BlackPine
VC Fund
Central, Hong Kong
BlackPine is a private investment firm. Their firm provides financing solutions to companies and asset owners with presence in Greater China. They target opportunities where they can take an active role in the business and co-operate with management to help develop strategies both domestically and abroad. Their approach to investing enables them to leverage their long term relationships with strategic partners and portfolio companies to source and manage deals. These relationships, together with their strong intermediary network allow them to maintain a close pulse to business activities in the region.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries BlackPine invests in
Stages BlackPine invests in
Countries BlackPine invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$11M
- Series A
- $5M–$483M
- Series C
- $20M–$104M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 5 (19%)
- Financial Services 5 (19%)
- FinTech 4 (15%)
- Software 4 (15%)
- Cryptocurrency 4 (15%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (35%)
- Seed 8 (31%)
- Series C 3 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (8%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- Hong Kong 7 (27%)
- United States 6 (23%)
- United Kingdom 3 (12%)
- China 1 (4%)
- Japan 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lawrence Chu
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireplace is a trading terminal platform that combines marketplaces, pricing, and execution by using real-time data, graphing and trade processing. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Neutral Trade, an on-chain multi-strategy hedge fund platform, offers innovative delta-neutral trading and liquidity provisioning strategies to deliver consistent, risk-adjusted returns. | $2M / Seed / May 31, 2025 | ||
| Terminal 3 is a data storage and access platform that makes Web3 user data freely composable while remaining private and secure. | $8M / Seed / Apr 29, 2025 | ||
| Terminal 3 is a data storage and access platform that makes Web3 user data freely composable while remaining private and secure. | Pre-Seed / Apr 30, 2023 | ||
| First brandtech group using the latest technology to help brands create content and experiences across the physical and virtual worlds. | $11M / Seed / May 11, 2022 | ||
| Aspen Digital is an innovative technology-driven digital & crypto asset management platform co-founded in 2021 by Everest Ventures Group and TTB Partners. Aspen provides a comprehensive and user-friendly solution for professional investors and money managers, from High-Net-Worth Individuals, family offices, to securities brokerages, externalasset managers, private bankers and investment advisors. Through a single account, Aspen provides a complete digital assets product shelf including trading execution, yield enhancement products, automated investment strategies, and offers comprehensive portfolio reporting, industry research & market insights, and custody solution. For more information visit https://www.aspendigital.co/ | Series A / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
| Every Moment Matters!YAS MicroInsurance is a Hong Kong-based next-generation InsurTech company to reshape the industry with simple, affordable, flexible MicroInsurance products tailored to customer’s needs.Built on innovative technology, YAS provides on-demand MicroInsurance products that activate protection for you anywhere and anytime on theYAS app. Whether it is your daily ride to work, a hike in the mountains, or a trip to the vet with your furbaby, we care about each moment in your life. YAS Microinsurance is redefining insurance. Simple, affordable, efficient, and coverage you control at your fingertips anytime, anywhere. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | ||
| Talon Esports is a leading esports, culture, and lifestyle platform in Asia. | $5M / Series A / Nov 22, 2021 | ||
| Terraformation wants to solve climate change. | $5M / Seed / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Mozza engages in developing the science to create real dairy cheese from plants. Its mission is to make cheese from plants that are indistinguishable from cheese that comes from animals. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Convertible Note / Sep 01, 2020 | ||
| See all 26 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does BlackPine invest in?
BlackPine invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does BlackPine invest in?
BlackPine typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$11M at Seed, $5M–$483M at Series A and $20M–$104M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not BlackPine's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds BlackPine took part in.
How do I contact BlackPine?
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Who are the partners at BlackPine?
The team at BlackPine includes Lawrence Chu (Founder & Managing Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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