Underscore VC

Underscore VC is an early-stage, Boston-based venture capital firm backing bold entrepreneurs with an aligned community designed to fit each startup's unique needs.

Key Info

underscore.vc
2015 Founded
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9 Investments
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Activity Timeline

Slang.ai
Raised
$12.00M
:
Series A from
Scott Belsky
, Path Ventures
, Intuitive Venture Partners
, Homebrew/Satya Patel
, Wing Venture Capital
, Collide Capital
, Underscore VC
, Active Capital
, Tom Colicchio
, and Stage 2 Capital
.
Jun 28, 2023
Slang.ai
Raised
$8.00M
:
Seed from
Underscore VC
, Stage 2 Capital
, Collide Capital
, Active Capital
, and Wing Venture Capital
.
Jun 27, 2023
Cenoa
Raised
$7.00M
:
Seed from
Quiet Capital
, Underscore VC
, Human Capital
, Ulu Ventures
, Acrew Capital
, and Collective Spark
.
Feb 06, 2023
Messari
Raised
$35.00M
:
Series B from
Brevan Howard Asset Management
, Galaxy Digital
, Coinbase Ventures
, Point72 Ventures
, Samsung NEXT
, Underscore VC
, Kraken Ventures
, Morgan Creek Digital
, and Uncork Capital
.
Sep 21, 2022
Kaiko
Raised
$53.00M
:
Series B from
Revaia
, Alven
, Anthemis Group
, Eight Roads Ventures
, Point Nine Capital
, and Underscore VC
.
Jun 28, 2022
Ceramic Network
Raised
$30.00M
:
Series A from
Zach Frankel
, Packy Mccormick
, Meltem Demirors
, Roham Gharegozlou
, Illia Polosukhin
, Brian Flynn
, Alex Salnikov
, Ryan Selkis
, Dan Romero
, Eleftherios Diakomichalis
, Suji Yan
, Tegan Kline
, Chase Chapman
, David Phleps
, Defi Dad
, Vadim Koleoshkin
, Yannick Folla
, Future Alisha
, Oaksprout The Tan
, Daniel Heyman
, Sean Li
, Jeremy Sklaroff
, Aditi Sriram
, Alan Curtis
, Annika Lewis
, 0 Xbilly
, Alessio Fanelli
, Nima Asghari
, Derek Yoo
, 🕺 Jad Esber
, Joe Lallouz
, Julia Lipton
, Florian Hagenbuch
, Julia Rosenberg
, Kerman Kohli
, Mason Nystrom
, Calvin Liu
, Rob Toews
, ConsenSys Ventures
, DAOSquare
, Dapper Labs
, Dialectic Capital
, Digital Currency Group
, Distributed Global
, Edge & Node
, Fenbushi Capital
, Figment Capital
, Hashed
, Jump Crypto
, MetaCartel Ventures
, Multicoin Capital
, Northzone
, P2P Capital
, Placeholder
, Polymorphic Capital
, Protocol Labs Funds
, Reciprocal Ventures
, Red Beard Ventures
, StreamingFast Ventures
, The Fintech Fund
, The LAO
, Underscore VC
, Union Square Ventures
, Venrock Capital
, Zee Prime Capital
, BlockScience
, Coinbase Ventures
, CoinFund
, Collab+Currency
, 6th Man Ventures
, Animal Ventures
, Animoca Brands
, Bitscale Capital
, Stefan George
, Blake Jennelle
, Sari Azout
, Amplify Partners
, Gaingels
, and Variant
.
Feb 16, 2022
Messari
Raised
$21.00M
:
Series A from
Nascent Ventures
, Blockchain.com Ventures
, Kraken Ventures
, Diogo Mónica
, CMS Holdings
, Gemini Ventures
, Underscore VC
, Alameda Research/Sam Bankman-Fried
, FTX Ventures/Sam Bankman-Fried
, Point72 Ventures
, Galaxy Digital
, Tom Glocer
, Coinbase Ventures
, Winklevoss Capital
, and Alameda Capital Spain
.
Aug 05, 2021
Messari
Raised
$4.00M
:
Seed from
Balaji Srinivasan
, Garry Tan
, Kyle Samani
, Matthew Roszak
, Jay Batson
, Meltem Demirors
, Black Panther Capital
, Net Jacobsson
, Pamir Gelenbe
, A100x Ventures
, Anthemis Group
, Blockchain Capital
, Coinbase Ventures
, CoinFund
, Cypher Capital LLC
, DHVC
, IDEO CoLab Ventures
, Semantic Ventures
, Fenbushi Capital
, Floodgate Fund
, Fabric Ventures
, and Underscore VC
.
Nov 13, 2019
Messari
Raised
$1.00M
:
Seed from
Cypher Capital LLC
, Fabric Ventures
, Anthemis Group
, Blockchain Capital
, CoinFund
, DHVC
, Digital Asset Investment Company
, Fenbushi Capital
, Galaxy Digital
, Nebari Holdings
, Point72 Ventures
, Rising Tide Fund
, Kindred Ventures
, SparkLabs Group
, Underscore VC
, and Semantic Ventures
.
May 01, 2018

