Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm that has backed companies including Solana, Airtable, and Gusto since 2010. Slow Ventures's Twitter Score is 116 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #7,020 (top 5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Slow Ventures was founded by Dave Morin and describes itself as a generalist early-stage investor deploying capital across sectors including crypto. Per Business Insider, the firm was nearing $1 billion in investor capital and had raised three opportunity funds totaling $295 million. In February 2025, per Axios, Slow Ventures launched a $60 million seed fund focused on creators.
Slow Ventures's crypto portfolio includes Solana, Klaytn, Chia, Aleo, Algorand, Diem, Ampleforth, Lightning Labs, Portal Labs, Fold Wallet, and River. The firm operates across multiple verticals and has deployed approximately $1 billion in earliest-stage rounds since 2010.
Slow Ventures's team includes Kevin Colleran as Managing Director, Sam Lessin as GP, Will Quist as Excitable GP, Yoni Rechtman as Partner, and Megan Lightcap as Partner on the Creator Fund, alongside Clay Robbins as Forward Deployed Partner. Slow Ventures has 25,233 followers as of July 2026 and has published 1,345 posts on the platform. Slow Ventures has been mentioned by 149 accounts a total of 388 times.
Slow Ventures's portfolio includes Iron Fish, Helium, Chia Network, Teamspacemesh, Eco, Solana, Ampleforth and Lightning Labs.
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