# Benjamin Forman

> Benjamin Forman is a Series A investor at ParaFi Capital backing Blockchain. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-forman-b78b2416

Benjamin Forman is a Series A investor at ParaFi Capital in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. Benjamin Forman is the Founder and Managing Partner at ParaFi Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 33% |
| FinTech | 4 | 27% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 20% |
| Finance | 2 | 13% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 47% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Belgium | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Circuit & Chisel | Circuit & Chisel is an agentic AI platform that enables agents to make transactions between autonomous agents. | $19.2M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Tradable | Tradable software platform assists private credit funds in syndicating deals by combining an AI-powered data room (Tradable Live Data Room aka "TLDR"), document signing, investor administration, and continuous deal operations and monitoring in a single location. it enables investors to directly participate in syndicated deals, investingalongside leading fund managers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2025 |  |
| Rayls | Rayls is a next-generation blockchain platform built for banks and financial institutions, combining enterprise-grade privacy, regulatory compliance, and scalability with EVM compatibility to bridge traditional finance and DeFi. |  | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Layer3 | Layer3 is a crypto platform that provides tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). | $15M | Series A | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Securitize | Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings. | $47M |  | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Securitize | Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings. | $47M | Series C | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Centrifuge | Centrifuge is a decentralized operating system that provides the infrastructure and ecosystem to manage and invest in tokenized assets. Its system is used to power the financial supply chain and foster economic opportunity. It is also used by third-party service providers to create, consume, and interact with the data within the financial supplychain permitting easy creation of apps and functionality, helping businesses to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data. | $15M | Series A | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Bitfinity Network | Bitfinity Network is the creator of a blockchain platform that allows users to generate, stake, and swap tokens on their internet-connected computers. The company's platform specializes in groundbreaking next-generation AMM on the ecosystem, allowing contracts to take control of keys and users with a BTC wallet to stake the asset using itsprotocol. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| Credix | Credix is a next-generation FinTech platform that allows any B2B platform to offer flexible financing options to its business buyers. Embed Credix into your platform to begin offering short-term financing to attract customers, drive volume, and enhance their experience today.With investors such as Valor Capital Group, Motive Partners, and ParaFiCapital, the company has already raised US$100 million in equity and debt financing. | $11.1M | Series A | Sep 06, 2022 |  |
| ConsenSys | ConsenSys is an Ethereum software web3 company. ConsenSys enables developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. ConsenSys' product suite, composed of Infura, Quorum, Truffle, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligence, serves millions ofusers, supports billions of blockchain-based queries for its clients, and has handled billions of dollars in digital assets. Ethereum is a programmable blockchain in the world, business adoption, developer community, and DeFi activity. On this trusted, open-source foundation, ConsenSys is building the digital economy of tomorrow. | $450M | Series D | Mar 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [C Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Marshall Wace](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marshall-wace) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-vision-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Third Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-point-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [UTA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uta-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aptos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aptos-96b4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About ParaFi Capital

VC Fund · Greenwich, United States

We are ParaFi, an alternative asset management and technology firm that operates liquid and venture strategies focused on the digital asset ecosystem. Founded in 2018, ParaFi was among the earliest institutional investors in the blockchain industry and has evolved into a trusted partner by leading institutions globally.

4 contacts available at ParaFi Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Forman | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-forman |
| Joshua Solesbury | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joshua-solesbury-e0e1 |
| Kevin Yedid-Botton | Partner / PM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-yedid-botton |
| Ryan Navi | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-navi-9d99 |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Forman invest in?

Benjamin Forman invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Benjamin Forman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Forman closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 15 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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