# Brad Holden

> Brad Holden is a seed investor at Protocol Labs backing Blockchain. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradpholden/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/holdenbrad
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bradpholden

Brad Holden is a seed investor at Protocol Labs in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Blockchain and Internet. Brad Holden is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Managing Partner of PL Capital. Brad Holden attended Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury College.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 33% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 22% |
| Web3 | 1 | 11% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 78% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Randamu | Randamu stands at the forefront of innovation in computation as a leading provider of Randomness as a Service (RaaS) solutions. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 20, 2024 | https://randa.mu |
| web3mine | Decentralized Storage and Compute staking | $6M | Seed | Dec 20, 2023 | https://web3mine.io |
| Polybase | The web3 database | $2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 22, 2023 | https://polybase.xyz |
| Earth | Earth is the creators of soil transformation, an environmentally-friendly alternative to burial and cremation. Over a 30-day process, they gently transform a body into nutrient-rich soil.Families receive a portion of this soil - to scatter or plant - and the remaining soil is sent to conservation land that we acquire, to restore and protect itfor future generations.Their experience is carbon neutral, digital-first and underpinned by best-in-class family care.Earth is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2020. | $10M | Seed | Apr 22, 2022 | https://earthfuneral.com/ |
| Functionland | Monetizing open-source development through blockchain. Dream of free applications that pay the developers coming to life. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 | https://fx.land/ |
| Coinfeeds | Coinfeeds is an API that provides real-time news and social sentiment on any cryptocurrency. Coinfeeds aims to be Bloomberg of cryptocurrencies. | $2M | Seed | Aug 31, 2021 | https://coinfeeds.io |
| Syndicate | Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $1M | Seed | Mar 17, 2021 | https://syndicate.io/ |
| Sightly | Sightly is a marketing and media technology company, focusing on digital video advertising and analytics, that delivers unrivaled performance and client service. We use data science and expert human know-how to maximize outcomes and align each customer's Brand Mentality™ at speed, no matter what lies ahead. Our smart, agile approach to mediaplanning, buying and fine tuning extends across YouTube, TikTok, Connected TV and OTT live streaming video and all premium publishers and networks. | $4.3M | Seed | Jan 28, 2014 | https://www.sightly.com/ |
| ThirdLove | ThirdLove is a fast-growing intimates brand that believes fit should come first. The company's mission is to help every woman find her perfect fit by combining the best design and technology. Instead of using standard industry measurements, ThirdLove bras are designed with real women in mind and developed proprietary ½-cup sizes based onthousands of real women’s measurements to help women everywhere find a better-fitting bra. | $5.6M | Seed | Aug 01, 2013 | https://www.thirdlove.com |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Orange DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Outlier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outlier-ventures-ltd-llp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Protocol Labs

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols. Protocol Labs creates software systems that tackle significant challenges, aiming to solve them with new technology breakthroughs, great user experience design, and an open-source approach to creation.

5 contacts available at Protocol Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Ransil | Filecoin Green Project Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-ransil |
| Chris Brocoum | Head of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-brocoum |
| Colin Evran | Biz Dev & Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-evran |
| Juan Benet | Founder,CEO,Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-batiz-benet |
| Karola Kirsanow | Resarch Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karola-kirsanow |

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## FAQ

### What does Brad Holden invest in?

Brad Holden invests primarily in Blockchain, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Brad Holden?

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### When did Brad Holden last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brad Holden closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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 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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