# Aves Lair

> Aves Lair is a VC fund backing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aveslair-vc-accelerator
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/aves_lair
- Website: https://aveslair.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aveslair

Aves Lair is a VC fund focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. By leveraging our network, expertise, and range of capabilities, we endeavour to add value and catalyse growth for projects and founders in Web3.0

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 71% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 57% |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Sales | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 86% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Peru | 1 | 14% |
| Israel | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francis Berwa | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francis-berwa |
| Max (Chong) Li | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chong-li-82ee |
| Sean (Sichao) Yang | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sichao-yang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orb Labs | Orb Labs is developing cross-chain messaging protocols and omnichain applications for both developers and consumers. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| ComputeCoin | ComputeCoin is a geo-distributed computing platform that facilitates all-purpose Web3 and Metaverse services. | $6.2M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Oort | Oort develops a decentralized data cloud designed to collect, process, and monetize AI-ready data. The company offers products such as Oort DataHub, Oort Storage, and plans to introduce Oort Compute, which together support decentralized data infrastructure and services. Oort’s platform leverages a global network of nodes and data contributors toenable distributed data management and sharing. This infrastructure supports AI companies, dataset marketplaces, and off-the-shelf datasets, aiming to facilitate secure and efficient access to diverse data sources. Oort also provides tools for hosting nodes and integrates protocols like Olympus to maintain decentralized operations. | $6.2M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Blocksport | Blocksport supports Esports and Sports clubs, streamers, influencers, federation and leagues with a dedicated white-label mobile app to access new revenue sources, to engage their fan community and to analyze the brand visibility and interaction of their sponsoring brands. | $500K | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Digital Prime Technologies | Full-Service Institutional-Grade Prime Brokerage for Digital Asset Management. DLCC offers full-service Prime Brokerage solutions for digital assets. Our all-in-one user interface leverages both API and Saas product offerings to connect clients with a growing network of liquidity providers to transact, borrow, and lend digital assets, and managecollateral. Our product suite also offers traditional Prime Brokerage services, such as consultation and capital introduction. | $100K | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| Substrata | SubStrata is a novel developer of Interpersonal AI technology for Dealmakers & Negotiators | $2M | Seed | Nov 28, 2020 |  |
| AgenteBTC | CryptoExchange from LATAM who want to democratize the access to the cryptocurrencies | $100K | Pre-Seed | Feb 14, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Syntax Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syntax-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sanctor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanctor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CV VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cv-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Leland Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leland-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aves Lair invest in?

Aves Lair invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Cloud Infrastructure startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Aves Lair?

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### Who are the partners at Aves Lair?

The team at Aves Lair includes Francis Berwa (Managing Partner), Max (Chong) Li (Managing Partner) and Sean (Sichao) Yang (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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