MANTIS is an early-stage technology venture capital firm co-founded by Alex Pall, Drew Taggart, Milan Koch, and Jeffrey Evans, operating in partnership with The Chainsmokers. MANTIS's Twitter Score is 22 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #43,743 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
MANTIS focuses on Seed and Series A investments across technology-enabled startups, with particular attention to crypto, blockchain gaming, and Web3 infrastructure. Per Bloomberg, the firm raised a total of $110 million across 2020 and 2021. As reported by TechCrunch in November 2024, MANTIS had increasingly shifted its focus toward B2B startups while continuing to operate as a venture fund associated with The Chainsmokers. The firm says it has made more than 130 investments to date.
MANTIS's backers include Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, and Keith Rabois, alongside Jim Coulter. Notable portfolio companies span payments infrastructure, Web3 ecosystem development, and blockchain gaming, including MoonPay, Figment, and Faraway Games. MANTIS's portfolio includes Mythical Games, ODDSFi, MoonPay, Swim Protocol, RTFKT, Portals, Step and Fanhouse.
MANTIS has published 64 posts on the platform and has 2,304 followers as of September 2026. MANTIS has been mentioned by 37 accounts, totaling 52 mentions.
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The accounts that follow MANTIS include 96 founders, 30 angel investors, 21 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are David Hoffman, Matthew Graham, Andrew Chen, Mando, Laurence and Ameen Soleimani.