“A high-conviction lead investor across emerging technology, including blockchain, AI, robotics, fintech and energy, that builds alongside its portfolio through its own Framework Labs operating arm rather than investing passively.”
Splits below are computed from the 13 companies (of 16 named on Framework's own portfolio page) we could confidently sector-tag as crypto-native; 3 (Meanwhile, MECKA AI, Odyn) are non-crypto or too thin on public detail to classify and are excluded.
Framework Ventures is a San Francisco-based crypto and frontier-technology fund co-founded by Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, known for taking high-conviction lead positions and building alongside portfolio companies through its own Framework Labs operating arm rather than investing passively. The firm closed its fourth fund at $400 million in June 2026, and public coverage of that raise confirms the firm is explicitly expanding its mandate beyond pure crypto into AI, robotics and energy, a meaningful shift for founders deciding whether their pitch is on-thesis.
The firm's check size, $5 million to $50 million per deal, places it among the largest available leads in this directory, realistically a Series A-and-later conversation for most founders rather than a first check. Its named portfolio spans core DeFi (Aave, Maple, Sky), infrastructure (Chainlink, Jito Labs), and a growing stablecoin and payments cluster (Obex, Plasma, USD.ai), alongside newer positions in AI and robotics that sit outside the crypto sector vocabulary entirely (Meanwhile, MECKA AI).
There is no accelerator or cohort. Founders reach the fund through hello@framework.ventures or the site's contact form, with the firm distinguishing that channel clearly from its investor-relations and press contacts.
Key stats:
| Partner | Role | Where to find them |
|---|---|---|
| Vance Spencer | Co-Founder | framework.ventures/team |
| Michael Anderson | Co-Founder | framework.ventures/team |
| Rajiv Patel-O'Connor | General Partner | framework.ventures/team |
| Adam Badrawi | Partner, Head of Investor Relations and Global Communications | framework.ventures/team |
| Parker Edwards | Partner | framework.ventures/team |
| Ryan Barney | Partner | framework.ventures/team |
| Nick Trileski | Partner | framework.ventures/team |
Individual X and LinkedIn handles were not independently confirmed on the pages fetched, so we link the team page rather than guess.