Venture Capital for the Next Era of Finance

We back early-stage founders building the financial infrastructure of tomorrow, uniting traditional finance rigor with blockchain innovation to reshape markets for decades to come.

Our Portfolio

Our thesis

Building the Future of Capitalism

We see the future of capitalism as a battle between incumbents and new entrants. Established institutions are integrating blockchain and expanding into digital assets, while fintechs and blockchain-native firms push into markets once dominated by traditional finance. We back founders building the platforms that will dominate global finance.

Our Approach to Investing in the Future of Finance

We back founders tackling the hardest problems in global finance.

The financial system today is fragile, costly, concentrated, and exclusionary. We invest in high-integrity teams building solutions to these challenges — founders creating the technologies and platforms that will replace outdated infrastructure and define the future of global finance.

Systemic Fragility & Opacity

Highly interconnected markets, excessive leverage, and hidden risks mean localized failures can trigger global crises.

Monetary Instability

Persistent government deficits, mounting debt, and reliance on money printing erode currency value, weaken purchasing power, and threaten long-term economic stability.

High Costs & Inefficiencies

Cross-border payments and settlements remain slow, costly, and dependent on outdated banking networks with multiple intermediaries.

Concentration of Power & Gatekeeping

A small number of institutions control key financial rails and decide which assets and services clients can access, limiting innovation and investor choice.

Regulatory Fragmentation

Conflicting rules and inconsistent oversight across jurisdictions hinder innovation, raise compliance costs, and push risk into poorly regulated markets.

The Unbanked & Underserved

Billions of individuals and businesses lack access to affordable, secure financial services due to infrastructure gaps, high barriers to entry, and restrictive eligibility requirements.

Meet our founding team

Blue Matter Capital was founded by Chris Hausner and Connor O’Shea. Chris brings private equity experience with Albamen, led blockchain initiatives at Allianz, and served as CEO of Cetus Group.

Connor is a founder and operator in blockchain and digital assets, with prior experience in investment banking at JPMorgan, corporate development at Binance, and consulting roles at Strategy& and PwC.

Together, they combine institutional investment discipline with hands-on operating experience to back exceptional founders building the future of global finance.

More about our team