# Aly Madhavji

> Aly Madhavji is a seed investor at INSEAD backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 66 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [INSEAD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insead)
- Total investments: 66
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alymadhavji/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/aly_madhavji
- Website: https://blockchainff.com/

Aly Madhavji is a seed investor at INSEAD focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Aly Madhavji is the Blockchain Founders Fund's Managing Partner and a Consultant of United Nations. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow of INSEAD and LP and Venture Partner at Loyal VC.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $540k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 18 | 27% |
| Cryptocurrency | 11 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 17% |
| FinTech | 10 | 15% |
| Web3 | 8 | 12% |

74 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 20 | 30% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |
| Series A | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 26% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 5% |
| China | 2 | 3% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Velvet Capital | Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets. |  | Seed | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Validation Cloud | Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company that connects organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Validation Cloud offers highly performant and customizable products in staking, node, and data-as-a-service. Its team brings extensive experience acrossWeb2 and Web3 from the likes of Coinbase, Kraken, Workday, Accenture, Crypto.com, Voyager, and more. Learn more at Validationcloud.io | $15M | Series A | Mar 06, 2025 |  |
| Symmio | Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets. | $3.1M | Seed | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Keeper | Find the right person. Build something meaningful together. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| TradeDog Market Maker | Tradedog Market Maker (TDMM) is the Markets Management arm of Tradedog Group. Led by Quant and Screen trading experts boasting over 50+ collective years of experience, TDMM has orchestrated operations across 60+ exchanges, working with hundreds of pairs to bolster market management and offer essential liquidity support for traders. |  | Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| TDMM | TDMM is a financial company that specializes in trading, market making, and token management services. |  | Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| ZOTH | ZOTH brings Secured & Stable yield from emerging markets for defi investors | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 10, 2024 |  |
| Umoja | Umoja is a cryptocurrency-hedging technology that automates the reduction of bitcoin exposure risk, allowing anyone to protect themselves against market losses. By tokenizing and democratizing access to Hedge Fund tactics. | $2M | Seed | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Validation Cloud | Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company that connects organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Validation Cloud offers highly performant and customizable products in staking, node, and data-as-a-service. Its team brings extensive experience acrossWeb2 and Web3 from the likes of Coinbase, Kraken, Workday, Accenture, Crypto.com, Voyager, and more. Learn more at Validationcloud.io | $5.8M |  | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| Validation Cloud | Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company that connects organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Validation Cloud offers highly performant and customizable products in staking, node, and data-as-a-service. Its team brings extensive experience acrossWeb2 and Web3 from the likes of Coinbase, Kraken, Workday, Accenture, Crypto.com, Voyager, and more. Learn more at Validationcloud.io | $6M | Seed | Feb 26, 2024 |  |

10 of 66 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Side Door Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/side-door-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Chinaccelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chinaccelerator) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Graviton Web3 Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graviton-web3-accelerator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About INSEAD

VC Fund · Fontainebleau, France

INSEAD is The Business School for the World. We bring together people, cultures and ideas to develop responsible leaders who transform business and societWith locations in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), and now North America (San Francisco), INSEAD's business education and research spans four regions. Our 165renowned Faculty members from 41 countries inspire more than 1,300 degree participants annually in our MBA, Global Executive MBA, Specialised Master’s degrees (Executive Master in Finance and Executive Master in Change) and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 11,000 executives participate in INSEAD Executive Education programmes each year.INSEAD continues to conduct cutting-edge research and innovate across all our programmes. We provide business leaders with the knowledge and awareness to operate anywhere. Our core values drive academic excellence and serve the global community as The Business School for the World.

5 contacts available at INSEAD.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hsien Yang Lee | President- South East Asia Council | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsien-yang-lee |
| Lee Yang | President- South East Asia Council | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-hsien-yang |
| Manfred Vries | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manfred-vries |
| Alexander Bea | MBA Candidate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-bea |
| Aly Madhavji | Senior Blockchain Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aly-madhavji |

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## FAQ

### What does Aly Madhavji invest in?

Aly Madhavji invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 66 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 Aly Madhavji's check size?

Aly Madhavji typically joins rounds of $120k–$4M at Seed and $540k–$4M 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 Aly Madhavji participates in.

### When did Aly Madhavji last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aly Madhavji closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 66 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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