Ten31 is a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm that describes itself as the world's leading bitcoin technology investor, backing companies building infrastructure and technology for the bitcoin ecosystem. Ten31's Twitter Score is 56 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #15,737 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Ten31 was co-founded by Grant Gilliam and Jonathan Kirkwood, both serving as Co-founders and Managing Partners. Marty Bent and Matt Odell also serve as Managing Partners, with John Arnold as Principal. Parker Lewis and Elaine Ou serve as advisors to the firm. Ten31 has been active in the bitcoin ecosystem since 2021 and operates with a focus on leading investment rounds, deploying roughly 90% of its capital as lead investor, typically on an exclusive basis.
Ten31 has raised and deployed capital across two funds under its Low Time Preference Fund series. Fund I, dated 2020, deployed $5M across 12 portfolio companies, while Fund II, dated 2022, deployed $125M across 28 portfolio companies. The firm's investment focus spans bitcoin-enabling technologies including trading, payments, custody, security, computing infrastructure, open source software, artificial intelligence, and nostr-related communications and media applications. Ten31 has 15,025 followers as of October 2026 and has published 2,988 posts. The account has been mentioned by 18 accounts, with 36 total mentions.
Ten31's fund portfolio includes Zap, OpenSats, STRIKE, Giga Energy, DarkHorse, Peach Bitcoin, Fedi and Fedimint.
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The accounts that follow Ten31 include 305 founders, 30 angel investors, 138 influencers and 4 VCs, among them Erik Voorhees, Paolo Ardoino, Adam Back, Matthew Graham, Bitcoin Magazine and Notsofast.