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Dragonfly Fund IV

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N°01 / About

About Dragonfly Fund IV

Dragonfly closes an oversubscribed $650M fund to back crypto and blockchain infrastructure across global markets.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical crypto founders building global-scale protocols or apps

crypto-native
L1/L2 infra
DeFi
stablecoins
AI x crypto
payments
prediction markets
tokenization
capital markets tech

Bullish Signals

Acquired Metastable, oldest crypto hedge fundexternal
Stablecoin payments research with Artemisexternal
Portfolio spans 100+ crypto companiesexternal
NYC + Singapore offices, day-one globalexternal
Checks $3M–$30M+ across all stagesexternal
Metastable early into Ethereum, Avalanche, Cosmosexternal
Portfolio companies: Ethena, Rain, Polymarket, Venice.ai, Sapiomexternal
Bullish on institutional era, regulatory clarity emergingexternal
AI x blockchain convergence unlocking new generation techexternal
Hired Head of IR—signal of LP growth & maturityexternal

Contrarian Signals

Agentic commerce thesis skepticism notedexternal
Geoblocked airdrops hurt US token economicsexternal
New chains face intense hate vs indifference pre-2023external

Founder Do's

Tackle big wicked problems
Build with global adoption mindset
Embrace weird/contrarian ideas
Show deep technical conviction
Target seed–Series B+ range
Focus on mainstream adoption narrative
Explore AI + blockchain convergence

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch non-crypto plays
Don't ignore global markets
Don't lack technical depth

34 signals on Dragonfly Fund IV

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Fund Overview

Fund SizeUSD
Saves0
People

Key People

Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt

Haseeb QureshiManaging Partner
Bo FengManaging Partner
Tom SchmidtGeneral Partner
Rob HadickGeneral Partner
Gengmo QiPartner
Omar KanjiPartner
Elton ChangJunior Partner
Casey TaylorPlatform Partner
Tony LiPortfolio Support Partner
Hildebert MouliéHead of Data Science
Katherine TercekHead of Investor Relations
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