Top 50 Blockchain Angel Investors in Canada in January 2026
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Blockchain startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Blockchain companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Blockchain Angel Investors in Canada in January 2026
| Investor | Blockchain Canada investments |
|---|---|
| Balaji Srinivasan | 6 |
| Richard Dai | 3 |
| Meltem Demirors | 3 |
| William Mougayar | 3 |
| Bryan Rosenblatt | 3 |
| Sandeep Nailwal | 3 |
| Michael Dunworth | 2 |
| Matt Bellamy | 2 |
| Julian Koh | 2 |
| Tobias | 2 |
| Kain Warwick | 2 |
| Mai Fujimoto | 2 |
| Rasool Rayani | 2 |
| Omar Shakeeb | 2 |
| Julian Koh | 2 |
| Avichal Garg | 2 |
| Greg Osuri | 2 |
| Tinie Tempah | 2 |
| Santiago R Santos | 2 |
| Jeff Morris Jr. | 2 |
| Josh Nussbaum | 2 |
| Chris Gonsalves | 2 |
| Anthony Sassano | 2 |
| Lav Kumar | 2 |
| Steve Huffman | 2 |
| Mark Pincus | 2 |
| 0xMaki | 2 |
| David Hariri | 1 |
| Josh Stech | 1 |
| Luke Barwikowski | 1 |
| Damon Gura | 1 |
| Jason Kim | 1 |
| Trung Nguyen | 1 |
| Alex Adelman | 1 |
| Rabindra Shrestha | 1 |
| Holly Liu | 1 |
| Snow K. | 1 |
| Tobias Lütke | 1 |
| Alex Tapscott | 1 |
| Sebastien Borget | 1 |
| Spencer Tucker | 1 |
| Kevin O'Leary | 1 |
| Kyle Samani | 1 |
| Gabby Dizon | 1 |
| Hart Lambur | 1 |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | 1 |
| Mariano Conti | 1 |
| David Dias | 1 |
| Khaled Verjee | 1 |
| Mark Cuban | 1 |
Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the co-founder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Blitz Electric Mobility — Blitz provides electric vehicles and fleet management software to food and beverage delivery, courier, and logistics companies.
- Paradigm — The AI-powered way to do spreadsheet work. Set up, edit, populate, and analyze sheets with assistant. Enrich empty cells with data from trusted sources.
- Inversion — Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology.
Richard Dai
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Web3, Gaming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
- Moku — Worshipping a mischievous Moki with big balls and a small brain. 8887 NFTs, 900+ traits, 3 epic games.
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an investment firm that manages $750M in assets, and is a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem. Meltem oversees the firm’s managed strategies group and its New York office, and leads corporate development as a board director. Previously, shewas part of the founding team of Digital Currency Group. She teaches at MIT and Oxford, and serves on the WEF Blockchain Council. Meltem leads CoinShares' venture strategy and is an active angel investor, having invested in over 150 companies in the digital currency ecosystem since 2015.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
- Rover — Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC.
- SpaceComputer — SpaceComputer uses satellites to create a secure blockchain system that resists cyberattacks and physical tampering.
William Mougayar is a Toronto-based investor, researcher, blogger, and best-selling author of The Business Blockchain (Wiley, 2016). He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners.William is the generalpartner at Virtual Capital Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, and currently on the Board of Directors of OB1, the OpenBazaar open source protocol that is pioneering decentralized peer-to-peer commerce, a Board Advisor to the Ethereum Foundation, a member of OMERS Ventures Board of Advisors, an Advisory Board member to the Coin Center and Bloq. He blogs regularly about the present and future of blockchains at Startup Management.Previously, he held senior positions at Hewlett-Packard, Cognizant and Aberdeen Group, and he founded 3 startups, CYBERManagement, Eqentia, and Engagio.
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Decrypt — The next-generation media outlet navigating the intersection of culture and technology.
- Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
- CryptoKitties — CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles.With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly4-billion potential genetic combinations.
Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Neuralink — Developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.
- Feastables — Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringing the games, stunts and spectacle.
- Jomboy Media — A creator-led media company that breaks down sports at the expense of no one (except ourselves). Click to read Jomboy Media, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Defx — Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon.
- Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
- RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
Michael Dunworth Formerly CRM Manager and Analyst at Midwinter Financial. Co-Founded FullSociety.com in 2011 and merged with TimeOut.com in 2012.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Wyre — Wyre is a developer of a blockchain-based payment platform designed to change the future of how international payments are done. The company's platform provides real-time payouts, same-day transfers, and direct-to-bank transfers, enabling businesses to move money across borders from country-to-country at a competitive foreign exchange rate.Wyre's business owners can easily create an account and send money to any person or business without worrying about high foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, complicated payout timing, and high payment fees. It also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity to users of various crypto projects including decentralized exchanges.Wyre was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
- XMTP — XMTP is a decentralized and quantum-resistant messaging protocol for builders.
- Zapper — Zapper is a fintech platform that manages all DeFi assets from one simple interface. It levels the playing field for decentralized finance (DeFi) newcomers and the most advanced investors by providing shortcuts (Zaps) to enter DeFi lending, automated yield farming, and liquidity provisions.
Matthew James "Matt" Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and principal songwriter of rock band Muse. He is often recognized for his eccentric stage persona, wide tenor vocal range, and piano and guitar abilities.
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Investment focus
- Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MindPortal — The future of personal computing.
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
- Nobell Foods — Farm fresh animal-free cheese that melts, stretches, tastes, goozes, oozes, bubbles, pops, tingles, and everything else to make your brain explode.
Julian Koh is based out of Singapore and is the Co-Founder of Ribbon Finance. Julian previously worked at Coinbase as a Software Engineer. Julian Koh attended Cornell University.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, Web3
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Level — Level is a stakblecoin backed by restaked dollar tokens.
- 3Jane Protocol — 3Jane Protocol is a credit-based money market that permits unsecured credit lines underwritten against verifiable evidence.
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Tobias
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Investment focus
- Web3, Blockchain, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Kain Warwick is the Co-Founder and CEO at blueshyft
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Australia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- CAP Labs — CAP Labs is a stablecoin developer platform that produces various denominations of redeemable stablecoins.
- EarthFast — EarthFast provides cryptocurrency front-end hosting solutions. It enables projects to build and deploy decentralized apps, providing a secure alternative to traditional cloud platforms.
- Fogo Digital — Fogo is a high-performance SVM Layer-1 built for pros who trade at the speed of light. Sub-40ms block times, gas-free sessions, and fair execution. no latency, no friction, no bullshit.
Mai Fujimoto is known domestically and internationally as Miss Bitcoin. She has been promoting the spread of Bitcoin around the world since 2011.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Marketplace, Art
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Canada, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- RSS3 — RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.
- GCR DAO — Global Coin Research is a Community-led DAO for Web3 Research & Investing. We source, vet & fund Pre-Seed to Series A opportunities. Join to Invest Together!
- Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.
Rasool is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the software, healthcare, and CPG industries. He continues to maintain his passion for technology as an active angel investor with a focus on b2b, consumer saas and health tech. Rasool maintains an active role with CEO’s as a board member, mentor and advisor. He currently serves on the boards ofthe Victoria Foundation, VIATEC, and Checkfront Software.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Content, Cloud Computing
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Outway — Inspiring personal bests.
- Defined — Real-time token prices, charts, wallet tracking & trading terminal for Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Sui, BSC, Tron & many more networks
- Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.
Omar Shakeeb is the co-founder of Second_Lane.
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Investment focus
- Web3, Blockchain, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Julian Koh is based out of Singapore and is the Co-Founder of Ribbon Finance. Julian previously worked at Coinbase as a Software Engineer. Julian Koh attended Cornell University.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, Web3
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Level — Level is a stakblecoin backed by restaked dollar tokens.
