Thomas Klocanas (@tklocanas) / X

Pinned

Mar 12, 2025

After 3+ years of building @BlockTower VC, we’re extremely excited to double down on teams who push the space forward in our next chapter, as we spin out the franchise, portfolio and team with my partners @spvenino33 & @winnielaux under a new independent venture focused firm:

The Block

@TheBlockCo

Mar 12, 2025

BlockTower's venture unit spins out as Strobe Ventures, plans $100 million Fund II theblock.co/post/345873/bl…

“Privacy should be a basic human right” - @fluffypony 👊🏼 #Consensus2018

Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

Oct 13, 2022

Excited to finally pull the curtain on what we’ve been working on @BlockTower on the VC side of things: we’ve raised a $150m early stage fund focused on next-gen venture investing to back crypto and digital asset enabled companies, networks, protocols and communities!

Alex Konrad

@alexrkonrad

Oct 13, 2022

Crypto VCs are often known for big teams and even bigger online presences. BlockTower barely has a website. But under new partner Thomas Klocanas, it has a $150M venture fund and a finance-driven approach for investing in startups during crypto's winter. forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…

Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

Jan 25, 2023

Can we please, just please, stop calling the intersection of DeFi and Credit "RWA"?! That term means something *entirely* different to TradFi folks (risk-weighted assets). Reinventing acronyms isn't going to help us onboard new users...

Oracle are hard. And they have a cold start problem. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our lead investment in @chroniclelabs alongside @6thManVentures, @galaxyhq, @BHDigitalAssets, @TiogaCapital, @robotventures, @RuneKek, @StaniKulechov & more. We’ve known @nomos_paradox &

Blockworks

@Blockworks

Mar 25, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Chronicle's $12M round was led by Strobe with participation from Brevan Howard blockworks.co/news/chronicle…

Big congrats to @jai_prasad17, @dennis_qian & the entire @DefinitiveFi on the $EDGE launch today. Powering $bns of trades, and still just the beginning. Positioned to power onchain trading for years to come. Learn more about Definitive and why the alpha is onchain from our team

blog.strobe.fund

The Alpha is Onchain

Nowadays, new assets launch every minute, with some reaching billion dollar valuations before ever appearing on CeFi venues. Earlier this year, we saw $TRUMP reach a market cap of $15B and trade...

Commerce and the ways brands (have to) engage with their consumers are changing, fast. No one understands this and how to solve for it better than @tyhunnny and the @TYBXYZ team who are enabling community-driven commerce, onchain, today.

Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney raises $11 million Series A for her second startup | Fortune

Fired up for @dripsterdotfun's launch! Token launchpads are evolving beyond memes, and branching out into the physical world, it's happening.

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the future of 🇫🇷 meme is real 👇🏼 some of the top 🇫🇷 affiliated projects @multisHQ @SorareHQ @MUSTCometh @MorphoLabs @KaikoData @Ledger @paraswap @JellyFi_Eth @cryptio_co @AngleProtocol @BlackpoolHQ @dfns_official @StakeDAOHQ @UnlockProtocol @acinq_co @TheSandboxGame

Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

Nov 2, 2022

Excited to double down in our conviction in the DeFi x credit intersection and @centrifuge as a leader in the space The future of DeFi from its current crypto native form today is intertwined with re-platforming real world financial markets and bringing them onchain ⛓

The Block

@TheBlockCo

Nov 2, 2022

DeFi protocol Centrifuge raises $4 million in strategic round: Exclusive theblock.co/post/182058/ce…

Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

Apr 6, 2023

We're looking for 1-2 interns to join us in NY for the summer @BlockTower VC to work alongside our investment team. If you or anyone in your network is passionate about crypto and investing, apply here:

Discover Typeform, where forms = fun

Packed room at the @coinbase state of crypto summit for a session on bringing 1bn users onchain, with @jessepollak of @base chatting with @strobefund portco founders @tyhunnny of @TYBXYZ and @MerlinEgalite of @MorphoLabs, alongside @shayne_coplan of @Polymarket. Real projects,

Brooklyn, crypto capital 📍🌎

Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

Jul 11, 2023

👀🐊 is out of stealth @BlockTower is excited to announce we have led @ambient_finance's (formerly CrocSwap) $6.5m seed round alongside @JaneStreetGroup, @circle, @naval, @SusaVentures, @Dogetoshi, @jai_prasad17 & others. Proud to support @0xdoug and the team. More below 👇🏼

Superluminal

@slx_fi

Jul 11, 2023

We’re excited to announce that Ambient Finance has raised $6.5M in a seed round led by @BlockTower 1/

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