# Alex Witt

> Alex Witt is a pre-seed investor at Verda Ventures (Incline Village) backing Apps and Bitcoin. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Verda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verda-ventures)
- Location: Incline Village, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwitt/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AlexLWitt
- Website: https://verda.ventures

Alex Witt is a Founding General Partner at Verda Ventures, Verda Ventures invests in category-leading blockchain-enabled financial infrastructure companies with competitive distribution channels.He was previously CFO at the Celo Foundation, a carbon-negative, Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain ecosystem building infrastructure for the digitaleconomy.Prior to joining the Foundation, Alex co-founded the SWFT Blockchain payments platform as CFO. He has also worked as an investment analyst and manager at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and internet unicorn WiFi Master Key.Alex is a CFA Charterholder and an alumnus of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 33% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colombia | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Checkit AI | Ecosapiens is a Web3/NFT project enabling consumers to make a positive impact on the climate. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| El Dorado | El Dorado is a P2P marketplace that helps to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, money transfers, foreign exchange, and digital wallet services. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Vana | Vana is a decentralized platform that enables people to take control of their data, monetize it, and contribute to AI development. The platform focuses on user-owned data and offers tools for developing, managing, and profiting from AI models. Vana's ecosystem includes decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), which allow users tocontribute data—such as social media and LinkedIn information—in exchange for benefits.Vana enables data portability, allowing users to log in with their wallets and access their data across several platforms without centralized control. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 10, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boost VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chevron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collab+Currency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-currency) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fundamental Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundamental-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Verda Ventures

VC Fund · Incline Village, United States

Verda Ventures is a venture scaling fund that invests in blockchain-enabled growth-stage companies. The firm is led by founders and operators that are hands-on and data driven from selection to optimization.

1 contacts available at Verda Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Witt | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-witt |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Witt invest in?

Alex Witt invests primarily in Apps, Bitcoin and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Witt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Witt closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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