DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Dlab Ventures LLC
Dlab Ventures LLC
Discovery-stage venture capital and hands-on help for founders exploring new frontiers in distributed systems and blockchain technology.
venture manager, reported GAV $10.5M across 2 vehicles
Importance
15
moderate
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
62
high
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
31
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Newton, MAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 321 WALNUT ST. SUITE 301, Newton, MA, 02460adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 617 299 0019adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://dlab.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Jan 19, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $10.5Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- hello@dlab.vcdlab.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 617 299 0019adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
25 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- crypto
- Stages
- pre seed, seed
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 96%Other Technology 4%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 25
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlab Fund I LP | Fund | 2023 form d first sale | Fundraising | $10.5M Jan 19, 2024 | 3 | $10.3M | May 29, 2025 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
3 current, 0 departed
Nicholas a Plante
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Jan 1, 2023
Shawn a Broderick
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Jan 1, 2023
Paul B Saint-Donat
PartnerPartner · since Jan 1, 2023
Investments on record
25 edges, 25 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
9 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Lightspeed Faction 2 shared · recurringHypersphere Capital Management LP 1 shared · one timeUpper90 1 shared · one timeArtis Capital Management, L.P. 1 shared · one timeElectric Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeTEN Eleven Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeScribble Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeHoneystone Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeArtis Ventures Management, L.P. 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
2 dated events
- Sep 14, 2023Dlab Ventures LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 14, 2023Dlab Fund I LP first reported on Form ADV by Dlab Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,500,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDlab Fund I LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $10.5M across 2 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $10.5M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
27 observations from 2 sources