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Asylum Ventures Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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Exit

Portfolio company The Clearing Company was acquired by Coinbase.

The Clearing Company

The Clearing Company Asylum Ventures

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Investment

Participated in Henlo's $3M Seed round alongside Framework Ventures, SNZ Capital, and Primitive Ventures.

Henlo

HenloAsylum Ventures

cypherhunter.comFEB 2025

FEB 2025

Investment

Participated in Nucleus Genomics' $14M Series A for whole-genome sequencing and genetic risk assessment.

Nucleus Genomics

Nucleus GenomicsAsylum Ventures

mynucleus.comJAN 2025

JAN 2025

Essay

Published founding letter arguing that the best founders are artists and outlining Asylum's philosophy of founder-first, no-board-seat investing.

Founding Letter — The best founders are artists

Asylum Ventures

asylum.vcSEP 2024

SEP 2024

Press

Nicholas Chirls featured in New York Times piece on pushback against industrialization of venture capital.

Nicholas Chirls on Asylum Ventures founding in The New York Times

Asylum Ventures

SEP 2024

New Fund

Closed debut Fund I with $55M to back early-stage founders as artists building novel companies.

Fund I — $55M

Asylum Ventures

SEP 2024

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