# Animoca Ventures

> Animoca Ventures is a VC fund in Grand Cayman backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/animoca-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AnimocaVentures
- Website: https://animoca.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animocabrands/

Animoca Ventures is a VC fund in Grand Cayman focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Animoca Ventures seeks out, finances, and supports creators who will grow into the Internet's titans of the future. It is based on web3 and blockchain.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$8M |
| Series A | $10M–$225M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.3M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 15 | 36% |
| Cryptocurrency | 8 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 14% |
| Gaming | 5 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 12% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 27 | 64% |
| Series A | 4 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 21% |
| Singapore | 3 | 7% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 5% |
| China | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| townsquare | TownSquare is a DeFi platform for cross-chain lending, leveraged yields, and on-chain asset strategies. |  | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| RateX | RateX is the operator of a decentralized exchange platform designed for yield trading. The company provides leveraged yield trading, earning, and synthetic assets akin to perpetual futures contracts. | $7M | Seed | Nov 21, 2025 |  |
| Rover | Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC. | $4.1M | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Resolv Labs | Resolv Labs is a low-risk crypto investment backed by the True-Delta Neutral Architecture and building resilient investment instruments for risk-conscious crypto holders | $10M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Opinion Labs | Opinion Labs is a decentralized intelligence platform. It has developed O.LAB which provides financial information and intelligence. Its products encompass prediction and opinion markets. | $5M | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Plume Network | Plume Networks develops built-in integrations, making it easy to deploy projects and capital on-chain. |  | Series A | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Zkcandy | Zkcandy is an Ethereum-based game network. | $4M | Seed | Jan 06, 2025 |  |
| Haedal Protocol | Haedal Protocol is a ecosystem liquidity pledge protocol provider, aiming to provide services to maximize DeFi returns in the ecosystem. |  | Seed | Jan 06, 2025 |  |
| Neptune Protocol | Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform. It enhances capital efficiency by enabling customers to obtain liquidity in a secure manner. | $3.9M | Seed | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Talus Network | Talus Network is an innovative blockchain platform that aims to decentralize artificial intelligence. | $6M | Seed | Nov 26, 2024 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Animoca Ventures invest in?

Animoca Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 42 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 Animoca Ventures's check size?

Animoca Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8M at Seed, $10M–$225M at Series A and $3.3M–$6M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Animoca Ventures participates in.

### When did Animoca Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Animoca Ventures closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 42 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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