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 - In 2016, I boarded a non-stop flight to the next frontier of finance, and I’ve been there ever since.
Now, the rails are ready, institutions are stepping in, and the moment is here.
We back founders who’ve lived the problems they’re solving - relentless builders and operators, deeply rooted in their markets, with networks that prove their edge.
These are the unstoppable founders bringing finance onchain, up and down the stack. A decade in the making, Norio Ventures Fund I is being built to back them.
MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Sharp riffs, big ideas and real insights from smart people.
A podcast hosted by Pete Townsend with the people rebuilding money, markets, and the internet from the ground up.
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