Backing unstoppable founders BRINGING FINANCE ONCHAIN
A focused pre-seed and seed venture fund backing the missing layers of onchain finance — infrastructure, capital mobility, and universal UX — accelerated by AI.
ABOUT
Norio Ventures is led by Pete Townsend, an early-stage investor with 20+ years in global finance and nearly a decade in crypto and venture. Chair of regulated crypto boards since 2019 and former Managing Director of Techstars Web3, Pete has guided 40 early investments and built a global network of founders, operators, and investors.
I'm Pete Townsend. Twenty years in institutional finance, ten years in crypto.
I've been at this intersection long enough to know when the timing is right.
The rails are proven. Institutions are moving in.
What's needed now are founders who've built genuine fluency on both sides - fintech and financial services on one hand, crypto-native on the other.
They understand how the incumbent system works and where it breaks - and they're building the infrastructure to replace it.
Norio Ventures Fund I is built to back them.
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A podcast hosted by Pete Townsend with the people rebuilding money, markets, and the internet from the ground up.
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