- 3Jane Protocol — 3Jane Protocol is a credit-based money market that permits unsecured credit lines underwritten against verifiable evidence.
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.
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Investment focus
- Software, Blockchain, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Matic — The world's most advanced floor cleaner. Your home's best helper.
- Bluenote Health — Bluenote Health operates as an AI platform for life sciences.
Greg Osuri - Founder & CEO @ Overclock Labs
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Web3, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Passage — Passage is a platform designed to revolutionize the 3D web by transforming static pages into immersive, interactive places.
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
Tinie shot to prominence with his chart-topping album 'Disc-Overy' which featured the #1s 'Pass Out' & 'Written In the Stars'. 2 x BRITs, a MOBO and an Ivor Novello followed. His 2nd album 'Demonstration' featured collaborators such as Dizzee Rascal, Emeli Sandé & Laura Mvula. In 2015, Tinie returnedwith 'Not Letting Go' and a feature on KDA's 'Turn The Music Louder'. Both topped the charts to give him 7 UK #1s - the most by any artist this decade.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Art, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Gener8 — We believe that the advertising industry needs more transparency and that people should be able to control their own data. Our technology gives people the control that is currently missing. And if people choose to share their data with advertisers, we reward them for it. Consequently, people trust us and 83% of them share their data with us.Meaning that we have an incredible understanding about these people and their online behaviour. We work with companies (and their media agencies) in the capacity of a media owner to do three things: 1. Provide premium media for you to reach this highly defined audience.2. Use our proprietary first party data to unveil actionable insights about your customers, eg. their purchase habits.3. To promote your brand and drive an action from your audience.
Santiago R Santos is the Founder of Mona.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ZAR — ZAR establishes a connection between cash-based economies and the web3 framework, facilitating adoption of stablecoins.
- Dill — Dill is a scalable data availability network. The modular network is fully compatible with the Danksharding roadmap
- Mighty Bear Games — Mighty Bear is a Singapore-based studio building the next generation of massively multiplayer online mobile games. The team is a collective of games industry vetarans from the likes of King, Ubisoft, EA, Lucasarts, Disney, Gameloft, and Jagex. Mighty Bear make games that combine the depth of desktop gaming with the accessibility of mobile -"Mobile games without compromise".
Jeff Morris Jr. is the Founder & Managing Partner at Chapter One.
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Investment focus
- Software, Productivity Tools, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Cord — Cord, the London-based platform that acts as the connecting bridge between any and all apps.
- Bubbles — Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets you tag anything on your screen and invite your teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc.
- Syndicate — Syndicate enables developers to create scalable, atomically composable appchains with complete control over the network, sequencer, and economy.
Josh joined Metamorphic Ventures in 2013.Prior to Metamorphic, Josh worked in Business Development for startup, JustDecide, a social decision-making company. Prior to JustDecide, Josh worked in digital marketing and branding at Bayard Advertising.Josh is also a member of the executive board at Tech@NYU, New York City’s largest studenttechnology organization. For multiple semesters he was in charge of “Startup Week” where he helped organize events with top entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in New York City.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Internet, Software
- Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
- CryptoKitties — CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles.With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly4-billion potential genetic combinations.
Cofounder & CEO of Community Gaming
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- AAG Ventures — AAG Ventures is the IT business behind AAG, one of the fastest-growing Play-To-Earn guilds in the industry.
- Community Gaming — Community Gaming is an esports tournament platform, building efficient payment infrastructure to enable gamers to earn and achieve. The CG platform equips players, tournament organizers, and game developers with the tools needed to create and participate in scalable grassroots tournaments.
- Sequence — Sequence is the modular crypto infrastructure stack that unifies wallets, 1-click cross-chain payments, and real-time data layers across EVMs.
Anthony Sassano is a Product Marketing Manager at Set Labs. He attended La Trobe University.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Valantis Labs — Valantis is a platform comprising decentralized exchanges (DEXes) and on-chain tools that empower developers to design and implement custom liquidity infrastructure for blockchain ecosystems. Using modular components, Valantis streamlines the process, making it faster, cost-effective, and user-friendly.
