Robot Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York that robot ventures is an early-stage crypto and web3 venture capital firm co-led by robert leshner (founder of compound) and tarun chitra (founder of gauntlet). it backs highly technical crypto and defi primitives at pre-seed and seed stages, giving founders access to active on-chain operators. portfolio companies include eigenlayer, lido finance and flashbots. in august 2024 the firm raised a $75 million fund, its largest to date. They serve clients in United States. Robot Ventures is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/robot-ventures.