Oddiyana Ventures

Dorji Rabten, the Founder and Managing Partner, leads the firm’s investment activities. He has operated in the blockchain domain for a decade, having advised more than 20 projects and incubated over 10 startups (per the firm’s website). Partner Fabian Van Doesburg — co-founder of 8-bit, the entity that previously operated KuCoin Exchange — supports deal evaluation and portfolio acceleration.

The firm sources early-stage blockchain deals through a network of launchpads, centralized exchanges, audit firms, and infrastructure partners. Its website names KuCoin, Gate, MXC, Zokyo, and Supra as ecosystem collaborators. The founding team’s crypto-native background and location in Seoul — a hub for Asian blockchain gaming and DeFi projects — further anchor its sourcing advantage.

Oddiyana Ventures is an asset manager, not a family office. Its website describes it as an investment firm funding the decentralization movement, and its team page profiles venture associates, partners, and business-development staff typical of an institutional venture firm rather than a private family structure.

The publicly available information indicates Oddiyana Ventures engages primarily in direct seed-stage and early-stage investments. The firm’s website highlights strategic funding, growth acceleration, and advisory services — all centered on direct relationships with portfolio companies — without mentioning commitments to third-party venture funds.

The firm targets early-stage blockchain companies, explicitly naming seed and start-up stages. Its portfolio list includes protocol-level investments (Peaq, WalletConnect Network) alongside application-layer projects (Cookie3, AITECH), suggesting a willingness to back teams from pre-token through mainnet launch and early scaling.

Oddiyana Ventures is not a subsidiary of KuCoin, but it maintains a strategic partnership with the exchange. Partner Fabian Van Doesburg co-founded 8-bit, the company that previously operated KuCoin Exchange, and serves as an advisor to KuCoin Labs. The firm lists KuCoin as an ecosystem partner, alongside other exchanges such as Gate and MXC.

There is no public information indicating that Oddiyana Ventures operates a separate philanthropic foundation or donor-advised fund. Its website focuses exclusively on for-profit venture investment and advisory services for blockchain startups.