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Investor profile

Nic Carter

Founding Partner, Castle Island Ventures

About

Nic Carter is a trained economist and political scientist who co-founded blockchain analytics company Coin Metrics and approaches venture investing through a macro-monetary lens rather than the typical software engineering background. He's widely recognized for his academic-style analysis of Bitcoin's energy use and mining economics, plus his systematic public documentation of crypto market cycles and regulatory developments across essays, podcasts, and talks. Nic Carter is a trained economist and political scientist who co-founded blockchain analytics company Coin Metrics and approaches venture investing through a macro-monetary lens rather than the typical software engineering background. He's widely recognized for his academic-style analysis of Bitcoin's energy use and mining economics, plus his systematic public documentation of crypto market cycles and regulatory developments across essays, podcasts, and talks.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Web3
Crypto
FinTech
Devtools
Data
Cybersecurity

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA