Haun Ventures, the venture firm founded by Katie Haun, has closed a $1 billion raise for new funds focused on crypto and the infrastructure needed for AI agents. Multiple outlets report that the firm is deploying the capital through two vehicles split between early- and later-stage investing, with the funds planned to be rolled out over the next two to three years. The investment focus remains centered on blockchain and crypto companies, while increasingly targeting systems that can support AI agents that transact and carry out economic activity autonomously. Decrypt describes the effort as funding crypto infrastructure and related systems for AI agents to transact on their own, while The Next Web adds that the bet is that “finance, not models,” is what AI agents require in practice. Cointelegraph similarly frames the move as expanding the firm’s existing crypto focus to include AI, citing Haun’s view that AI will increasingly perform economic activity on users’ behalf and that services will need to adapt. The Block notes that the firm had previously been seeking to raise $1 billion to launch the two new crypto-focused funds.
Haun Ventures closes $1 billion fund for crypto and AI agent infrastructure
Haun Ventures, the venture firm founded by Katie Haun, has closed a $1 billion raise for new funds focused on crypto and the infrastructure needed for AI agents. Multiple outlets report that the firm...
- Haun Ventures, founded by Katie Haun, closes a $1 billion fundraising effort.
- The money is allocated to two new venture funds covering early- and later-stage investing.
- The funds target crypto and blockchain companies, with added focus on AI agent-related infrastructure.
- The capital is expected to be deployed over the next two to three years.
- Haun Ventures frames the opportunity around enabling AI agents to transact and perform economic activity autonomously.
Haun Ventures founder Katie Haun said AI will “increasingly begin to conduct economic activity on our behalf," and services will need to adapt for that world.
3 months agoKatie Haun’s venture firm closes a $1 billion fund to target crypto infrastructure and systems for AI agents to transact autonomously.
3 months agoKatie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new venture funds at Haun Ventures, split evenly between early and later-stage vehicles to be deployed over the next two to three years. The capital will go into crypto and blockchain companies, which have been the firm’s focus since Haun left Andreessen Horowitz in 2022 to […] This story continues at The Next Web
3 months agoLast year, Haun Ventures was reportedly seeking to raise $1 billion to launch two new crypto-focused funds.
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