{"id":29490,"date":"2020-10-01T16:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29490"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:17:07","slug":"robot-ventures-led-by-compound-founder-robert-leshner-raises-4-million-for-defi-focused-investment-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/robot-ventures-led-by-compound-founder-robert-leshner-raises-4-million-for-defi-focused-investment-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Ventures, led by Compound founder Robert Leshner, raises $4 million for DeFi-focused investment fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robot Ventures, the cryptocurrency startup investor led by Compound founder Robert Leshner, has raised $4 million for its second fund to develop DeFi projects.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">In order to back more teams, with more resources, and more expertise, I\u2019m honored to announce that <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robotventures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@robotventures<\/a> is growing.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The smartest mind in the space, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarunchitra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@tarunchitra<\/a> and I have teamed up, and are joined by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/novogratz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@novogratz<\/a> Galaxy Digital and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paradigm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@paradigm<\/a>.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ae9oS2vhd\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/4ae9oS2vhd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83e\udd16 Leshner (@rleshner) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rleshner\/status\/1311353245118283776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The first Robot Ventures fund remains under Leshner\u2019s full control; to launch the second, he brought on Tarun Chitra, founder of Gauntlet Network, as a partner.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Part of the funds from the $4 million came from Galaxy Digital\u2019s Mike Novogratz and Paradigm.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I am working overtime to read enough to have conversations with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarunchitra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@tarunchitra<\/a> and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rleshner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@rleshner<\/a> \ud83d\ude02. These guys are awesome. Excited to be partnering. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQ20K3v4YK\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/bQ20K3v4YK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Novogratz (@novogratz) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/novogratz\/status\/1311364445361311752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Robot Ventures has not yet filed any forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), beyond the registration filing.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The Robot Ventures portfolio currently includes projects such as Coinmine, Ampleforth, InstaDapp, Compound, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Compound in ForkLog\u2019s exclusive feature.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"7kysfasUTe\\\">\n<p>How the DeFi service Compound caught up with and overtook its rivals<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u201cHow the DeFi service Compound caught up with and overtook its rivals\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/exclusive\/kak-defi-servis-compound-dognal-i-peregnal-konkurentov\/embed#?secret=37QkTJpHcM#?secret=7kysfasUTe\\\" data-secret=\\\"7kysfasUTe\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on Twitter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robot Ventures, the cryptocurrency startup investor led by Compound founder Robert Leshner, has raised $4 million for its second fund to develop DeFi projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1494,1093,770,1608],"class_list":["post-29490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-compound-comp","tag-defi","tag-galaxy-digital","tag-paradigm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29492,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490\/revisions\/29492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}