North Island Ventures

Overview

North Island Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City[1] that was founded in 2020[4]. The firm provides capital and support to technology founders[2], describing its approach as providing "visionary founders with capital, conviction, and lasting support"[3]. North Island Ventures organizes its investment thesis around four areas: "Agentic Finance, Stablecoins, and On-Chain Capital Markets," "Open, Sovereign, and Decentralized AI," "New Markets and Applied Intelligence," and "Frontier Institutions"[6]. The firm states it invests "where abundance meets scarcity" and seeks founders demonstrating the "three I's" of intelligence, intensity, and integrity[8]. The company's leadership includes Managing Partner Travis Scher, General Partner James Hutchins, and Chairman Glenn Hutchins, alongside other team members[5]. North Island Ventures' portfolio includes companies such as Dapper Labs, Figure, Ether Fi, Nous Research, and others[7].

The company's own site places it in New York: Text explicitly states 'investment firm based in New York City'. [1]

North Island Ventures was founded in 2020. [4]

Business address: 200 Park Ave S, New York, New York, 10003. [9]

Growth & traction

North Island Ventures' team page lists ten people, including co-founders Travis Scher (Managing Partner), James Hutchins (General Partner) and Glenn Hutchins (Chairman), plus COO Charles Moran, CTO David Hatch and General Counsel Shivank Kumar. [5]

North Island Ventures' portfolio page lists companies including Dapper Labs, Figure, Ether Fi, Geodnet, Forta, Immunefi, Midas, Nous Research, Tokemak, Big Time, Flow and Blueprint. [7]