- Zaros Finance — Zaros is a protocol that provides efficient liquidity, boosts staking rewards from LSTs, and aims to become the preferred liquidity hub for on-chain derivatives.
- Creadibly Neutral — Credibly Neutral is a builder-led early stage venture fund investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.
Lav Kumar: A Multifaceted Champion
Lav Kumar, a name synonymous with determination and excellence, is a rising star who has captured the nation’s attention with his extraordinary talents. Hailing from the vibrant city of Patna, India, this young prodigy has carved a niche for himself in both the physical and digital realms.
His journey into theworld of martial arts began at the tender age of six, when a spark ignited his passion for combat sports. Born on May 12, 2009, in Arrah Bhojpur, Lav's innate athleticism and unwavering dedication quickly propelled him to the forefront of the Taekwondo scene. His rigorous training and competitive spirit have yielded impressive results, with silver medals adorning his achievements at the prestigious Taekwondo FIT India Championships in both 2021 and 2023, as well as a silver medal at the Varanasi Taekwondo Championship in 2023. Lav’s martial arts prowess extends beyond Taekwondo, as evidenced by his karate accomplishments, including two gold medals, three silver medals, and a brown belt earned between 2015 and 2019.
Beyond the mat, Lav possesses an extraordinary aptitude for technology. His journey into the world of software development and website design reveals a multifaceted individual with a keen intellect and a creative flair. This unique blend of athleticism and technical acumen has positioned him as a role model for young people, inspiring them to explore their passions without limitations. Lav’s current focus is on developing user-friendly websites and mobile applications that cater to a diverse range of industries. He envisions a future where technology can enhance the Taekwondo community, fostering a deeper connection among enthusiasts and athletes alike.
Lav Kumar’s story is a testament to the power of perseverance, dedication, and versatility. His ability to excel in both physical and intellectual pursuits is an inspiration to aspiring athletes and tech enthusiasts alike. As he continues to climb the ladder of success, the nation eagerly awaits the next chapter in his extraordinary journey. Lav’s impact extends beyond his achievements, as he embodies the spirit of a true champion—one who not only conquers challenges but also inspires others to reach for their full potential.
With his unwavering commitment to excellence and a thirst for knowledge, Lav Kumar is poised to make an enduring mark on the world. His journey is a beacon of hope for countless young individuals who dream of pursuing their passions with equal fervor. As he continues to explore the boundaries of human potential, the nation stands united in support of this exceptional young talent.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Florida Street — PIXEL GG INC.
- SX Network — The global liqudity hub for betting
- Teahouse Finance — Powered by cutting-edge smart contracts
Steve Huffman is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the CEO of Reddit. Steve previously worked at Hipmunk as a Co-Founder and CTO. Steve Huffman attended the University of Virginia.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- JustPaid — Stay in control of your business with payments, AI-powered automation, benchmarking, contract tracking, opportunity alerts, and more, all in one platform.
- Valid — Validated tests product ideas against real users before you launch. We measure the feasibility of your product idea rank value propositions and test messaging.
- Series — The first AI social network. Don't bother your friends for warm intros, bother your AI friend instead. It knows more people.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Polymarket — Bet on your beliefs
- SalesPatriot — SalesPatriot serves as an advanced back-office operating system tailored for companies within the defense sector.
- Schemata — Schemata is a three-dimensional content creation company intended to help the Department of Defense and enterprises.
0xMaki is the co-founder of SushiSwap which is one of the largest DEXes. 0xMaki is also a frequent speaker at DeFi conferences.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Runes DEX — Swap Runes for BTC seamlessly, enjoy low fees, fast transactions, and earn yield as a liquidity provider.
- Portals — Portals is a #DeFi yield and protocol aggregator for transaction bundling, any-to-any swaps, and real-time data
- Voyage Finance — Voyage Finance provides Web3 firm decentralized loans for gamers and guilds.
