# Blake West

> Blake West is a seed investor at Goldfinch backing Cryptocurrency. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goldfinch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldfinch)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Blake West is a seed investor at Goldfinch focused on Cryptocurrency.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Syndicate | Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $800K | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rogue VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rogue-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Goldfinch

VC Fund · Walnut, United States

Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West.

5 contacts available at Goldfinch.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Huelsenbeck | Head Of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-huelsenbeck |
| Blake West | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-west-766c |
| Jon Chadwick | Finance Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-chadwick-6a66 |
| Michael Sall | President, CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sall-58ff |
| Scott Onder | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-onder |

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## FAQ

### What does Blake West invest in?

Blake West invests primarily in Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Blake West last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blake West closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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