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Paul Taylor

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Paul Taylor is a Web3 investor and advisor who was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Fancy Studios and previously worked at BlackRock. He is a graduate of Emory University.

Work Experience

Education Experience

Investments

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Ecosystem
Token Issuance
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Operating Status
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Round
Valuation
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Alsa Alsa
Pre-Seed -- --
Oct 28, 2025
Bloom Bloom
Seed -- $ 1.6 M
Jul 24, 2025
Level Level
-- -- $ 2.6 M
Mar 18, 2025
Offline Protocol Offline Protocol
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.1 M
Mar 13, 2025
Fortytwo Fortytwo
Pre-Seed -- $ 2.3 M
Mar 6, 2025
Herd Herd
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.8 M
Feb 3, 2025
Hana Hana
-- -- $ 4 M
Oct 25, 2024
Hermetica Hermetica
Seed -- $ 1.7 M
Oct 16, 2024
OpenGradient OpenGradient
Seed -- $ 8.5 M
Oct 9, 2024
LAYER LAYER
Seed -- $ 6 M
Oct 3, 2024
SatLayer SatLayer
Pre-Seed -- $ 8 M
Aug 22, 2024
nexio nexio
Pre-Seed -- $ 2.2 M
Aug 9, 2024
BIMA BIMA
Pre-Seed -- $ 2.25 M
Jul 15, 2024
River River
Seed -- $ 2 M
Jul 9, 2024
Compute Labs Compute Labs
Pre-Seed -- $ 3 M
Jul 4, 2024
LayerEdge LayerEdge
Pre-Seed -- --
May 24, 2024
Crestal Crestal
Pre-Seed -- $ 2 M
May 3, 2024
Natix Network Natix Network
Strategic -- $ 4.6 M
Apr 25, 2024
SatScreener SatScreener
Pre-Seed -- $ 0.5 M
Apr 19, 2024
0G 0G
Pre-Seed $ 1 B $ 35 M
Mar 26, 2024

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

3

Total rounds

23

Portfolio Numbers

24

Lead Investment

0

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