I researched which projects popular tier-1 funds invested in and how many of them made an airdrop.
1) a16z crypto
Number of projects: 47
Airdrops: 8
Projects: Uniswap, Aptos, Optimism, Ape, dYdX, Worldcoin, Goldfinch, Forta.
Airdrop percentage: 17.02%
2) Coinbase Ventures
Number of projects: 106
Airdrops: 21
Projects: Uniswap, Aptos, Arbitrum, Optimism, TheGraph, IMX, Sei, Ribbon, Worldcoin, Biconomy, Hashflow, Arkham, Maverick, Galxe, Evmos, Goldfinch, Forta, Umee, Connext, Hop, Axelar.
Airdrop percentage: 19.81%
3) Paradigm
Number of projects: 26
Airdrops: 7
Projects: Uniswap, Optimism, dYdX, Osmosis, Blur, Ribbon Finance, Gitcoin.
Airdrop percentage: 26.92%
4) Binance Labs
Number of projects: 122
Airdrops: 8
Projects: Aptos, 1inch, Biconomy, Axelar, Space ID, Maverick, Galxe, Mint Club.
Airdrop percentage: 6.56%
5) Pantera Capital
Number of projects: 85
Airdrops: 4
Projects: Arbitrum, 1inch, Maverick, Ampleforth.
Airdrop percentage: 4.71%
6) Polychain Capital
Number of projects: 57
Airdrops: 8
Projects: Uniswap, Arbitrum, dYdX, Axelar, Space ID, Evmos, Umee, Connext.
Airdrop percentage: 14.04%
7) DragonFly Capital
Number of projects: 43
Airdrops: 7
Projects: Aptos, dYdX, 1inch, Ribbon Finance, Axelar, Hashflow, Galxe.
Airdrop percentage: 16.28%
8) HashKey Capital
Number of projects: 76
Airdrops: 4
Projects: dYdX, 1inch, Galxe, Evmos.
Airdrop percentage: 5.26%
9) Multicoin Capital
Number of projects: 60
Airdrops: 7Projects: Aptos, The Graph, Sei, Worldcoin, CyberConnect, Galxe, Metaplex.
Airdrop percentage: 11.67%
10) Delphi Digital
Number of projects: 39
Airdrops: 4
Projects: dYdX, Sei, CyberConnect, CoW.
Airdrop percentage: 10.26%