# Aaron Henshaw

> Aaron Henshaw is a seed investor at Ambush Capital backing Cryptocurrency and Infrastructure. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ambush Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambush-capital)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhenshaw/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aaronhenshaw
- Website: https://x.com/aaronhenshaw
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aaron.lazarus.henshaw

Aaron Henshaw is a seed investor at Ambush Capital in Brooklyn focused on Cryptocurrency and Infrastructure. Aaron Henshaw is the Head of Engineering at Grand St.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$8.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 60% |
| Infrastructure | 2 | 40% |
| Venture Capital | 2 | 40% |
| IaaS | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arch | Arch is a Blockchain Infrastructure Premier Bitcoin-Native Application Platform | $7M | Seed | May 09, 2024 |  |
| Creadibly Neutral | Creadibly Neutral is an encryption venture capital service provider. | $5.5M |  | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Credibly Neutral | Credibly Neutral is an early stage venture fund run by Viktor and Lisa Bunin investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS. | $5.5M |  | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Privy | Privy creates authentication, authorization, and data control tooling to enable developers to create products that keep users safe. It creates simple, powerful APIs for managing user data, allowing them to easily integrate user data into their products. Privy bridges the gap between users' on-chain activity and their off-chain data, allowingusers to create delightful experiences without putting themselves or the product at risk. | $8.3M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Atomic Loans | Atomic Loans is a protocol for bitcoin and crypto-backed loans on your terms, without middlemen. By extending atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans enables users to interact with trustless, cross-chain debt agreements. We use the functionality of the native Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to enable lending without requiring customers to delegatetrust to centralized custodians, ensuring their funds will never be stolen or seized. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ethereal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethereal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABCDE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abcde) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archetype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrylic-b04d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archetype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetypefund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ambush Capital

VC Fund · Brooklyn, United States

Investing in founders and emerging managers at the earliest stages. -- Sectors: Crypto, AI, Space, Life Sciences, Robotics, Consumer, Infra / SaaS -- $9.9m into 116 investments ---Exits: Privy (Acquired by Stripe) – early investor, exited [June 2025] -- 4 major TGE liquidity events within 4 years - Solana seed round ~1000x- Near seed round ~40x - Eigen seed round ~40x - Aleo seed round ~25xPersonal Backgrounds: -- 3x IPO’s -- 2x Acquisitions -- 6+ Companies cofounded -- $500m annual revenue -- 66% of founding team was Forbes 30 under 30

5 contacts available at Ambush Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-lallouz |
| Aaron Henshaw | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-henshaw |
| Carly Strife | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-strife |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-lallouz |
| Mike Armstrong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-armstrong-482b |

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Henshaw invest in?

Aaron Henshaw invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Infrastructure and Venture Capital startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 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 Aaron Henshaw's check size?

Aaron Henshaw typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$8.3M 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 Aaron Henshaw participates in.

### When did Aaron Henshaw last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Henshaw closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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