# Akshat Vaidya

> Akshat Vaidya is a seed investor at Maelstrom backing Decentralized Finance (DeFi). See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maelstrom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maelstrom)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshatvaidya/
- Website: https://x.com/akshat_hk

Akshat Vaidya is an head of investments and co-founder of MaelstromFund.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eigenpie | Eigenpie is a restaking SubDAO that gives holders of Liquid Staking Tokens the chance to enhance their earning potential by restaking assets. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arbitrum Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arbitrum-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LayerZero Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/layerzero-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PancakeSwap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pancakeswap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Relayer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relayer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Robot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Maelstrom

VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Managed by the family office of Arthur Hayes (co-founder, BitMEX), Maelstrom is building a long-term portfolio across Venture, Liquid, Private Equity, and Public Markets, focused on infrastructure companies and assets that will form the foundation of the next wave of trustless decentralization.We back high-conviction opportunities ranging fromearly-stage equity and token investments to private and public market positions, bringing to each cap table the experience, relationships, and resources of having built one of the industry’s first profitable unicorns from the ground up.

3 contacts available at Maelstrom.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akshat Vaidya | Managing Partner & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshat-vaidya-68d7 |
| Arthur Hayes | CIO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-a-kuhns |
| Arthur Hayes | CIO; CIO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-hayes |

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## FAQ

### What does Akshat Vaidya invest in?

Akshat Vaidya invests primarily in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Akshat Vaidya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akshat Vaidya closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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