Abi Dharshan
About Abi Dharshan
Abi Dharshan (also listed as Abishek Dharshan) is Product Lead for the Zerion API. Crunchbase lists him as Founding Product Lead at Zerion since April 2020. At Zerion he leads the REST API and webhooks that provide onchain data infrastructure for wallets and dapps such as Rainbow Wallet, Uniswap Wallet and Farcaster. Zerion is an onchain asset management platform with over 500,000 monthly active users and $2 billion in transaction volume.
Before Zerion's API work, he held product and growth roles at Wolfram|Alpha and other startups, and his own site says he led Wolfram|Alpha's global expansion strategy. He consulted for Dalberg in San Francisco. In 2018 he co-founded dBay, a digital-asset aggregator. He also did investment research on AI companies at Radical Ventures, which Crunchbase describes as a $350 million AI-focused fund.
He holds a B.S. in Computational Sciences and Business from Minerva University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He is a fellow of On Deck and Gitcoin KERNEL and writes on X as @abishekinguout.
Crunchbase shows 2 investments, 2 portfolio companies, 0 lead investments and 0 exits. Both investments are in vehicles he helped start, Social Graph Ventures and Hydra Ventures, each recorded as a pre-seed round. Dates and amounts are not public. No check size or personal angel cheques into operating startups are disclosed.
He is a co-founder of Social Graph Ventures and Hydra Ventures. Hydra describes itself as the first dedicated investment DAO that backs and incubates other investment DAOs across web3. His ETHDenver speaker bio says he invests at Social Graph Ventures, backing early teams shaping the future of onchain social and data.
No AI startup investments by Abi Dharshan are publicly documented. His AI exposure comes from his time at Radical Ventures, an AI-focused fund, and from his product work on data infrastructure at Zerion. His own site describes his work as sitting at the intersection of capital markets, web3 and AI.
His public investing is centered on early-stage web3 teams, specifically onchain social and data, and on investment DAOs and funds that back other founders. Hydra's stated focus is incubating investment DAOs and supporting them with community coordination, organizational and incentive design, and back-office work. Examples of the next-generation funds his DAOs back are OrangeDAO (a YC founder DAO) and Xoogler Ventures (ex-Google alumni). He has worked across the US, UK, Germany, Japan, South Korea, India, UAE and Argentina. He has not published a check size, target stage or ownership requirements. AI founders should expect the strongest fit where the product touches crypto, onchain data, developer infrastructure or fintech.
- Social Graph Ventures: venture fund backing early onchain social and data teams; Abi is a co-founder and investor (recorded by Crunchbase as a pre-seed round, date not public).
- Hydra Ventures: investment DAO that backs and incubates other investment DAOs in web3; Abi is a co-founder (recorded by Crunchbase as a pre-seed round, date not public).
- OrangeDAO: YC founder DAO, named as a fund backed by DAOs Abi helped incubate (year not public).
- Xoogler Ventures: ex-Google alumni fund, named as a fund backed by DAOs Abi helped incubate (year not public).
- dBay: digital-asset aggregator he co-founded in 2018.
Investing activity
Abi Dharshan has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Abi Dharshan
Does Abi Dharshan invest in AI startups?
No AI startup investments by him are publicly documented. His public investing is in web3 vehicles, and he previously worked at the AI-focused Radical Ventures.
What is Abi Dharshan's check size?
He has not published a check size, and Crunchbase does not list one. Founders would need to ask him directly.
What stage does Abi Dharshan invest in?
His public activity is early-stage: Crunchbase records his two investments as pre-seed rounds in Social Graph Ventures and Hydra Ventures. He has not stated a formal stage preference.
What does Abi Dharshan do at Zerion?
He is Product Lead for the Zerion API. He leads the REST API and webhooks that supply onchain data to wallets and dapps like Rainbow Wallet, Uniswap Wallet and Farcaster.
What is Hydra Ventures?
Hydra Ventures describes itself as the first dedicated investment DAO that backs and incubates other investment DAOs in web3. Abi Dharshan is a co-founder.
How can founders contact Abi Dharshan?
He is reachable through his LinkedIn profile and on X as @abishekinguout, where he writes regularly. His personal site is abishekdharshan.com.
Is Abi Dharshan an angel investor?
Yes. Abi Dharshan invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 2 investments.
Where is Abi Dharshan based?
Abi Dharshan is based in New York, New York, United States.
How can founders reach Abi Dharshan?
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