GO FISH FINANCE

Co-founders Matt Ziskie and Tom Schmidt share investment decision-making. Ziskie brings institutional fintech and operating experience from American Express and Better.com, while Schmidt contributed protocol-level expertise from his time at Dragonfly Capital and the 0x ecosystem. Both partners remain hands-on with portfolio companies.

Sourcing leans heavily on operator networks within the Ethereum and broader EVM-compatible developer communities. Both partners participate actively in DeFi governance forums, protocol working groups, and early-stage developer grant programs, which gives the firm visibility into teams before formal fundraising processes begin. Their syndication relationships with Dragonfly, CoinFund, and Alliance DAO also produce regular co-investment referrals.

GO FISH deploys primarily through direct equity and token investments, functioning as a venture practice rather than a fund-of-funds allocator. There is no public record of the firm making LP commitments into external venture funds. The architecture is built around concentrated, thesis-driven positions at the seed stage.

The firm targets pre-seed and seed rounds, occasionally extending into Series A for existing portfolio companies. Check sizes and stage targets are consistent with early-stage venture deployment: GO FISH aims to be among the first institutional checks into companies building at the intersection of traditional finance infrastructure and decentralized protocols.

GO FISH concentrates on financial middleware, institutional DeFi infrastructure, enterprise blockchain tooling, and crypto-native fintech. Portfolio companies include Alkemi Network (liquidity infrastructure), Socket (cross-chain bridging), Evertas (digital-asset insurance), and Crossover Markets (institutional trading venue). The firm explicitly avoids consumer social, general SaaS, and NFT collectibles.

GO FISH regularly syndicates rounds with other crypto-native venture firms. Known co-investors on portfolio company cap tables include Dragonfly Capital, CoinFund, and Alliance DAO. The firm structures itself as an independent venture practice rather than a captive family office, and its co-investment relationships appear intentionally cultivated to increase portfolio-company syndication strength.

The firm's mandate accommodates both traditional equity and token positions depending on the portfolio company's structure. For protocol-native teams issuing governance or utility tokens, GO FISH negotiates token warrants or SAFT agreements. For enterprise SaaS companies building on blockchain infrastructure, the firm structures conventional preferred equity rounds. This dual-structure capability is a core component of the firm's thesis flexibility.