Epoch VC

Epoch VC is a venture capital firm based in Denver, Colorado, founded by Eric Yakes, author of "The 7th Property: Bitcoin and the Monetary Revolution" and a CFA charterholder who previously worked in corporate finance and restructuring at FTI Consulting and Lion Equity Partners, a private equity buyout fund. The firm invests exclusively in the infrastructure, applications, and adjacent technologies emerging around Bitcoin, viewing its success as a neutral global monetary system as one of the most important innovations of the modern era, backing builders working across Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Epoch's team brings deep crypto-industry operating experience, including a partner who helped manage the $5 billion Celsius restructuring and led operations and strategy at Coinbase, and another who serves as executive producer of "What Bitcoin Did," a top 25 investing podcast in the US and UK. Its portfolio includes AnchorWatch, Ark Labs, Castle, Citrea, Gridless, Debifi, Magnolia, and OSMO, spanning custody, Bitcoin-backed lending, Layer 2 infrastructure, and computing. The firm's investment approach centers on backing founders solving fundamental infrastructure problems at the earliest stages of Bitcoin's evolution into a mainstream monetary and financial system.