Superlayer
655 4th St, San Francisco, CA, 94107, US
Overview
SuperLayer is a Web3 venture studio that builds and supports new multi-chain, tokenized consumer products and applications powered by the RLY Protocol. Led by Managing Partners Kevin Chou and Mahesh Vellanki — who have more than $1 billion+ in exits between their combined venture and founding experience — SuperLayer works with partners and teams to facilitate the launch, staffing, go-to-market, compliance, and fundraising for Web3 projects. The Web3 venture studio’s mission is to attract and support the next 100 million people using crypto.
- Total investments
- 7
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Blockchain
- Consumer Applications
- Cryptocurrency
- Digital Entertainment
- Gaming
- Social
- Venture Capital
- Web3
Investment portfolio
- Senpi
Participated · Seed · Sep 2025
Senpi is an AI-driven wallet service that acts as a personal trading partner for crypto investors. The platform delivers automated trading with customizable profit targets and stop-losses, scam protection, and talking smart notifications backed by AI dashboards that surface actionable insights. Social trading, referral rewards, and easy-to-digest analysis create a "co-pilot" experience aimed at reducing the stress of digital-asset management. Since launching on Base only four months ago, Senpi has executed more than 250,000 AI auto-trades with a reported 45% win rate—three times higher than typical exchanges. Over 200 traders have already achieved 1,000%+ gains, qualifying for the "Senpi 1000% Club." Future product plans include expanding across iOS, Android, web, mini-apps, and SDKs, introducing multi-chain support, and advancing toward fully autonomous trading and portfolio management. The recent seed financing positions the company to accelerate these initiatives and sustain its rapid growth trajectory.
- YieldClub
Participated · Seed · Jun 2025
YieldClub offers a mobile savings app that simplifies access to high-yield DeFi for everyday users, enabling up to 12% APY on stablecoins while keeping users in control via a non-custodial model. The product emphasizes ease of use with social login onboarding, regionally optimized cash-to-stablecoin conversion, and a sleek interface. Yield generation leverages mature, audited protocols such as Morpho to deliver institutional-style yield without exposing users to broad crypto volatility. The team is led by CEO Mahesh Vellanki and CTO Michael Li, veterans of Rally and Kabam, and the app is available for preorder on the Apple App Store with a public launch planned for June 23, 2025. Future plans include launching a debit card that lets users spend stablecoin balances while still earning yield, exploring tokenized stock offerings for international users, and expanding yield options and partnerships. The company intends to grow its engineering and product teams to support those initiatives.
- Avant
Participated · Seed · Nov 2024
Avant operates a decentralized finance platform on Avalanche that offers two core assets: avUSD, a dollar-pegged stable-value token, and savUSD, its staked variant that automatically accrues yield. savUSD’s returns come from delta-neutral strategies executed by professional trading partners such as 0xPartners, giving users exposure to managed, lower-risk yield without manual intervention. Holders of avUSD can also manually stake the token to access the same strategies, positioning the product suite as a flexible store-of-value and yield solution. Avant emphasizes security through institutional-grade custody and continuous smart-contract monitoring, while diversifying allocations to avoid single-protocol concentration risk. With fresh capital, the team plans to broaden its lineup of inclusive DeFi tools and enhance platform functionality. Although key operating metrics such as revenue or user counts have not been disclosed, the company’s model targets DeFi participants who prioritize stability and managed risk.
- Airstack
Participated · Seed · Oct 2024
Airstack builds a Web3 application programming interface platform designed to let individuals discover and use data from the Web3 ecosystem via APIs. The platform aims to simplify access to on-chain data for users and applications. Airstack announced on X that it completed a $4.0 million seed round. The company did not disclose any valuation information in the announcement. The seed financing involved multiple crypto and venture investors, and included participation from Allen Day of Google Cloud. No operating metrics were provided in the article. Airstack provides a developer platform that lets users query, combine, and integrate cross-chain, on-chain and off-chain data using natural-language requests powered by AI. Since debuting in April, the platform has attracted over 200 developers working on projects from DeFi portfolio optimizers to decentralized social and messaging apps. Developers can make single queries that return combined data across blockchains and applications (for example, querying MATIC holders with ENS, Lens, and Farcaster info). Simultaneously with the funding announcement, Airstack released an updated Jam social app built on Farcaster and Ethereum for iOS and Android. The company currently offers its services free of charge but plans to implement a pricing model after identifying where it adds the most value. Management’s immediate focus is onboarding thousands of developers to surface genuine business use cases before finalizing pricing.
- Unite
Led · Seed · Jun 2024
Unite builds a Layer 3 blockchain stack aimed at mass-market mobile games, offering a comprehensive L3 solution that includes chain, client, and ecosystem components. The company plans to establish a decentralized physical infrastructure (DePin) leveraging billions of daily active mobile devices worldwide. Unite focuses on enhancing player experience with in-game earning capabilities to serve the 2.8 billion mobile players and the $90 billion mobile gaming market. Led by CEO Weiwei Geng, Unite aims to become the first Layer 3 blockchain solution for mass-market mobile games. The company recently raised a $3M seed extension to advance its product and ecosystem goals. The fundraising and product roadmap are positioned to accelerate adoption among mobile game developers and players.