeholder include Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Placeholder?
Both people on file at Placeholder are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact Placeholder?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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