Arcanum Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests at the intersection of fintech, blockchain, and AI, co-founded by James McDowall and Luchang Zheng as Founding Partners. Arcanum Capital's Twitter Score is 13 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #80,778 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Arcanum Capital was founded in 2020 with a focus on seed-stage Web3 technologies and emerging markets. Its first fund deployed $11 million across 44 pre-seed and seed projects spanning Web3 gaming, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets, with a particular emphasis on India and emerging markets. A second fund targets payments, privacy, tokenized real-world assets, AI, and Bitcoin-ecosystem projects. Across both funds, Arcanum Capital reports 58 investments and more than $35 million in assets under management.
Arcanum Capital has drawn backing from notable investors, including Tim Draper and The Draper Foundation, as well as Tether, which invested $2 million in the Arcanum Emerging Technologies Fund II in December 2024. Sandeep Nailwal serves as an advisor to the firm, alongside Lawrence Newhook as Funds Director and Advisor, Rahul Andra as Founding Venture Partner, and Caleb August as Associate. Arcanum Capital was previously affiliated with Alpha Innovations.
Arcanum Capital has published 1,215 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 33 accounts, totaling 45 mentions. Arcanum Capital's portfolio includes EpiK Protocol, Lum Network, Arcana Network, Panther Protocol, UNXD, Onomy Protocol, MomentumT and WALL.
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