Haun Ventures Raises $1B for Crypto-AI Funds

Haun Ventures, the cryptocurrency-focused investment firm led by Katie Haun, announced on Monday that it has raised $1 billion for new funds to support startups at the intersection of digital assets, artificial intelligence and financial infrastructure.

The capital, split between early-stage and later-stage vehicles, will be deployed over the next two to three years. Haun Ventures plans to prioritize next-generation financial infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets such as currencies, securities and commodities, and the emerging agentic economy where AI systems conduct transactions independently. Stablecoin transaction volumes have reached double-digit trillions in 2025, rivaling the combined scale of Visa and Mastercard, according to the firm.

Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor who created the Justice Department's first digital currency task force, founded Haun Ventures in 2022 after serving as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and an independent director at Coinbase. Her previous $1.5 billion fund delivered strong returns, including Stripe's $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge and Mastercard's purchase of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion. Other portfolio companies...