Kosmos Ventures
Kosmos Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on seed-stage and earlier investments in blockchain and digital assets; the projects listed on its website include SolanaSolanaSolana is a proof-of-stake (PoS) public blockchain designed for high throughput and low latency, with SOL as its native token; it was developed by Solana Labs and launched Mainnet Beta in March 2020. It is known for design choices such as its Proof of History clock and parallel execution, suffered several network-wide outages in its early years, and became one of the crypto industry’s focal points in events including the FTX collapse, U.S. SEC lawsuits, and the listing of Solana ETFs.Open the full entry, Polkadot and NEAR.
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Key facts
2017Founding
According to a press release the firm issued in 2023, Kosmos was originally established in 2017, and its first fund (Kosmos Fund I) made seed investments in protocols including Solana, Algorand, Polkadot and Fantom.[1]
May 25, 2023Announcing New Investments Under Zero Age Ventures
On May 25, 2023, the Kosmos team announced through a press release a new investment vehicle, Zero Age Ventures, saying its second fund would operate under that brand and handle all new investments; Kosmos Fund I would continue to support existing portfolio companies but make no new investments and be gradually phased out.[1]
2025Publishing Token Economics Research
The “Writing” page of its website lists research by team members on topics including token issuance, gas option pricing in blockchains and prediction markets.[4]
In 2025, research partner Juan P. Madrigal-Cianci and managing partner Lachlan BreakeyLachlan BreakeyLachlan Breakey is a managing partner at Kosmos Ventures, an Australian crypto venture capital firm, and has co-authored research papers on token issuance mechanisms and the pricing of gas options in blockchains.Open the full entry posted the paper “Bullish Minting” on SSRN under the Kosmos Ventures affiliation, proposing a framework that adjusts the token emission rate dynamically according to measurable key performance indicators.[5][3]
As of October 2026: Team and Investment Focus
Its website says the firm invests at the seed and pre-seed stages and co-builds with founders, while also helping to design, test and deploy crypto-economic mechanisms.[6]
Its team page lists five members: founder Sheridan Hammond, managing partner Lachlan Breakey, research partner Juan Cianci, venture partner Anton Uvarov and venture associate Lucas Raymond.[3]
The projects listed on its portfolio page include Solana, Sui, Polkadot, NEAR, Avalanche, The Graph, Filecoin and BIO.[7]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Kosmos Ventures: Official website: https://www.kosmos.vc/ (opens in a new window)[3]
Sources
- Zero Age Ventures Unveils Impactful Private Fund to Investors (opens in a new window)
- Kosmos (opens in a new window)
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- Bullish Minting: An Adaptive Control Framework for Token Issuance (opens in a new window)
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