Dedicated to our founders. Passionate about Bitcoin.
Meet the Venture Capital industry’s first Bitcoin-native VC fund.
Founded in 2016, our team brings together 50+ years of Bitcoin experience. To date, we’ve helped 37 entrepreneurs build pioneering companies, published 3+ white-papers & invested more than $16M.
Our investment thesis.
We’re fueling iconic brands of the future. Helping them return power and prosperity to individuals via the Bitcoin protocol stack.
TVP is a small, focused team investing in seed- and early-stage startups. Our rigorous market methodology and high-thesis approach allow us to partner with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. We invest at the seed stage but try to drive value well before investment. While we love our home in Austin, we’re both geography and sector agnostic.
TVP is a small, focused team investing in seed- and early-stage startups. Our rigorous market methodology and high-thesis approach allow us to partner with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. We invest at the seed stage but try to drive value well before investment. While we love our home in Austin, we’re both geography and sector agnostic.
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Capital Network
We deploy targeted financial support — connecting founders with investment, unlocking growth opportunities, and scaling pioneering businesses.
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Technical Diligence & Product Development
We impart deep technical expertise, insight, coaching, and value beyond the scope of most firms or private investors in the seed capital landscape.
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Bitcoin Talent Pool
Finding the right talent at the right time takes a lot of work. We provide founders with access to our global network of Bitcoin talent, empowering them to recruit the brightest minds in crypto.
The folks behind TVP.
Christopher Calicott
Managing Director
Christopher is a seasoned technologist with career experience spanning from the internet's emergence to the rise of internet-native money.
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Dustin D. Trammell
Director of Technology and Engineering
Dustin is a Bitcoin OG known for being the 2nd node on the network and early interactions with Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Stephen Cole
Venture Partner
From code repos to cap tables, Stephen studied CompSci and spent 10 years in Silicon Valley. He led web tech teams at large corporations like eBay, as well as tiny startups which went on to do great things.
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Matthew Snow
Investment
Operations Lead
Matt began his career as a Venture Analyst at Greenspring Associates (acquired by NAS:STEP) one of the largest VC fund-of-funds. In his first role, Matt was responsible for monitoring/evaluating LP commitments to venture firms like Accel, Bessemer, and Obvious Ventures, along with Seed to Series D direct co-investments.
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Zach Young
Analyst
Zach is a native of Austin, Texas, and began his professional career in business development for a sports-focused partnerships agency while studying at UCLA.
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Big ideas.
With our founders and investors, we have a shared vision to shape a new economic paradigm where humanity can thrive.