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Groundwork Capital

Blockchain investment fund backing early-stage companies in the crypto ecosystem, especially NFTs and decentralised finance

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TrustList summary

Groundwork Capital is a blockchain investment fund that began in 2020. It puts money into early-stage companies that contribute to the blockchain ecosystem, choosing them after its own research.

What Groundwork Capital offers

  • Early-stage funding: invests in young blockchain companies, including across several seed rounds.
  • Executive advisory: the firm takes on advisory roles alongside the founders it backs.
  • Networking: organises events that connect entrepreneurs with other people in the sector.

Clients

The firm wants to hear from entrepreneurs building something new for the blockchain space. It names non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralised finance (DeFi) as areas of particular interest, and says it aims for a closer relationship with the founders it funds than a typical investor would have.

Key facts

  • Founded: 2020
  • Type: strategic investment firm focused on blockchain
  • Stage focus: early-stage companies
  • Areas of interest: NFTs and DeFi

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Rankings

Groundwork Capital is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #13 on 1 and #25 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Groundwork Capital has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Investor · 2 rankings

  • #13of 58
    Deep tech investors

    It is one of 2 here listing blockchain and one of 14 here listing pre seed.

    Of the top 57 here, 26 also cover artificial intelligence and 23 also cover seed stage; 12 also work in Silicon Valley and 6 also work in New York City.

    Behind Magnetic Ventures, ahead of 11.2 Capital.

  • #25of 161
    Pre seed

    It is one of 9 here listing deep tech.

    Of the top 70 here, 23 also cover series a and 16 also cover early stage; 11 also work in San Francisco and 11 also work in London.

    Behind BackBone Ventures, ahead of BGV (Bethnal Green Ventures).

As of 2026-10-31. Organic ranks only; sponsored placements are never ranks. How TrustList ranks

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