David Hariri - Co-Founder @ Ada
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Investment focus
- Art, Apps, Mobile
- Pre-Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
Josh started Sundae to help homeowners get a better outcome when selling off-market. With a career at the intersection of technology and residential real estate, he’s seen first hand the opportunity to create a new type of business that wins by doing the right thing for the seller.Prior to starting Sundae, Josh was Founding Partner and SVP ofSales at LendingHome, an online mortgage bank specializing in short-term residential bridge loans. During his five years at LendingHome, Josh helped the company outperform veteran business in LendingHome’s category as the company scaled to 350 employees and $150M in venture funding.Prior to LendingHome Josh was Co-Founder and CFO of Purpose Built Investments (PBI), a residential real estate private equity firm. Josh launched three investment funds for PBI focused on buying, renovating, and selling houses as well as bridge lending, executing more than 1,200 transactions.Josh graduated with honors from Stanford with a BA in Economics, BA in Spanish, and an MA in Latin American Studies with a focus in Economic Policy. He wrote his honors thesis on the long-term impact of the subprime lending crisis on the Latino community. Josh lives in San Francisco with his wife, two sons, and their two dogs.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
- Rho — Rho is the all-in-one financial platform organizations can bank on. We combine card, payments, and banking products with world-class software that traditional financial institutions don’t offer to help companies manage expenses, AP, banking, treasury, and month-end close with greater speed and efficiency. Designed to sync with your accountingsoftware, Rho’s full-stack finance platform empowers corporate finance teams and leaders with the technology they need to drive greater workflow efficiency, control, and visibility over how money moves in and out of their organizations.
Luke Barwikowski is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Pixels. He previously worked at Push Labs as a Technical Consulting. Luke Barwikowski attended the University of Michigan.
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Investment focus
- Web3, Gaming, Blockchain
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Moku — Worshipping a mischievous Moki with big balls and a small brain. 8887 NFTs, 900+ traits, 3 epic games.
Damon Gura was founder of DNG Games.He completed his study in MBA, Innovation fron Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Analytics
- Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Helika — Helika is a web3 product analytics platform that helps projects better understand their users, increase engagement, and drive growth.
Jason Kim
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Investment focus
- Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Mainstream Labs — Modular, end-to-end governance platform.
Trung Nguyen CEO at Axie Infinity. He attended FPT University during 2010-2017.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Shoes, Gaming
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Moku — Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more.
- RISE Labs — The Based Gigagas EVM Layer 2
- Bitlayer — Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.
Alex Adelman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Lolli. Alex was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Cosmic (acquired by PopSugar, then Ebates).
He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in New York, New York. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics.
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- Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
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- Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
- Daylight — Discover new relevant things to do in crypto: mints, claims, votes, and more.
- Sequence — Sequence is the modular crypto infrastructure stack that unifies wallets, 1-click cross-chain payments, and real-time data layers across EVMs.
Rabindra is the Director of NE Group since August 2010.Currently, he is also Director at Unilever Nepal, National Ice Cream Industries Pvt. Ltd, Super Religare Reference Laboratories (Nepal) Pvt. Ltd.Prior to joining N.E. Group, Rabindra was a Financial Analyst at the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup in San Francisco, USA. Has alsoo worked with Bear Stearns Companies, Unilever UK. Pursued B.A. in Economics from Stanford University (USA); A-Levels from Winchester College (U.K.); Other information: He is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi (Professional Business) and Kappa Alpha Order (Social)
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- Blockchain, Mobile Apps, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series B
- Canada, Singapore, United States
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- Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
- CryptoKitties — CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles.With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly4-billion potential genetic combinations.
- Koio — Koio is a modern luxury footwear brand. Discover our collection of timeless leather sneakers and slides. Handcrafted in Italy.
Holly Liu is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PKO Investments. She attended the University of California Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Taiwan
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- Forge — Forge is fast, automatic, always-on game capture. Users can download Forge for free. It costs nothing and there are zero ads, just gaming entertainment.
