# Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator

> Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a VC fund backing Energy and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/berkeleyblockchainxcelerator
- Website: https://x.com/BB_Xcelerator
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BB.Xcelerator/

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a blockchain startup accelerator run by UC Berkeley.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ariel Arakas | Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator - 2023 Cohort | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revix UK Limited | Revix stands for revolutionary investment experience and this is fundamental to what we do as it underpins everything from the way a user feels when making an investment on our app to the rewards they earn for achieving a savings goal.We strive to innovate how it feels to invest and save — to fundamentally change the experience itself intosomething more engaging, automated & effortless. Through our B2C division, we’re building the SoFi/WealthFront/Betterment of Africa & the Middle East — with a primary product focus on crypto assets, crypto index funds, & thematic ETFs. Through our B2B division, we enable emerging market banks & online brokers to easily offer crypto assets to their clients via our crypto API suite. We’ve partnered with Africa’s largest bank with 18.2m users to launch crypto assets on their digital platforms across 16 African nations.At Revix, we initially focused on ready-made crypto index funds for the under/un-tapped African market. This enabled us to differentiate ourselves from traditional crypto exchanges, attract >50k sticky customers & launch both traditional & alternative savings & investment products.Today, we separate ourselves from competitors by offering an engaging behavioural-based rewards program ​that ​incentivises​, nudges & rewards​ smart money management while also making the experience of ​managing money simple, automated & elegant. | $4.1M | Seed | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| Nodle | Nodle is building a global low cost, low energy connectivity service for the IoT. Using bluetooth, Nodle is a perfect solution for devices such as tracking devices, air sensors, smartwatches, fitness trackers and home appliances. This is opening up new opportunities for hardware manufacturers and lowering the barriers to entry to build innovativeIoT solutions and hardware. This “crowd-sourced” connectivity network provides also an alternative source of revenues for device makers, network operators and app developers while preserving users privacy. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 11, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BootstrapLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bootstraplabs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- Astel Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain.com Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-ventures-1104) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockhead Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockhead-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Olymp Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olymp-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator invest in?

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator invests primarily in Energy, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator?

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### Who are the partners at Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator?

The team at Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator includes Ariel Arakas (Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator - 2023 Cohort). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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