Castle Island Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2018. The firm specializes in blockchain technology and crypto assets, focusing on public blockchain infrastructure, protocols, and applications. It primarily invests in startups within the Web3/Crypto sector, financial services, and blockchain infrastructure, targeting pre-seed to Series A funding rounds with investments ranging from $0 to over $10 million. The firm is led by founding partners Matthew Walsh and Nic Carter, along with key team members including CFO Gretchen McCarey and investor Henry Harris. Castle Island Ventures has managed at least four closed funds as of 2022, with its most recent fund closing in March 2022. The firm emphasizes its role in supporting startups that contribute to the cryptocurrency ecosystem, exemplified by its recent $4 million seed investment in PYOR, a digital asset infrastructure provider.
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