Haun Ventures unveils $1B fund for AI, stablecoins, tokenization

Haun Ventures announced a $1 billion fund this week to invest in startups building the next financial system. The firm will focus on three areas: new financial infrastructure services, asset tokenization including stablecoins, and AI-driven agentic software. The capital will support companies that connect crypto and tokenized assets with traditional banking and markets.

Katie Haun, the firm’s founder and chief executive, described the period as the most dynamic she has seen in technology and finance and said, “the foundations of capital, commerce, and trust are undergoing meaningful structural changes.” Haun Ventures’ first two funds, launched in March 2022 and totaling $1.5 billion, mostly targeted crypto and Web3. The new fund expands the focus to include artificial intelligence and asset digitalization.

The firm plans to deploy the fund across three sectors. The first covers services that form the plumbing for a new financial infrastructure, including payments, banking, capital markets, custody and foreign exchange that can operate with both crypto and existing systems. The second targets the digitalization of assets and markets, including tokenized versions of commodities such as gold and oil, stablecoins and on-chain market infrastructure. The third targets the agentic economy, where software agents and AI-driven workflows will require new layers of infrastructure and integration with regulated networks.

Haun Ventures intends to back early-stage founders building foundational infrastructure rather than consumer apps tied to a single protocol. The firm did not disclose a deployment timetable or how capital will be split among the three sectors. It expects investments may include middleware, identity solutions, and transaction-layer technologies that allow institutions to custody and trade tokenized assets.

Haun noted founders in these areas face complex regulatory questions and must build institutional trust while translating emerging technology for legacy finance. The fund keeps crypto within its scope while broadening to technologies that support institutional adoption and AI integration into financial workflows.