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Very Early Ventures
Very early Ventures is a Web3 Venture Capital Fund. They support the builders of critical Web3 infrastructure, help design products, protocols, and tokens, and...
Very Early Ventures
Very early Ventures is a Web3 Venture Capital Fund. They support the builders of critical Web3 infrastructure, help design products, protocols, and tokens, and are technical and hands-on investors with roots in Europe.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2022
Location
Region
Latin America
Country
Cayman Islands
City
George Town
Corporate office
George Town, Cayman Islands
Principals
Mathieu Chanson
Founding Partner
Jan Baeriswyl
Founding Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Very Early Ventures?
Founding partners Mathieu Chanson and Jan Baeriswyl lead the firm. Both hold PhDs in computer science, and investment decisions appear to rest with the two of them given the firm's compact partnership structure. No other investment committee members or senior investment professionals have been publicly identified.
What stage does Very Early Ventures target?
The firm concentrates on the earliest stages of company formation — pre-seed and seed rounds. The name itself signals the mandate. It structures its capital through dedicated early-stage vehicle series (very early Ventures I and II) rather than through a single evergreen pool, implying a fund-cycle rhythm typical of managers deploying into rounds where product-market fit is unproven.
Does Very Early Ventures have a geographic focus?
The firm is registered in the Cayman Islands, but the founders' professional roots are in the Swiss technology and fintech ecosystem. Both are members of the Swiss FinTech Association and SECA, which positions the firm to source heavily from Switzerland and broader continental Europe. No explicit geographic mandate has been disclosed publicly.
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