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The Venture Dept Activity

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

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4 investments· FEB 2026 – SEP 2026Show all

Investment

Participated in Tare's $13.25M seed round, led by Blockchain Capital, for on-chain private-credit infrastructure.

Tare

Tare The Venture Dept

theventuredept.vcSEP 16, 2026

SEP 16, 2026

Investment

Participated in Birdai Labs' $4M seed round, led by Castle Island Ventures, building execution-quality infrastructure for high-performance blockchains.

Birdai Labs

Birdai Labs The Venture Dept

theventuredept.vcJUL 28, 2026

JUL 28, 2026

Investment

Participated in Valinor's $25M seed round, led by Castle Island Ventures, for on-chain private-credit institution infrastructure.

Valinor

Valinor The Venture Dept

theventuredept.vcMAR 31, 2026

MAR 31, 2026

Investment

Participated in Rhythmic's $4M seed round, led by Dragonfly, for stablecoin-powered embedded financial services.

Rhythmic

Rhythmic The Venture Dept

theventuredept.vcFEB 19, 2026

FEB 19, 2026

Podcast

Matt Homer discussed post-GENIUS Act stablecoin market dynamics on the Rebank podcast.

Matthew Homer on Rebank: Fintech Analysis

The Venture Dept

rebank.ccOCT 31, 2025

OCT 31, 2025

Exit

Portfolio company Mountain Protocol, issuer of the USDM stablecoin, was acquired by Anchorage Digital.

Mountain Protocol

Mountain Protocol The Venture Dept

anchorage.comMAY 12, 2025

MAY 12, 2025

Exit

Portfolio company Bridge was acquired by Stripe for $1.1B, closing February 2025.

Bridge

Bridge The Venture Dept

stripe.comFEB 4, 2025

FEB 4, 2025

New Fund

Raised a $5.1M debut fund (as Department of XYZ) backed by the Winklevoss twins, Robert Leshner, and Kyle Samani.

Fund I ($5.1M)

The Venture Dept

fortune.comMAY 2, 2024

MAY 2, 2024