# Black Edge Capital

> Black Edge Capital is a VC fund in Chicago backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blackedgecptal
- Website: https://blackedge.io

Black Edge Capital is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Black Edge Capital was a venture capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 43% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 29% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 86% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Poland | 1 | 14% |
| Estonia | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cytonic | Cytonic is a multi-virtual-machine blockchain. Cytonic is compatible with blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. | $8.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| E Money Network | E Money Network is a modular Real-World Asset (RWA) blockchain technology designed with compliance at its core. | $3.3M |  | May 31, 2024 |  |
| AutoLayer | AutoLayer is a Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRT) Finance application. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Unstable | Unstable Protocol implements zkOracles to enhance the DeFi utility for the LRTfi market. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| VELAR | VELAR is a Multi-Feature DeFi App with Bitcoin Finality. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Kattana | Kattana develops a cross-chain trading terminal for DEXs and CEXs. It is a desktop-based crypto trading app built for trading on multiple cryptocurrency markets from one account and covering all aspects of the professional traders'​ workflow in one place. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Public Mint | Public Mint is a decentralized payment platform aimed at bridging the gap between blockchain and fiat currencies. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 08, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Morningstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Spark Digital Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-digital-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KuCoin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kucoin) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Laser Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laser-digital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lattice Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lattice-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Black Edge Capital invest in?

Black Edge Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Poland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Black Edge Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Black Edge Capital closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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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