# 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

> 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ is a seed investor in Seoul backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/0xMaki

0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ is a seed investor in Seoul focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. 0xMaki is the co-founder of SushiSwap which is one of the largest DEXes. 0xMaki is also a frequent speaker at DeFi conferences.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $250k–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 47% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 27% |
| Web3 | 2 | 13% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Finance | 2 | 13% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runes DEX | Runes DEX is the automated market maker for runes on the Bitcoin blockchain. Its platform allows users to create and trade meme-based tokens while also providing novel liquidity solutions and farming rewards. | $2M | Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Portals | Portals is a platform that makes Web3 simpler by making it simple for anyone to combine intricate DeFi operations. | $2M | Seed | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Voyage Finance | Voyage Finance provides Web3 firm decentralized loans for gamers and guilds. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Blur | Blur aims to solve these problems and move the NFT space toward becoming institutional-grade while increasing decentralization. | $11M | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Ref Finance | Ref Finance is a DeFi platform built on NEAR Protocol that costs less than $0.01 for transactions. | $4.8M | Initial Coin Offering | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Burrata | Burrata is a computer software provider and developer that bridges Web2 to Web3. | $7.8M | Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Axelar Network | Axelar is a cross-chain communication tool developing interoperability software to connect blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Axelar Network consists of a protocol suite, tools, and APIs, designed to break down the barriers to cross-chain communication. Axelar enables developers to build on the best platform for their needs whileleveraging the Axelar stack to unlock cross-chain composability and liquidity.The company was founded by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos in 2020. |  |  | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Axelar Network | Axelar is a cross-chain communication tool developing interoperability software to connect blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Axelar Network consists of a protocol suite, tools, and APIs, designed to break down the barriers to cross-chain communication. Axelar enables developers to build on the best platform for their needs whileleveraging the Axelar stack to unlock cross-chain composability and liquidity.The company was founded by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos in 2020. |  | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Fancy Birds | Fancy Birds is a blockchain-based play-to-earn game. Fancy Birds is a single-player mobile game with 8,888 randomly generated NFT characters minted initially with custom features, that fight through levels to earn their spot as “the fanciest bird in the nest”. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 22, 2021 |  |
| Fancy Studios | Fancy Studios is a web3 gaming studio developing fun mobile games. They are player-centric, focusing on making their games intuitive, fun, and a shareable experience with friends.Fancy Studios' strategic partners and investors include Framework Ventures, Merit Circle, YGG, Polemos, Illuvium, Polygon, BreedFi, PathDAO, YGG SEA, Loot Squad,The Juice Team, IndiGG, SNACKCLUB, Orium Guild, GameFi Squad, AMG DAO, BAYZ, Kieran Warwick (Illuvium co-founder), 0xMaki (Sushi co-founder), Santiago Santos (ex-ParaFi partner), Anton Bukov (1inch co-founder), Ryan Fang (Ankr co-founder), Stani Kulechov (Aave founder), Richard Ma (Quantstamp CEO), and others. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The LAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-lao) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baires DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baires-dao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crypto.com Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-com-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ invest in?

0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$11M at Seed and $250k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ participates in.

### When did 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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