Wintermute is the strategic venture investment arm of Wintermute, backing early-stage crypto, DeFi and blockchain infrastructure startups globally from London. It invests its own capital, focuses on seed and Series A rounds, and can lead or co-lead investments with typical checks of $0.5M to $5M+. The firm is relevant for founders building digital-asset wallets, stablecoin, exchange, brokerage, payments, cybersecurity, data, analytics and Web3 infrastructure products that can benefit from crypto market-structure, liquidity, governance and technical support.