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ACTAI Ventures Unicorn Fund III

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: USD
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Energy Tech and Web3 Finance
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About ACTAI Ventures Unicorn Fund III

Third vintage from ACTAI Ventures, co-founded by Amanda Terry and Bill Tai. Pre-seed and seed fund targeting sub-$15M entry valuations in AI, blockchain, longevity, and sustainable energy. First investments include Sovereign Green Compute ($700K) and ICME ($400K alongside Binance Labs).

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

Energy Tech

Web3 Finance

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Energy-AI or RWA pre-seed founder connected to institutional networks

AI infrastructure

blockchain

sustainable energy

RWA vault solutions

post-token lifecycle mgmt

private credit on-chain

defense tech

Bullish Signals

First close done, 2 deals deployedblog

Co-invested with Binance Labs alreadyblog

Fund II: 31 cos, majority raised follow-onblog

Bill Tai: 23 portfolio IPOs track recordblog

Sovereign Green Compute in Business Insider AUtwitter

Speaking at institutional tokenization summitstwitter

Canva seed: $4B rev, 265M MAUstwitter

Canva: #3 AI app globally, Mar 2026twitter

Zoom x Anthropic collaboration tracked closelytwitter

NBA TopShot drops still selling outtwitter

Amanda Terry on TheStreet private credit podcastexternal

Metagood COO role: deep RWA market accessexternal

$6B private credit exit wave flaggedlinkedin

Metagood repost amplifies fund thesis publiclylinkedin

ACTAI amplifying private credit on-chain narrativelinkedin

Bill Tai tagged in Metagood thesis postlinkedin

Tokenization = transparency + distribution unlocklinkedin

Danny Yang co-amplifying on-chain credit thesislinkedin

Vantage Robotics portfolio co w/ USAF integrationlinkedin

Defense ISR systems showing real operational validationlinkedin

SALT Wyoming Symposium 3rd year attendance, tier-1 LP accesslinkedin

Google Energy Markets partnership at ACTAI dinnerlinkedin

American ATLAS project collaboration signals institutional energy validationlinkedin

RWA vault solutions actively sourcing in marketlinkedin

Post-token lifecycle mgmt emerging thesis expansionlinkedin

ACTAI backing Curtin Accelerate 2027 ecosystemlinkedin

Curtin program: $500K funding, $5K grants, AWS accesslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Sub-$30M fund, high concentration riskblog

GP co-founds portfolio cos (ICME)blog

Tiny checks ($400K–$700K) in cap-intensive betsblog

Heavy NFT/on-chain art community exposuretwitter

Active semiconductor macro analysis, not VCtwitter

Tokenization ≠ liquidity — GP admits limitsexternal

Liquidity still unproven, per Amanda Terrylinkedin

Market structure for on-chain credit still nascentlinkedin

True liquidity described as long-term buildlinkedin

Founder Do's

Enter sub-$15M post-money valuation

Build in AI, blockchain, energy, longevity, or defense

Welcome board seat & active GP involvement

Connected to ACTAI network or events

Show clear path to follow-on capital

Explore RWA vaults or post-token issuance mgmt

Tap Curtin Accelerate ecosystem & AWS credits

Founder Don'ts

Expect passive check, no engagement

Come in above $15M valuation

Outside core thesis areas

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeUSD

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Amanda Terry, Bill Tai

Amanda TerryCo-founder & Managing Partner

Bill TaiCo-founder & Special Limited Partner

Kaitlin SavagePartner (Google Energy Markets)

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