6th Man Ventures

6th Man Ventures, also called 6MV, is a collective of investors, founders and builders working in web3. It partners with teams creating what it calls the user-owned internet.

The group says it was founded and is run by people who build web3 projects themselves. That background is the basis for how it supports portfolio companies.

Services

• Capital: investment in web3 teams and projects.
• Practical support: hands-on help from people who have built and scaled companies.
• Research and insights: analysis of the web3 field shared with portfolio teams.
• Connections: introductions to people and communities that help projects grow.
• Community building: advice on growing a user community from scratch.

Customers and markets

Teams building the user-owned web, from infrastructure and protocols to applications and companies. It says it will take chances on people and ideas others may not understand, and it publishes investment criteria for founders. Areas of interest include identity and social primitives.

Key facts

• Also known as: 6MV
• Focus: web3 and the user-owned internet
• Portfolio jobs: a job board for portfolio companies