- Moku — Worshipping a mischievous Moki with big balls and a small brain. 8887 NFTs, 900+ traits, 3 epic games.
- Blaze.tech — Blaze is the smarter no-code platform for teams to build internal tools. Create beautiful client portals, admin panels, inventory management systems, and automated workflows without needing to write any code. Trusted by enterprise companies for security and scale. Loved by startup entrepreneurs for being so easy to use and build applications.
Snow K. is an advisor and board member of multiple DAO, Crypto and Internet projects. He invests in founders and vision first.
Snow is the grandson of a fallen self made billionaire accused of being a dissident in his country. Born as a political refugee in Europe, Snow started life with nothing but the ambition to rebuild his own legacy.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Vietnam
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- Everyrealm — Everyrealm is an immersive media company, specializing in technology and infrastructure that drives social, community-driven gaming experiences and platforms.
- Royal — Own music and earn royalties alongside artists, on Royal
- Mythical Games — We are Mythical Games, a Venture-backed next-generation game technology company at the intersection of video games and economics led by industry veterans.
Tobi Lütke founded Shopify in 2004. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2008.
Tobi worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant.
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- Software, Internet, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, India
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- Mason — Mason was an AI-powered SQL editor for teams.
- Perplexity AI — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
- Horizon Blockchain Games — We make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders.
Alex Tapscott is a globally recognized thought-leader, speaker and writer focused on the impact of emerging technologies on business, society and government. Alex is the co-author (with Don Tapscott) of the critically acclaimed #1 Globe and Mail Non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing MoneyBusiness and the World. His writing has been featured in TIME, Fortune, Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and dozens of other publications. In 2014, Alex published the seminal white paper “A Bitcoin Governance Network.” Prior to writing Blockchain Revolution, Alex worked for 7 years in Canadian and U.S. Capital Markets – raising hundreds of millions of dollars in critical growth capital.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Canada
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- SX Network — The global liqudity hub for betting
Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, The Netherlands
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- Nest Wallet — Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension.
- Bolero — Invest in the music rights of your favourite songs and get royalties on Bolero, the all-in-one marketplace to invest in Song Shares. Invest in music today!
- PlayMakers — Capture, audit, and monetize user-generated content (UGC) in your game. Drive higher engagement, game longevity, and unlock monetization opportunities.
Spencer Tucker is the Chief Gaming Officer of Yuga Labs. He previously worked at Scopely as a President, Games. Spencer Tucker attended American InterContinental University.
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- Internet, Software, Analytics
- Series A
- Canada
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- Helika — Helika is a web3 product analytics platform that helps projects better understand their users, increase engagement, and drive growth.
Kevin O'Leary is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and television host.O'Leary started his own software company in his basement along with his 5 year partner Gary Babcock. His mother provided the seed investment of $10,000 which he used to start software publisher SoftKey. His partner Gary left just as numerous mergers andacquisitions allowed the company to become The Learning Company and O’Leary took control as president of the Boston based company. In 1999, the Learning Company was sold to Mattel for $3.7 billion USD.In 2003 he became co-investor and a director in Storage Now, a developer of climate controlled storage facilities. Through a series of development projects and acquisitions, Storage Now became Canada’s third largest owner/operator of storage services with facilities located in eleven cities serving such companies as Merck and Pfizer when it was acquired by the In Storage REIT in March 2007 for $110 million.In March 2007 O'Leary joined the advisory board of Genstar Capital, a private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of life science and healthcare services, industrial technology, business services and software. Genstar Capital appointed O'Leary to its Strategic Advisory Board to seek new investment opportunities for its $1.2 billion fund. Kevin now has an office in West Palm Beach Florida.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Canada
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- HelloPrenup — Need a prenup? HelloPrenup is a lawyer free prenuptial agreements platform for marriages. No divorce lawyers, low cost, and fast! Marry with peace of mind - get your prenuptial agreement today.
