Tekin Salimi is a crypto investor and founder who leads dao5, an experimental cryptocurrency investment firm that plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization. Tekin's Twitter Score is 192 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #2,498 (top 1%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Tekin founded dao5 after previously working at Polychain as a General Partner, where he joined in late 2017 and contributed to investments and legal structures including token warrants. At dao5, he led the firm's first fund of $125 million, which is fully deployed into crypto startups, and closed a second fund of $222 million in 2025. His current focus spans institutional blockchain adoption, stablecoins, and tokenization.
As an investor, Tekin's portfolio includes Universe, Fractal, AltLayer, Pragma, ISME Protocol ISME & Hiring, Mira, Nectar AI and Spicenet. Tekin's account has accumulated 8,562 followers as of October 2026 and 592 posts. Tekin has been mentioned by 72 accounts, with 119 total mentions.
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