# SunDAO Ventures

SunDAO Ventures is a frontier tech investment DAO where 70+ experts in blockchain, AI, and emerging tech collaborate on due diligence and co-invest in frontier infrastructure. Investment focus spans blockchain (Layer 1, Layer 2, modular, interoperability), AI and AI infrastructure, robotics, quantum computing, and convergence plays across these domains. Founded by Daiana Marculescu (former Ecosystem Lead at the Interchain Foundation, managing a $40M treasury and 25+ teams) and Chris Zhong (former Technical Director at the Interchain Foundation and Managing Architect at the Bank for International Settlements).

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://sundao.ventures/
- Community and Membership: https://sundao.ventures/community
- Events: https://sundao.ventures/events
- Career Accelerator: https://sundao.ventures/talent
- About and Founders: https://sundao.ventures/about
- Terms and Conditions: https://sundao.ventures/terms

## Published Content

- Substack: https://sundao.substack.com

## Key Facts

- Individual membership: $750/year
- Institutional membership: $5,000/year
- Minimum deal co-investment: $2,500 per deal
- Deal sourcing: 1-2 deals per month across blockchain, AI, and emerging tech
- Investment conversion rate: 36% (4 investments from 11 deals sourced in 2025)
- Community: 70+ experts globally across blockchain, AI, and emerging tech, including VCs, validators, security auditors, protocol founders, AI researchers, and infrastructure operators
- Legal entity: SunDAO SRL, registered in Bucharest, Romania
- Investment structure: SPVs formed in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, managed via Station X

## Investment Focus

SunDAO invests across frontier tech, with deep specialization in blockchain infrastructure and active expansion into AI and adjacent emerging tech:

- Blockchain: Layer 1, Layer 2, modular blockchain, cross-chain interoperability, DeFi infrastructure
- AI: AI infrastructure, applied AI, AI x blockchain convergence
- Emerging tech: Robotics, quantum computing, and adjacent frontier domains

Portfolio companies to date concentrate in blockchain infrastructure. Active expansion into AI and adjacent frontier tech is underway.

## Founders

- Daiana Marculescu - Co-Founder. Former Ecosystem Lead at the Interchain Foundation ($40M treasury, 25+ teams). Founder of Comets of Web3. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daiana-marculescu/
- Chris Zhong - Co-Founder. Former Technical Director and Board of Management at the Interchain Foundation. Former Managing Architect at the Bank for International Settlements. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszh/