Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity (EV3) is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2022, investing in early-stage startups at the intersection of decentralized infrastructure and crypto-enabled businesses. It describes itself as a coalition of entrepreneurs building frontier technology companies. The firm targets decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) alongside AI, energy, healthcare, logistics, commerce, fintech, biotech, media, and telecom sectors, favoring founders integrating crypto and web3 technology into traditional industries and real-world applications. Its second fund, EV3 Venture Fund II, closed oversubscribed at $61.74 million in December 2024. Notable portfolio investments include Earnifi, Xnet, and Andrena, with Andreessen Horowitz among its limited partners. EV3's investment approach is thesis-driven, emphasizing deeper involvement and bigger checks as it doubles down on crypto and DePIN. Its criteria prioritize entrepreneurs with generational drive and ambition tackling internet infrastructure and decentralized network opportunities.