Seeding the Modular Future of Finance
Investing at the inception layer of decentralized finance where foundational components of the crypto economy are still malleable.
Our Investment Thesis
Orchard Street Capital invests at the inception layer of decentralized finance—pre-seed and seed stages—where foundational components of the crypto economy are still malleable. We believe DeFi is not just composable—it is modular and emergent, allowing systems to be built, reconfigured, and upgraded like open-source financial infrastructure.
The Power of Modularity
In modular ecosystems, each protocol is a building block—an independent yet interoperable unit—that can be integrated, swapped, or stacked to create entirely new financial architectures. When these components interact recursively, they create emergent value far greater than the sum of their parts: capital efficiency improves, liquidity compounds, and innovation accelerates.
Our Focus
We focus on investing in the core primitives of this modular stack—liquidity protocols, oracle networks, credit rails, abstracted execution layers—tools that are meant to be embedded, forked, and remixed. By entering at the earliest stage, we work directly with visionary founders to shape protocols that others will build upon.
Our Role in the Ecosystem
Orchard Street Capital's role is not simply to fund early-stage startups, but to help define the new economic operating system—an open, modular, and permissionless foundation for global finance.
By strategically investing in innovative projects during their earliest stages, we can magnify the effect each component has on the overall value of the specific ecosystem, helping to drive the growth and success of promising DeFi startups from their inception.
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Pre-Seed & Seed
Investing at the earliest stages where we can help shape the foundation of promising protocols.
Modular Components
Focusing on core primitives that serve as building blocks for the future of finance.
Emergent Value
Supporting projects that create compounding value through recursive interactions with the ecosystem.
Building the Future of Finance?
We partner with visionary founders creating the next generation of financial primitives.
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