# BlockWater Management

> BlockWater Management is a VC fund in Seoul backing Finance and Blockchain. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockwater/
- Website: https://blockwater.io
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blockwater.io/?notif_id=1536542032653315&notif_t=page_fan

BlockWater Management is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Finance and Blockchain. BlockWater is a leading digital asset fund(DAF) focusing on bringing blockchain enabled projects to the real world application.Our investment portfolio is built on belief that current disruption through cryptoeconomics and blockchain is only the start. BlockWater deploys multiple investment strategies by leveraging its profound industrybackground.BlockWater not only invests in blockchain ecosystem but also provides consulting to great minds across the globe.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Employment | 1 | 17% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 3 | 50% |
| China | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Jo | Founding Partner; Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-jo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oin Finance | Oin Finance is a Defi company building liquidity pool lending platforms on the Ontology blockchain with cross-chain functionality. | $1M | Initial Coin Offering | Aug 25, 2020 |  |
| RAMP DEFI | RAMP DEFI is a decentralized finance solution that focuses on unlocking liquid capital from staked digital assets. This is achieved by letting users collateralize their portfolio of staked assets into a common stable coin standard, USD, which can in turn be used to borrow fiat-back capital such as USDT or USDC. Using the RAMP solution, users cancontinue to receive staking rewards, retain capital appreciation potential on their staked portfolio, and recycle staked capital into new investment opportunities at the same time. | $1M | Seed | Aug 23, 2020 |  |
| PERL.eco | The Planetary Ecosystem Registration Ledger will be a dedicated blockchain for real-world ecological assets through tokenizing carbon credits and biodiversity, NFTs and decentralised (DeFi) rewards. |  |  | Jul 07, 2018 |  |
| Hashgard | Hashgard is a Blockchain Start Up. |  |  | May 25, 2018 |  |
| Springrole | What key ingredients does every great tech startup need? One vision, a million hours of work, and the triple threat you’ll find at SpringRole: a super savvy entrepreneur, a tech-guru, and a whole team brainiac engineers behind them. | $1.3M |  | May 14, 2018 |  |
| Cortex | Cortex's main mission is to provide machine-learning models on the blockchain in which users can infer using smart contracts. |  |  | Feb 18, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ruby Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruby-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Signum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signum-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AlphaBlock Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphablock-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AlphaCoin Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphacoin-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BlockWater Management invest in?

BlockWater Management invests primarily in Finance, Blockchain and FinTech startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BlockWater Management?

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### Who are the partners at BlockWater Management?

The team at BlockWater Management includes Francisco Jo (Founding Partner; Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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