# AU21 Capital

> AU21 Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 208 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 208
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/au21capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/au21capital?lang=en
- Website: https://au21.capital/

AU21 Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

## Contacts

5 contacts available for AU21 Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at AU21 Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/au21-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$5.8M |
| Initial Coin Offering | $1.2M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 88 | 42% |
| Cryptocurrency | 59 | 28% |
| Gaming | 34 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 31 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 27 | 13% |

102 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 132 | 63% |
| Funding Round | 21 | 10% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 14 | 7% |
| Series A | 12 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 12 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 14% |
| Singapore | 26 | 13% |
| India | 9 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 4% |
| Estonia | 7 | 3% |

37 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chandler Guo | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandler-guo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NeuronX | NeuronX Protocol is the pioneering decentralized lending protocol on Dfinity, setting the stage for smart DeFi. By focusing on AI-driven automation and enhanced user experiences, NeuronX aims to revolutionize the DeFi landscape and appeal to a broader audience. At the core of NeuronX is a groundbreaking innovation: AI-Powered Smart LiquidityPlatforms (AILPs). These AILPs are advanced vault strategies operated by intelligent AI algorithms. Users can effortlessly gain leverage by simply depositing a base asset. Behind the scenes, AILPs leverage AI to automate complex transactions and continuously rebalance positions, ensuring optimal leverage without the risk of liquidation. This integration of AI streamlines the process, making advanced financial strategies accessible and hassle-free. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| A-World | A-world is a super metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN. | $5M | Series A | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| Vue Protocol | Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social. | $6M | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Nillion | 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). | $22M | Seed | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Genesis Shards | Genesis Shards is transforming NFTs into a liquidity vehicle for Pre-IDO tokens and a whole new suite of DeFi products. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Cryption Network | Cryption Network is crypto company. Its can swap, farm, Invest and predict with cryption's unique and user-friendly DeFi 2.0 products. Bringing mass adoption to DeFi. PolyDEX is cryption's flagship product, which is completely gasless, instant, cross-chain AMM DEX with yield farming. | $1.1M |  | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| The Unfettered | The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game. | $2.5M | Seed | May 10, 2022 |  |
| IQ Labs | IQ Protocol develops a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. It enables digital asset owners to earn passive income by safely lending their NFTs & Fungible Tokens. | $12M | Seed | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Turnt Gaming | Turnt Gaming is a developer of interactive NFT-based entertainment products and media. Turnt Gaming powers next generation interactive entertainment products and media that reimagine how live content is consumed. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Mizar | Mizar makes crypto trading simple and accessible to everyone. On Mizar, you can manage and automate your orders on different exchanges from a single place or copy successful traders and perform as they do. Mizar is subscription-free, that means you will never be asked to pay any monthly or fixed fee. | $3M | Seed | Feb 25, 2022 |  |

10 of 208 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [X21 Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/x21-digital) — VC Fund, 60 deals together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 45 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 41 deals together
- [Genblock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genblock-capital) — VC Fund, 39 deals together
- [Magnus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magnus-capital) — VC Fund, 35 deals together
- [ZBS CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zbs-capital) — VC Fund, 35 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does AU21 Capital invest in?

AU21 Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 208 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 AU21 Capital's check size?

AU21 Capital typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5.8M at Seed and $1.2M–$14M at Initial Coin Offering. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AU21 Capital participates in.

### How do I contact AU21 Capital?

Public channels for AU21 Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at AU21 Capital?

The team at AU21 Capital includes Chandler Guo (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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