

Polymorphic Capital
386 posts

@polymorphiccap
Application-centric Web3 VC, with a keen focus on fostering practical use cases that build upon Web3's infrastructure














The shift in the crypto fundraising landscape the past 6 months has been insane. Crypto VCs used to have to constantly be networking/writing/podcasting/going on spaces/promoting your thesis/getting on 10 deal flow calls a week, to get into good deals...now it's literally enough to just have capital to write checks. Deals are being pushed rather than dug out. Inbound if people know you have money is at an all-time high. Most firms are either 1) Out of money 2) Moved to Series A and beyond or 3) Fundraising (with no success). Deals that used to close in 2-3 weeks now close in 2-3 months. Firms with questionable business models or copy pasta of the latest trend are getting zero primary or follow-on funding (Good news!). There are now realistically <20 firms writing checks in pre-seed/seed. VCs basically have the pick of any deal they want, with more time to do DD. IMHO 25/26 are going to be historic vintages for those who stick around.



The shift in the crypto fundraising landscape the past 6 months has been insane. Crypto VCs used to have to constantly be networking/writing/podcasting/going on spaces/promoting your thesis/getting on 10 deal flow calls a week, to get into good deals...now it's literally enough to just have capital to write checks. Deals are being pushed rather than dug out. Inbound if people know you have money is at an all-time high. Most firms are either 1) Out of money 2) Moved to Series A and beyond or 3) Fundraising (with no success). Deals that used to close in 2-3 weeks now close in 2-3 months. Firms with questionable business models or copy pasta of the latest trend are getting zero primary or follow-on funding (Good news!). There are now realistically <20 firms writing checks in pre-seed/seed. VCs basically have the pick of any deal they want, with more time to do DD. IMHO 25/26 are going to be historic vintages for those who stick around.








1/8 🚨Announcement🚨 @Nevermined_ai unlocks autonomous agent payments using @Visa Intelligent Commerce, @coinbase x402 and @getVGS . AI agents can hold persistent delegated card spending authority with safe policy enforcement set by the cardholder. 🧵👇

1/4 Pay and get paid in the agentic economy. @Nevermined_ai Pay is LIVE 🎉 Over the past 6 months, AI agents have gone from tools to operators. They reason, plan, and execute. But the moment they need to pay or get paid, everything breaks. A human has to step in. That doesn’t scale.



1/10 We are shipping persistent card delegation for AI agents using agentic tokens. Here's the technical architecture that makes it work. Four innovations, end-to-end: agentic tokens, persistent delegation, micropayment sessioning, and merchant acceptance infrastructure. Deep dive 🧵

The TACEO Network is live! A private execution layer for digital rails. The cryptographic infrastructure behind it already secures personal data for nearly 18 million people.