Arthur Hayes
Co-Founder @ 100x Group
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Arthur Hayes is a seed investor at 100x Group in Hong Kong focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Arthur Hayes is based out of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island and is the Advisor of Upexi. Arthur previously worked at BitMEX as a CEO. Arthur Hayes attended the University of Pennsylvania.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Arthur Hayes invests in
Stages Arthur Hayes invests in
Countries Arthur Hayes invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.7M–$9M
- Pre-Seed
- $2.2M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 10 (43%)
- Cryptocurrency 9 (39%)
- Financial Services 5 (22%)
- FinTech 4 (17%)
- Finance 4 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (65%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (9%)
- Funding Round 2 (9%)
- Series A 1 (4%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 7 (30%)
- Singapore 2 (9%)
- India 1 (4%)
- Vietnam 1 (4%)
- Portugal 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BIO Protocol
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The BIO Protocol (BIO) allows onchain scientific communities to fund, build, and co-own research and products in specific biomedical domains including lifespan, brain health, and rare disorders. BIO, founded by senior VitaDAO members, empowers worldwide communities of scientists, patients, and investors to take science into their own hands andbring solutions to life more effectively than traditional pharmaceutical companies. | $6.9M / Seed / Sep 17, 2025 | |
Superform Labs
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Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $3M / Dec 12, 2024 | |
Cytonic
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Cytonic is a multi-virtual-machine blockchain. Cytonic is compatible with blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. | $8.3M / Seed / Nov 07, 2024 | |
Nillion
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Nillion is a computer and network security company that provides node operation that signifies implications for data, security, and privacy. The company decentralized public network based on a new cryptographic primitive called Nil Message Compute (NMC). | $25M / Oct 30, 2024 | |
Infinit
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Infinit is the DeFi Abstraction Layer that removes the enormous friction associated with creating and scaling DeFi ecosystems. | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 12, 2024 | |
Time.fun
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Time.fun enables creators to tokenize and sell their time and allows creators to monetize direct interactions such as messages or calls. | $3M / Seed / Aug 29, 2024 | |
BSX
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BSX is a trading company that offers specializes in options and perpetual futures trading. | $4M / Seed / Aug 21, 2024 | |
Khalani
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Khalani has developed the world's first decentralized solver platform, which seeks to improve the web3 user experience through a multi-chain collaborative solution network. The platform significantly decreases the cost of creating and operating solvers. | $2.5M / Seed / Aug 07, 2024 | |
JUICE Finance
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JUICE Finance is a VC-funded DeFi application that empowers users to borrow and lend against both their Real World and Digital Assets. The company creates the middleware and infrastructure for the collateralization of fixed-income assets, enabling institutions the opportunity to enhance their yield through DeFi and on-chain lending activity in acapital-efficient and compliant manner.It was founded in 2023 by Wes Cowan and Eric Ryklin and is located in Miami, Florida. | Seed / Mar 19, 2024 | |
Elixir
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Elixir is a decentralized protocol that enables full composability for integrations by providing computationally secure, algorithmic market-making across CEXs and DEXs. | $8M / Series B / Mar 12, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
About 100x Group
100x is the result of the phenomenal success of BitMEX, the world’s leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, which has pioneered cryptocurrency trading through relentless commitment to change, and continues to set benchmarks for innovation, liquidity, and security today. Financial services play a critical role in their economy and dailylives, but have become cumbersome and expensive, and remain slow to transform in the digital era. They formed 100x to ignite a bolder ambition—reshape the modern digital financial system into one which is inclusive and empowering.
100x Group Contacts
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Chris Gates
Director of Offensive Security
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Alexander Hoeptner
Chief Executive Officer
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Arthur Hayes
Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does Arthur Hayes invest in?
Arthur Hayes invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 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 Arthur Hayes's check size?
Arthur Hayes typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$9M at Seed and $2.2M–$3M 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 Arthur Hayes participates in.
When did Arthur Hayes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Arthur Hayes closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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