We deploy capital across three areas.
Backing founders across the Ethereum Economy — infrastructure, protocol, and application layer.
Writing $50k–$100k checks, plus deep operational support.
Pre-seed → Series A Learn MoreOur mandate extends beyond Ethereum and includes a number of assets on different chains as well as other L1 allocations.
Opportunistic · Multi-chain Learn MoreA curated archive of Ethereum-native art spanning generative, audio visual, AI, photography, and phygital.
Acquired for their cultural significance and technical craft.
The Aether Collection Learn MoreAether Capital's origins lie in angel investing and supporting Ethereum's largest DeFi and infrastructure projects. While the scope of Aether has expanded since 2021, our superpower is supporting entrepreneurs from their earliest days as they scale to the masses.


















The Aether Collection is focused on the long-term collection and curation of native art on the Ethereum network.
A curated archive of generative, audiovisual, photography, and phygital works minted on the Ethereum network. 144 works collected since 2021.
Pre-seed to Series A, across the infrastructure, protocol, and application layers of the Ethereum economy. The check is the starting point.
Early founders rarely need another introduction to a VC. They need someone who has shipped protocol code, structured a token round, hired across time zones, and sat opposite both regulators and Layer 1 teams.
We write at the earliest stage — when the idea is rough and the team is small — because that is where the relationship counts for most.
Every portfolio company gets direct access to Aether's operating experience. Open any line to see what it covers.
Round architecture, SAFE versus priced, cap table design, valuation anchoring, and investor sequencing — built around the stage and narrative of your raise rather than a template.
Hands-on product review from someone who has shipped in this ecosystem. Go-to-market sequencing for crypto-native audiences, and for the crossover moment when everyone else starts paying attention.
Token mechanics, incentive design, supply schedules, and validator economics — from a contributor to Ethereum's Proof of Stake economic model and the original Internet Bond thesis.
First-principles hiring for small teams: writing the right roles, structuring equity, and setting culture before headcount becomes something you cannot undo. Distributed teams are the default here, and cohesion across time zones is a discipline rather than a perk.
What to hold, where to hold it, and how to extend runway without selling at the worst possible moment. Cayman, BVI, and Panama foundation structures designed to hold and deploy capital responsibly, with governance in place from day one.
Warm introductions to counsel, tax advisors, exchanges, and custodians who already understand the space. And the quieter part: building a company is hard in ways nobody posts about. Collin has done it, the conversation is always open, and it stays between us.
Portfolio companies get two physical spaces in Lisbon — one for building, one for thinking.
32 investments across infrastructure, staking, DeFi, and the application layer. From angel checks in 2017 to leading rounds today.


















If you're raising your first or second round and building something that matters to Ethereum's long-term infrastructure, Aether wants to hear from you. No deck required to start the conversation.
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Data: DeFiLlama Public API (defillama.com/fees) · Validator model per protocol issuance curve · Operator data: explorer.rated.network · Not financial advice
Data: DeFiLlama Public API (defillama.com/fees) · Validator model per protocol issuance curve · Operator data: explorer.rated.network · Not financial advice
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Aether draws on a small group of operators and investors who have built inside Ethereum through multiple cycles. They advise on protocol architecture, market structure, and the firm's approach to backing founding teams.
© 2026 Aether Capital · Ethereum · est. 2021
We deploy capital across three areas.
Backing founders across the Ethereum Economy — infrastructure, protocol, and application layer. Writing $50k–$100k checks, plus deep operational support.
Pre-seed → Series AOur mandate extends beyond Ethereum and includes a number of assets on different chains as well as other L1 allocations.
Opportunistic · Multi-chainA curated archive of Ethereum-native art spanning generative, AI, photography, and phygital. Acquired for their cultural significance and technical craft.
The Aether Collection© 2026 Aether Capital · Ethereum · est. 2021