# Ambush Capital

> Ambush Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Information Technology. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambush-capital/
- Website: http://ambush.capital

Ambush Capital is a VC fund in Brooklyn focused on Blockchain and Information Technology. 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

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 8 | 44% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 28% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 5 | 28% |
| Web3 | 4 | 22% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 22% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 44% |
| Series A | 7 | 39% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 39% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-lallouz |
| Aaron Henshaw | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-henshaw |
| Carly Strife | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-strife |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-lallouz |
| Mike Armstrong | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-armstrong-482b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| aPriori | aPriori is a monad-native MEV infrastructure and liquid staking mechanism developed for parallel executions. | $20M | Series A | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| OpenMind | OpenMind is a software company that develops an operating system for robots and intelligent machines. | $20M | Series A | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Mirage Protocol | Mirage Protocol is a platform that helps liquidity providers earn money from a range of modern financial products. | $1.6M |  | May 24, 2025 |  |
| Not Diamond | Not Diamond focuses on optimizing the use of various AI models based on their strengths and capabilities. |  | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Warlock Labs | Warlock Labs is a provider of an omni-chain liquidation engine that improves the safety and profitability of decentralized protocols by recapturing the maximum extractable value. | $8M | Seed | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Whetstone Research | Whetstone Research is dedicated to the design and development of innovative protocols that facilitate the advancement of on-chain markets. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| 1Money Network Technologies | 1Money Network Technologies is a payment network dedicated to stablecoins. | $20M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Hyperbolic | Hyperbolic is the open-access AI cloud made for AI developers, providing fast, affordable access to compute, inference, and AI services. | $12M | Series A | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Yala | Yala operates a multi-token system and unlocks a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin​. | $8M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Delta | Delta is a fully integrated solution designed from the ground up to eliminate the trade-off between sovereignty and interoperability for programmers. | $11M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Faction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faction-0d34) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Figment Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/figment-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Robot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robot-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Variant](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/variant-9ecc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ambush Capital invest in?

Ambush Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Information Technology and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ambush Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Ambush Capital?

The team at Ambush Capital includes Joseph Lallouz (Partner), Aaron Henshaw (Partner) and Carly Strife (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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