# 0G

> 0G is a VC fund backing Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/0G_labs
- Website: https://0g.ai

0G is a VC fund focused on Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence. 0G Labs is a technology business that specializes in blockchain technology, emphasizing decentralization for a range of industries and societal issues.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for 0G. Shizune tracks 4 team members at 0G. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/0g-labs?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 67% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 17% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Heinrich | Co-Founder & CEO | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-heinrich |
| Ming Wu | Co-Founder and CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ming-wu-6695 |
| Thomas Yao | Co-founder and CBO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-yao-cc76 |
| Fan Long | Co-founder and CSSO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fan-long |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AIW3 | AIW3 is an Agent-as-a-Service platform that automates trading strategies across decentralized and centralized exchanges using AI. | $5M | Seed | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| American Fortress | American Fortress develops privacy-focused blockchain identity and crypto wallet naming solutions. | $8M | Seed | May 22, 2026 |  |
| Euclid Protocol | Euclid creates a chain agnostic liquidity layer that allows any application to integrate and swap against an efficient market to provide the best user experience for users. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Kindred | Kindred Labs is building the default interface for human–AI interaction — always-on, trusted companions that unify productivity, commerce, and emotional connection into a single relationship. As the only AI company officially trusted by 25+ iconic IPs, including Sanrio, Warner Bros., LINE Friends, and Pudgy Penguins, Kindred Labs sits on a uniquecultural and distribution moat powered by billions of existing fans worldwide.Kindred’s growth has been consistently explosive: the company has attracted millions of registered users within weeks of opening access, climbed into the Top 10 on DappRadar with hundreds of thousands of on-chain daily and monthly active users and millions of on-chain transactions in a single month, and driven an NFT free-mint that organically reached above a 1.3 ETH floor, alongside outsized gains in brand mindshare and category visibility (including a #1 gainer ranking on Kaito).Backers and partners include SEI Foundation, Protocol Labs, 0G Foundation, Techstars, Orange DAO, Sky Mavis, CoinMarketCap Labs, Nvidia Inception, ElevenLabs, and others. Kindred Labs is founded by Max Giammario, whose M.A./Ph.D.-level research focuses on human–AI interaction, and is built by a team of experts from companies such as Apple and Disney. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| ORO AI | ORO facilitates the transformation of data into advanced forms of intelligence, representing the next generation of analytical capabilities. | $6M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Warden | Warden builds Warden Protocol, a project described at wardenprotocol.org. The organization focuses on blockchain infrastructure for digital asset operations, emphasizing key management, policy-driven approvals, and cross-chain coordination. Public materials highlight tooling for application integrations and developer workflows. The platformpresents components intended for wallets, dApps, and services that require programmable transaction rules. Available resources include documentation and community updates that outline the roadmap and integration paths. Details may change as additional specifications and releases become available. | $4M | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Orange DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APEX Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-capital-9cd3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ATOM Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atom-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BuzzBridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buzzbridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CoinMarketCap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinmarketcap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 0G invest in?

0G invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 0G's check size?

0G typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 0G participates in.

### How do I contact 0G?

Public channels for 0G include X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at 0G?

The team at 0G includes Michael Heinrich (Co-Founder & CEO), Ming Wu (Co-Founder and CTO) and Thomas Yao (Co-founder and CBO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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