Kate Haun is branching out and launching her own crypto fund, named Haun Ventures that focuses on Web3 companies. Haun and a team of eight others have raised $1.5 billion, making it one of the largest debut venture funds raised by a woman.
five years ago, Katie Haun’s career path wouldn’t have led you to believe she’d end up becoming one of the most prominent investors in theAfter clerking for US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in the early 2000s, Haun worked as a federal prosecutor for more than a decade. It was Haun’s investigations into white-collar crimes that eventually prompted her to dive deep into-related crimes—turns out, there are some nefarious use cases for emerging technologies.
Now Haun is branching out and launching her own fund, named Haun Ventures. It’s a big one: Haun and a team of eight others have raised $1.5 billion, making it one of the largest debut venture funds raised by a woman. Haun Ventures is focusing oncompanies, which will be underpinned by, of course, crypto. A third of the fund raised will go toward early-stage companies, and the remaining $1 billion will be part of an acceleration fund.
Haun’s fund, like the broader Web3 world, is an amalgamation of players, with recognizable names alongside unlikely ones. The investment team and board of advisors comprises executives from A16Z, Coinbase, Airbnb, Shopify, and Jigsaw; actor and writer Mindy Kaling has joined as an advisor; and Haun has confirmed investments in Autograph, OpenSea, Aptos, and Moonwell.for what many technologists see as the next big phase of the internet.
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