- Roq Innovation — Founded by black female entrepreneur Raquel Graham, Roq Innovation is a leading brand of dynamic activewear and fashionwear products including Headlightz, Nekz, and Face Maskz and Handy Lightz.
- Polygon — Polygon is the most proven way to build and scale your decentralized application and projects on Ethereum, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem.
Entrepreneur. Intellectual. Capitalist. Polymath.Kyle runs Multicoin Capital, a cryptoasset hedge fund, with his cofounder Tushar Jain.Kyle previously founded Pristine, raised over $5M in venture capital, built a team to nearly 30, and built the business to 7-figures of revenue.Kyle enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, snowboarding,CrossFit, reading, writing, and video games.
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- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Canada, Singapore
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- Mezo — Mezo makes Bitcoin more productive with BitcoinFi. On Mezo, BTC is a secure store of value and a dynamic asset driving economic activity.
- Helius — Solana RPCs, APIs, webhooks and infrastructure to build and ship crypto apps, fast. Get started for free in 1 click.
- Maximus — Elevate energy, sex drive, and promote hair growth with our doctor-prescibed programs. Featuring enclomiphene testosterone improvement. Find your protocol.
Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Hong Kong, Australia
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- Moku — Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more.
- Sapien — Sapien offers Data Labelling Services with RLHF to fine-tune your LLMs potential. Improve model performance with better data to improve outcomes. Consult us now!
- Clout Kitchen — Combining fandom and emerging technology, Clout Kitchen builds generational digital products with supercharged distribution. We help creators become icons that last.
Hart Lambur is the Co-Founder, CEO & Board Member of umaproject.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Switzerland
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- Gyroscope — Gyroscope: an asset-backed stablecoin built on resilient DeFi infrastructure leveraging a diversified reserve, autonomous monetary policy, and innovative AMMs
- SX Network — The global liqudity hub for betting
- DELV — Element is an open source protocol for fixed and variable yield markets
Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.
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- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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- 0xPPL — 0xPPL brings together people who have similar interests in cryptocurrencies, providing an ecosystem where users can track crypto assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) traded by those they follow.
- Time.fun — Time.fun enables creators to tokenize and sell their time and allows creators to monetize direct interactions such as messages or calls.
- SOON — SOON is building the highest throughput stack that allows for any SVM L2 to be deployed on any L1.
Mariano Conti is a Head of Smart Contracts at Maker Foundation.
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- Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- Astaria — Astaria is the solution to the hardest problem in Defi: instant highly liquid NFT lending. Astaria allows users to get instant liquidity for their NFTs.
- GitPOAP — GitPOAP is a decentralized reputation platform that represents off-chain accomplishments and contributions on chain as POAPs.
- LAGO — LAGO helps to bridge the traditional and digital art world with interactive, gesture control, curation, voice control and providence.
David Dias is a individual angel investor.
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- Ethereum, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Canada
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- Portals — Portals is a #DeFi yield and protocol aggregator for transaction bundling, any-to-any swaps, and real-time data
Khaled Verjee
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- Blockchain, Ethereum, Internet
- Seed, Series A
- Canada
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- ChainSafe Systems — ChainSafe Systems is a global leader in blockchain protocol and infrastructure development located in Toronto.
- Horizon Blockchain Games — We make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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- Blockchain, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Vietnam, Singapore
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- Bot-It — Online automation for everyone. Let Bot-It automatically complete your online tasks.
- Allstar — Allstar is a gaming company that believes every gamer can become a content creator, with the right tools. The company is driven by its mission is to make the everyday gamer the star of their greatest esports moments through technology that enables them to effortlessly create, discover, and share their own professional quality esports highlights.
- Glove Wrap — Glove Wrap is a latex-free, thermoplastic elastomer band with the precise thickness, width, and length required to break in and shape your complete baseball glove while making the ideal pocket. Wrapping your glove with Glove Wrap applies pressure to the glove, reshaping it for easy use.
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