# Ben Perszyk

> Ben Perszyk is a venture - series unknown investor at Polychain backing Blockchain and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-perszyk-76091261/

Ben Perszyk is a Partner at Polychain Capital. He was a Product Specialist at Airbnb before that. Ben attended the University of Oregon.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 75% |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 38% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 38% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 25% |
| Japan | 1 | 13% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neon Media | Neon Media produces realtime sets for virtual productions. | $20M | Series A | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| t3rn | t3rn offers fast, secure and cost-efficient bridging, optimizing cross-chain executions by leveraging the modular layers of the t3rn stack for storage, validation, settlement and consensus t3rn was founded in 2020 and is based in BVI | $6.5M | Private Equity | Nov 25, 2022 |  |
| Quasar Labs | Quasar Labs is a decentralized app-chain bringing ease to investing in the multi-chain universe. | $6.1M | Seed | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| AltLayer | AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2. | $7.2M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Astar Network | Astar Network is a multi-virtual machine scalable smart contract platform on Polkadot supporting cutting-edge layer 2 like Rollups. | $22M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 28, 2022 |  |
| Neon Media | Neon Media produces realtime sets for virtual productions. | $10.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2021 |  |
| dTrade | dTrade is a decentralised trading platform for options and perpetuals contracts. It is built on a Polkadot Smart Contract Chain and is designed to function as a fully decentralized public utility owned and controlled by the community of token holders. dTrade was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | $22.8M |  | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Bluefin | Bluefin is an orderbook-based derivatives exchange that uses the most innovative decentralized infrastructure to support both first-time users and professional traders. Bluefin is backed by Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, Cumberland DRW, Brevan Howard Digital, Alliance and other leading investors. | $22.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 14, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altonomy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altonomy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Divergence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/divergence-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Figment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/figment-networks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Polychain

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

The emergence of bitcoin and subsequent blockchain technologies has generated a new digital asset class in which scarcity is based on mathematical properties. Through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic equilibrium, blockchain-based digital assets can be created, issued, and transmitted using the software. Polychain Capital is committedto exceptional returns for investors through actively managed portfolios of these blockchain assets.

5 contacts available at Polychain.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Perszyk | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-perszyk-4615 |
| Niraj Pant | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niraj-pant-2 |
| Alexa Smith | Beacon Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexa-smith-bfc7 |
| Bobby Beniers | Research Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-beniers-6299 |
| Caroline Jaquiss | Chief Marketing Officer and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-jaquiss-8b2a |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Perszyk invest in?

Ben Perszyk invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ben Perszyk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Perszyk closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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