Variant is a venture capital firm. Based in New York, United States. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Doppler, The Clearing Company, Levl, Coop Records, Project Eleven and Takenos.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- Creator EconomyCryptoDeFiMarketplacesOwnership EconomyPaymentsSocialStablecoinsWeb3
Contacts
Who to pitch at Variant
Variant portfolio companies (10)
- Doppler
- The Clearing Company
- Levl
- Coop Records
- Project Eleven
- Takenos
- Tenbin Labs
- Pye Labs
- Whetstone Research
- Melee
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About Variant
The firm's listing covers sectors Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Creator Economy, Crypto, DeFi and Marketplaces; known deals cluster at Seed and Series A.
Of the 4 people on file at Variant, Li Jin (General Partner) and Alana Levin (Investment Partner) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Variant shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Nascent, FalconX Ventures and Galaxy.
Frequently asked questions
What is Variant?
Variant is a venture capital firm based in New York, 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 Variant invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Creator Economy, Crypto, DeFi and Marketplaces. 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 Variant invest at?
The known deals of Variant include Seed and Series A 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 Variant?
2 of the 4 people on file at Variant are listed as contacts for the firm. All 4 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Variant?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 4 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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