Team

Investments

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Investors
Jun 28, 2023	Slang.ai	Series A	$12,000,000	Homebrew Satya Patel Path Ventures Intuitive Venture Partners Wing Venture Capital Collide Capital Underscore VC Active Capital Stage 2 Capital Scott Belsky Tom Colicchio
Jun 27, 2023	Slang.ai	Seed	$8,000,000	Underscore VC Stage 2 Capital Collide Capital Active Capital Wing Venture Capital
Feb 06, 2023	Cenoa	Seed	$7,000,000	Quiet Capital Underscore VC Human Capital Ulu Ventures Acrew Capital Collective Spark
Sep 21, 2022	Messari	Series B	$35,000,000	Brevan Howard Asset Management Galaxy Digital Coinbase Ventures Point72 Ventures Samsung NEXT Underscore VC Kraken Ventures Morgan Creek Digital Uncork Capital
Jun 28, 2022	Kaiko	Series B	$53,000,000	Revaia Alven Anthemis Group Eight Roads Ventures Point Nine Capital Underscore VC
Feb 16, 2022	Ceramic Network	Series A	$30,000,000	ConsenSys Ventures DAOSquare Dapper Labs Dialectic Capital Digital Currency Group Distributed Global Edge & Node Fenbushi Capital Figment Capital Hashed Jump Crypto MetaCartel Ventures Multicoin Capital Northzone P2P Capital Placeholder Polymorphic Capital Protocol Labs Funds Reciprocal Ventures Red Beard Ventures StreamingFast Ventures The Fintech Fund The LAO Underscore VC Union Square Ventures Venrock Capital Zee Prime Capital BlockScience Coinbase Ventures CoinFund Collab+Currency 6th Man Ventures Animal Ventures Animoca Brands Bitscale Capital Amplify Partners Gaingels Variant Zach Frankel Packy Mccormick Meltem Demirors Roham Gharegozlou Illia Polosukhin Brian Flynn Alex Salnikov Ryan Selkis Dan Romero Eleftherios Diakomichalis Suji Yan Tegan Kline Chase Chapman David Phleps Defi Dad Vadim Koleoshkin Yannick Folla Future Alisha Oaksprout The Tan Daniel Heyman Sean Li Jeremy Sklaroff Aditi Sriram Alan Curtis Annika Lewis 0 Xbilly Alessio Fanelli Nima Asghari Derek Yoo 🕺 Jad Esber Joe Lallouz Julia Lipton Florian Hagenbuch Julia Rosenberg Kerman Kohli Mason Nystrom Calvin Liu Rob Toews Stefan George Blake Jennelle Sari Azout
Aug 05, 2021	Messari	Series A	$21,000,000	Alameda Research Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Ventures Sam Bankman-Fried Nascent Ventures Blockchain.com Ventures Kraken Ventures CMS Holdings Gemini Ventures Underscore VC Point72 Ventures Galaxy Digital Coinbase Ventures Winklevoss Capital Alameda Capital Spain Diogo Mónica Tom Glocer
Nov 13, 2019	Messari	Seed	$4,000,000	Black Panther Capital A100x Ventures Anthemis Group Blockchain Capital Coinbase Ventures CoinFund Cypher Capital LLC DHVC IDEO CoLab Ventures Semantic Ventures Fenbushi Capital Floodgate Fund Fabric Ventures Underscore VC Balaji Srinivasan Garry Tan Kyle Samani Matthew Roszak Jay Batson Meltem Demirors Net Jacobsson Pamir Gelenbe
May 01, 2018	Messari	Seed	$1,000,000	Cypher Capital LLC Fabric Ventures Anthemis Group Blockchain Capital CoinFund DHVC Digital Asset Investment Company Fenbushi Capital Galaxy Digital Nebari Holdings Point72 Ventures Rising Tide Fund Kindred Ventures SparkLabs Group Underscore VC Semantic Ventures