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Venture Capital · Mining · Network Access

Backing frontier
markets before
consensus arrives.

Zana Ventures invests, advises, builds, and mines across crypto, AI, and decentralized infrastructure. The focus is simple: find high-conviction networks early, support the builders, and stay close to where value is forming.

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Angel Invests
6
Early-stage positions
Building
4
Advisory workstreams
Mining
4
Active networks
About Zana Ventures

Zana Ventures is built for markets where information moves unevenly and conviction has to be earned before consensus arrives.

01

Capital is only one input.

The work combines investing with advisory, ecosystem access, market framing, and operating feedback where Zana can help a team move faster.

02

Proximity beats passive exposure.

Zana stays close to founders, miners, validators, infrastructure teams, and partner networks so the thesis can evolve with the market.

03

Risk is managed through context.

Every position is read through liquidity, incentives, contributor quality, network durability, and the timing required to act well.

How Zana operates

Capital, context,
and builder proximity

Operating work begins where capital, infrastructure, founders, miners, and timing meet.

From signal to support.

Zana does not treat early conviction as a static bet. Each opportunity is mapped, underwritten, supported, and re-evaluated as liquidity, network quality, emissions, and founder execution change.

01

Identify the network

Track where AI, crypto, compute, and market infrastructure are producing genuine user, builder, or liquidity momentum.

02

Underwrite the edge

Pressure-test emissions, token design, defensibility, ecosystem quality, founder pace, and timing before adding exposure.

03

Support the builders

Contribute through advisory, positioning, partner access, and strategic feedback when Zana can compound the team’s surface area.

04

Stay operational

Keep mining, monitoring, and updating theses as conditions change, rather than treating early conviction as a static bet.

Looks for Real usage potential beyond short-term attention.
Contributes Founder positioning, partner access, and market feedback.
Rechecks Liquidity, emissions, adoption, and thesis drift.
Angel investments & builds

A portfolio built
around early conviction

Follow the thesis →

Zana’s work sits at the intersection of capital, infrastructure, and active operating support. Some positions are angel investments. Some are advisory or build-side commitments. The common thread is proximity to founders and networks before the market fully prices them.

Mining & partner network

Operational edge
not passive exposure

Zana treats mining and partner selection as underwriting work: emissions, difficulty, ecosystem quality, infrastructure support, timing, and the people around the network all matter.

Actively mining

Networks currently watched and worked from the operating side, with focus on emissions, contributor quality, and reward durability.

Proof of useful work
Pearl

Pearl Network monetizes real GPU inference, turning verifiable AI compute into on-chain value.

Proof of work
Kaspa

High throughput and near-instant confirmation through parallel blocks and blockDAG architecture, without sacrificing Bitcoin's security model.

Machine intelligence
TAO

Bittensor incentivizes the production and exchange of machine intelligence, rewarding validators and miners by output quality.

Algorithm optimization
TIG

Replaces brute-force mining with algorithm optimization, rewarding contributors who improve solutions to real-world compute challenges.

Filter 01 Emissions and difficulty curve
Filter 02 Contributor and validator quality
Filter 03 Liquidity, tooling, and timing

Partners

A focused operating network across trading venues, infrastructure, media, research, ecosystem support, and founder circles.

Onchain markets
Ostium Self-custodial perpetual markets for real-world assets, giving traders onchain access to FX, commodities, indices, equities, and crypto.

Zana lens: useful where macro liquidity, crypto rails, and market structure start to merge into one trading surface.
Web3 infrastructure
GatewayFM Enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure across RPC, rollups, staking, indexers, oracles, and custom EVM deployment support.

Zana lens: infrastructure depth matters when early networks need reliable execution, not only narrative momentum.
Blockchain consultancy
RoundTable21 Full-service blockchain consultancy and one of the largest TAO validators, partnering exclusively with tier-1 Web3 projects.

Zana lens: useful where advisory, legal, VC access, validator depth, and technical development need to move together.
Design studio
Rhizo Creative technology studio that joins Zana on selected projects across design, systems, content, and product direction.

Zana lens: design is operating leverage when early teams need sharper interfaces, narrative, and execution quality.
Web3 venture studio
Fireball Web3 venture studio accelerating ambitious projects by providing the growth infrastructure most builders lack.

Zana lens: strong teams compound faster when growth, positioning, and operating infrastructure arrive early.
Decentralized infrastructure
WildSage Labs Web3 decentralized infrastructure partner specializing in validator services, validator-as-a-service, and infrastructure-as-a-service.

Zana lens: validator and infrastructure depth matters when networks need reliability beyond narrative.
Web3 growth studio
NextWave Web3 growth studio delivering the go-to-market infrastructure ambitious projects need.

Zana lens: go-to-market work becomes leverage when it helps serious projects reach the right ecosystem at the right time.
What guides the work

Four signals.
One filter.

Zana looks for behavior that is difficult to manufacture before a market agrees it matters.

Behavior over announcement
01

Velocity

Shipping speed, learning rate, recruiting pull, and product taste.

02

Gravity

Builders, users, liquidity, and attention arriving without force.

03

Design

Emissions, ownership, and reward loops under pressure.

04

Fit

Mining, advisory, partner access, or market clarity beyond capital.

Network access

Building at the edge of the next cycle.

Zana is interested in founders, miners, infrastructure teams, and partners working where crypto and AI infrastructure becomes useful before it becomes obvious.

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Signals from
@zanaventures

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DeepNode keeps moving. The question is not whether AI compute has demand. The question is which networks can turn attention into durable usage, revenue, and retention.

Tracking the compute layer closely.
Recent update
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Mining is not passive income. It is underwriting: emissions, difficulty, hardware, power, community, and timing. Skip the wrong chain early and you have already protected capital.
Mining desk
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The best edge is still information asymmetry. The second best edge is knowing when a position has become consensus and treating that as a risk event.
Portfolio note
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AI, crypto, and macro are no longer separate conversations. Liquidity decides how risk moves. Infrastructure decides where value can stay.
Market lens
Portfolio intelligence

A clearer view
of risk and reward

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01
AI Infrastructure Basket
Compute · Data · Decentralized infra
28%
Core
02
Digital Assets — Core
Bitcoin · High-conviction networks · Liquidity
18%
Core
03
Angel & Builder Access
TensorLabs · DeepNode · Novara · TIG
15%
Active
04
Mining & Network Operations
Pearl · Kaspa · TAO · TIG
14%
Mining
05
Partner Network
Ostium · GatewayFM · RoundTable21 · Rhizo
12%
Network
06
Macro Defense
Cash yields · Gold · Liquidity awareness
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Talk to Zana

Bring the signal.
Start the conversation.

For founders, miners, operators, and partners working around crypto markets, AI infrastructure, mining networks, or frontier coordination. Send the sharp version first: what you are building, why now, and where Zana can be useful.

Primary channel

Telegram group

A direct public room for updates, market notes, and live conversations with the Zana network.

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Research links, portfolio context, mining notes, and quick reads on the markets Zana is tracking.

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Private layer

Members access

A deeper surface for operating notes, watchlists, and private context is being shaped separately.

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Send Founder decks, network theses, or partner introductions.
Useful for Capital, context, mining feedback, and ecosystem access.
Response style Short, direct, and focused on where Zana can help.