Haun Ventures raises $1B for crypto and AI agent funds after stablecoin exits deliver for LPs

This article was published on May 4, 2026 TL;DRKatie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new Haun Ventures funds, expanding from crypto into AI agents and financial infrastructure. The thesis: AI agents will need regulated financial plumbing, and the firms that built stablecoin infrastructure are best positioned to build it. Her first fund delivered exits including Stripe’s $1.1 billion Bridge acquisition and Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK deal, and the new fund’s largest bet so far is Erebor, Palmer Luckey’s $4.35 billion digital bank. Katie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new Haun Ventures funds, expanding from crypto into AI agents and financial infrastructure. The thesis: AI agents will need regulated financial plumbing, and the firms that built stablecoin infrastructure are best positioned to build it. Her first fund delivered exits including Stripe’s $1.1 billion Bridge acquisition and Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK deal, and the new fund’s largest bet so far is Erebor, Palmer Luckey’s $4.35 billion digital bank. Katie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new venture funds at Haun Ventures, split evenly between early and later-stage vehicles to be deployed over the next two t