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<a href="https://thecoinrise.com/crypto-leaders-dominate-forbes-30-under-30-in-finance-for-2025/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Casey Caruso, a Forbes “30 Under 30” honoree</a> and former investment partner at Paradigm, has officially launched her new venture capital firm, Topology, with an impressive $75 million in funding.
<a href="https://x.com/caseykcaruso/status/1867266516372402691" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Announcing</a> the news on December 12 via an X post, Caruso described her vision for Topology as supporting founders who “put everything on the line to bend the arc of human progress.”
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-topology-a-bold-new-venture-span">Topology: A Bold New Venture</h2>
The $75 million funding round was led by Cendana Capital and Accolade Partners, with notable contributions from influential backers, including Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz, a co-creator of GPT-4, and Bessemer Venture Partners’ managing partner, Bob Goodman. Even American celebrity and tech investor Paris Hilton joined the roster of supporters, further underscoring the firm’s star-studded backing.
Caruso, who worked at Paradigm from May 2021 to January 2023, has a deep history in crypto investments. At Paradigm, she was involved in high-profile investments, including Coinbase, Uniswap, and MakerDAO. Her eight-year investing track record also spans futuristic technologies like brain-computer interfaces, decentralized protocols, and innovative urban designs.
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-a-unique-journey-to-venture-capital-leadership-span">A Unique Journey to Venture Capital Leadership</h2>
Caruso’s journey to launching Topology is as unconventional as it is inspiring. She began writing open-source software at the age of 15 and mined cryptocurrency while still in school, using her earnings to embark on angel investing. Her career path includes roles as a crypto specialist at Bessemer Venture Partners, an engineer at Google, and a brief stint at Harvard University studying neuroengineering before leaving to focus on venture capital.
Topology, which operated in stealth mode for seven months before its official launch, is laser-focused on early-stage companies, an area that continues to <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/binance-labs-ventures-into-decentralized-science-with-investment-in-bio-protocol/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">dominate crypto venture funding</a> despite an overall decline. According to Galaxy Research, crypto VC funding dropped by 17% in Q3 2023, with $2.4 billion raised across 478 deals. However, early-stage startups accounted for 85% of these investments, indicating sustained interest in nurturing foundational projects.
Caruso’s Topology is poised to champion groundbreaking founders at a time when innovation in crypto and beyond faces both challenges and opportunities. 
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