# 1kx

> 1kx is a VC fund in Amsterdam backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 177 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 177
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1kxnetwork/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork
- Website: http://1kx.network

1kx is a crypto investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for 1kx. Shizune tracks 6 team members at 1kx. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/1kx?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$11M |
| Series A | $5M–$28M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3M–$34M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 78 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 55 | 31% |
| Software | 22 | 12% |
| FinTech | 17 | 10% |
| Web3 | 16 | 9% |

106 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 94 | 53% |
| Series A | 23 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 18 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 56 | 32% |
| Germany | 8 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 6 | 3% |
| Singapore | 5 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 3% |

23 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nichanan Kesonpat | Investment Analyst | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nichanan-kesonpat |
| Peter Pan | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-pan-f406 |
| Christopher Heymann | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-heymann |
| Diana Biggs | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-biggs |
| Lasse Clausen | Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lasse-clausen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freehand | Freehand provides an AI-powered supply chain spend management platform that uses AI teams to analyze contracts, invoices, vendor data, and operational records. The platform automates tasks such as invoice auditing, spend analysis, contract enforcement, exception handling, and dispute resolution, with outputs integrated into enterprise systems. | $75M | Series B | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| KOR Protocol | KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion. | $7.5M | Series A | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| EarnOS | EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3. | $6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Kulipa | Kulipa provides the underlying infrastructure to settle global payments, manage stablecoin accounts, and issue cards - all through a unified, compliant stack. Grow revenue with debit cards. Boost acquisition with white-labelled accounts & cards. Scale faster with global payment products. | $6.2M | Seed | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Cryptio | Cryptio is a financial data analysis tool for cryptocurrencies. It helps crypto CFOs & CPAs easily automate accounting, bookkeeping and tax reporting for their digital assets. The tool consolidates all cryptocurrency transaction data from multiple wallet & exchange sources, and translates it into data usable for accounting and financialanalysis. We take away the headache of regulations, audits, taxes and accounting for crypto firms so that they can focus on what they do best. | $45M | Series B | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Bluff | Bluff Magazine is poker's leading publication for a reason. | $21M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Superstate | Superstate is developing the next generation of legal, blockchain-based financial solutions. | $82.5M | Series B | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| ARX | ARX smart contracts and HaLo chips enable creators build decentralized, immutable and composable physical crypto assets. | $6.1M | Seed | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Giggles | Giggles is a social platform where users create and share content using artificial intelligence tools. The platform includes features for making short videos from prompts. Users can earn a digital currency called aura by engaging in activities and games. Digital assets are available for users to collect and trade. A waitlist is open for those whowant to join the platform. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 05, 2025 |  |
| Coop Records | Coop Records investing in next generation of music enabled by Web3. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 23, 2025 |  |

10 of 177 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [The LAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-lao) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 1kx invest in?

1kx invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 177 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 1kx's check size?

1kx typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$11M at Seed, $5M–$28M at Series A and $3M–$34M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 1kx participates in.

### How do I contact 1kx?

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### Who are the partners at 1kx?

The team at 1kx includes Nichanan Kesonpat (Investment Analyst), Peter Pan (Partner) and Christopher Heymann (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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