Natalia Laktionova

Hi

I work in venture capital at Polymorphic Capital, an application-centric Web3 VC firm founded in 2021. I lead communications, support our investment process, drive portfolio development, and manage special projects. My area of focus is Web3 Social.

Previously, I was a Client Partner at Apple in Berlin, working with enterprise advertisers across the DACH market. Before that, I led international business development at Yandex, one of Europe's largest technology companies.

I hold a Master's degree in Marketing and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow.

I'm based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Portfolio

At Polymorphic Capital, we believe that blockspace is underutilized and that groundbreaking applications — not more infrastructure — will drive the next wave of crypto adoption. We invest early-stage in exceptional teams building practical use cases on blockchain infrastructure across payments, DeFi, social, AI, and tokenization.

Some of the companies in our portfolio:

  • Safe: Smart account infrastructure (formerly Gnosis Safe)
  • Zerion: Web3 smart wallet and DeFi portfolio tracker
  • Mansa: Stablecoin liquidity for cross-border payments
  • Sygnum: World's first digital asset bank
  • Neynar: Developer infrastructure for Farcaster
  • Naptha AI: Modular framework for decentralized AI agents
  • Gearbox: Composable leverage protocol for DeFi
  • Fluence: Peer-to-peer decentralized compute network

See the full portfolio of 30+ companies on our website.

If you're building in Web3 and looking for a long-term partner, feel free to reach out. We're particularly interested in practical applications across payments, social, and AI.