# Andrew Keys

> Andrew Keys is a seed investor at DARMA Capital backing Software, Finance and Blockchain. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DARMA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darma-capital)
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-keys-45a9517/

Andrew Keys is a seed investor at DARMA Capital focused on Software and Finance. Andrew Keys is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Andrew Keys. He previously worked for ConsenSys as a Head of Global Business Development. Andrew Keys attended Loyola University Maryland.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$34M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.4M–$2.5M |
| Series A | $14M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 36% |
| Finance | 3 | 21% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 21% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 14% |
| News | 1 | 7% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 36% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Norway | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zivoe Finance | Zivoe Finance is a lending company that provides loan and credit services. | $8.4M | Seed | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| Ithaca Finance | Ithaca Finance a cross-chain derivatives trading and settlements protocol, is composed of an on-chain settlement layer with an innovative off-chain matching engine. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2024 |  |
| Stackr Labs | Stackr Labs builds app-specific rollups on ethereum in web2 programming languages. | $5.5M | Seed | Nov 08, 2023 |  |
| Evertas | Evertas is a cryptoasset insurance company. Evertas focuses on covering institutional holders of cryptoassets including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals. | $14M | Series A | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Molecule | Molecule is a software platform used to decentralise intellectual property development in the biotech industry. The company was founded in 2020 by Paul Kohlhaas and Tyler Golato and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. | $7.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Molecule | Molecule is a software platform used to decentralise intellectual property development in the biotech industry. The company was founded in 2020 by Paul Kohlhaas and Tyler Golato and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. | $12.7M | Seed | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Aligned | Aligned is a DeFi and Web3 infrastructure company. | $34M | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Nahmii | Nahmii protocol was designed to solve a fundamental problem. The need for a high-performance, low-cost scaling solution. Enables a far greater number of transactions per second. Across the network, Nahmii has no limit to the number of transactions per second, with performance comparable to an optimized database. Reduces the time it takes fortransactions to be processed and gives users immediate feedback. Latency on Nahmii is measured in milliseconds. Provides general viability to all use cases, including micro-transactions. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| The Defiant | The Defiant operates as an information company at the intersection of tech and finance. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| DefiDollar | DefiDollar operates as a meta stablecoin index. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 28, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amino Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amino-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delta Blockchain Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-blockchain-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fourth Revolution Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fourth-revolution-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About DARMA Capital

VC Fund · Puerto Rico, Argentina

DARMA is a global investment management firm offering expertise in digital asset risk management and blockchain technology. DARMA’s team of investment professionals has a unique combination of both traditional investment management and blockchain proficiency.

3 contacts available at DARMA Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Keys | Co Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-keys-2 |
| James Slazas | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-slazas |
| John Slazas | Global CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-slazas-6185 |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Keys invest in?

Andrew Keys invests primarily in Software, Finance and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 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 Andrew Keys's check size?

Andrew Keys typically joins rounds of $1M–$34M at Seed, $1.4M–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $14M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Andrew Keys participates in.

### When did Andrew Keys last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Keys closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 14 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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