# Bicameral Ventures

> Bicameral Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bicameralventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bicameralcrypto
- Website: https://bicameralventures.com/

Bicameral Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that specializes in seed-stage investments in the blockchain industry.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$225k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 33% |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Israel | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex McDougall | CIO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-mcdougall |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balance | Over the past seven years, Balance successfully served digital asset exchanges, OTC and prop. trading desks, ATM networks, private funds, market makers, liquidity providers, and corporate entities across Canada and certain parts of the world. Balance currently custodies over $2.5 billion worth of digital assets in its SOC 2 certified proprietaryplatform. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| Balance | Over the past seven years, Balance successfully served digital asset exchanges, OTC and prop. trading desks, ATM networks, private funds, market makers, liquidity providers, and corporate entities across Canada and certain parts of the world. Balance currently custodies over $2.5 billion worth of digital assets in its SOC 2 certified proprietaryplatform. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| Balance | Over the past seven years, Balance successfully served digital asset exchanges, OTC and prop. trading desks, ATM networks, private funds, market makers, liquidity providers, and corporate entities across Canada and certain parts of the world. Balance currently custodies over $2.5 billion worth of digital assets in its SOC 2 certified proprietaryplatform. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| Nodesmith, Inc. | Nodesmith offers a platform that connects applications to decentralized blockchain networks. We host and manage scalable blockchain node infrastructure, so you can focus on building the features of your decentralized application. | $120K | Pre-Seed | May 22, 2019 |  |
| Metalyfe | Metalyfe is a Blockchain Browser that provides its users with a secured login, digital identity and browsing data ownership through its decentralized web services.The world’s first server-less browsing platform. Metalyfe browser is your portal to digital freedom. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 19, 2018 |  |
| Aion | Aion is the digital asset of The Open Application Network. Aion is used to secure and access The OAN. As a public infrastructure, a global community of individuals, software companies, and institutions secure and maintain the operations of The OAN. These critical functions are enabled and incentivized using Aion. The Open Application Network solvesthe unintended consequences of platform economies. The OAN is an open source public infrastructure for the creation and hosting of Open Apps. Open Apps are programs that put users back in control and are universally accessible across platforms. The OAN is built on open standards and is owned by everyone that uses it. |  | Seed | Dec 19, 2018 |  |
| Vault Wallet | Vault Wallet, making blockchain development Easy. Secure. Affordable. | $225K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2018 |  |
| ClanPlay | Provider of a messaging application platform intended to connect users of the games. The company's messaging application platform offers tools for players to communicate, plan their strategies, recruit newcomers, engage in diplomacy with other clans and share their accomplishments, enabling gamers to discuss brilliant strategies, gloriousbattles and win together. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 27, 2018 |  |
| WinMiner | WinMiner helps turn unused computing power into cash. They can easily mine the most profitable crypto currencies and get paid in USD, Bitcoin, or Ethereum. They offer crypto mining enthusiasts easy-to-use, one-click mining software, which anyone can use to mine cryptocurrencies without any special help. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Techstars Toronto Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-toronto-accelerator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Techstars Seattle Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-seattle-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bicameral Ventures invest in?

Bicameral Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bicameral Ventures's check size?

Bicameral Ventures typically joins rounds of $120k–$225k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bicameral Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Bicameral Ventures?

Public channels for Bicameral Ventures 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 Bicameral Ventures?

The team at Bicameral Ventures includes Alex McDougall (CIO). 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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