CNK Equity Partners I, LLC
a16z crypto is a venture capital fund that has been investing in crypto and blockchain startups across all stages since 2013.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
46 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 122 additional investments, funds and LPs, 19 verified contacts (18 professional url, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 28 Jul 2026 ($200K sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 20 dealswith A.capital Ventures
Invests most often alongside A.capital Ventures (20 shared deals) and Standard Crypto Management (14 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 30 Sep 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- Founder, Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Investment PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- Managing MemberWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
217 connected entities1 observed round
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
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Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to CNK Equity Partners I, LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
125 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy Insights | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Aleo | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AminoChain Inc. | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
- Sectors
- ai, crypto, gaming, media
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
47 current, 3 departed
- Chris Dixon · Founder, Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Elizabeth Harkavy · Investment PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
- Founder, Managing Partner
- Managing Member · 1 deal attributed
- Investment Partner
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Hilary Kivitz · Chief Compliance Officer · Jun 1, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019 Inference
1 firm phone, 18 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
3 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNK Fund I, L.P. | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $632M Mar 30, 2026 | 67 | $300M of $300M | Jun 28, 2018 |
| CNK Fund I-Q, L.P. | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $62.9M Mar 30, 2026 | 17 | $30.0M of $30.0M | Aug 14, 2018 |
| CNK Fund I-B, L.P. | Feeder or parallel · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $54.1M Mar 30, 2026 | 21 | $22.6M of $22.6M | Oct 16, 2018 |
Relationships across DFX
92 co-investors · on 4 other DFX graphs
- 2026-09-3020 shared deals · very strong
- 2026-09-3014 shared deals · very strong
- 2026-09-308 shared deals · very strong
Across DFX and the capital chainon 4 other DFX graphs ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Allocators, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, Private Credit, matched by identifier. See which records
CNK Equity Partners I, LLC is the same institution as 4 records in Allocators, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth and Private Credit.
DFX found 4 relationships across 4 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Evidence and history
4 dated events, 31 observations from 2 sources
- seen on or beforeSep 24, 2026CNK Equity Partners I, LLC: PE_WITH_VENTURE_ACTIVITY -> CANDIDATE_VC (no sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only))Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Mar 29, 2019Hilary Chantal Kivitz (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of CNK Equity Partners I, LLC
- Jun 1, 2018Hilary Chantal Kivitz joined Schedule A of CNK Equity Partners I, LLC as Chief Compliance Officer
- May 8, 2018CNK Equity Partners I, LLC first filed Form ADV (IA)
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Apr 26, 2019 · 3 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- a16zcrypto.com
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Apr 26, 2019
- Private funds reported
- 3 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $337Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $337Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 10
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShowHide
- Sep 24, 2026Candidate (candidate, 50%)No sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only)
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 3 private funds
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2018-05-08 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2019-04-26 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Employees | 10 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Private funds reported | 3 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $337M | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $337M | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | AI, crypto, gaming, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | AI, crypto, gaming, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | AI, crypto, gaming, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Venture funds reported | 0 | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Apr 26, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersCandidate, candidateShowHide
No sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only)
- importance
- gav: $0 · funds: 0 · people: 0.32 · investments: 0.78 · scale basis: Venture-typed funds only (Candidate): 0 funds, $0M of $749M reported · co investors: 0.79
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 3 · reported gav: $749M · first adv filing: 2018-05-08 · years since first filing: 8.4
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Organization classification changed2026-09-24
- Adviser's first ADV filing2018-05-08source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.