# Brian Melville

> Brian Melville is a Series A investor at Cumberland (Chicago) backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cumberland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cumberland)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmelville/

Brian Melville is a Director of Strategy at Cumberland DRW.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Exchanges | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vega Protocol | Vega is a technology protocol and crypto-asset for an open, blockchain-backed public network for fully automated end-to-end financial product trading and execution. Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralized, with pseudonymous participants. The platform of thecompany provides open and fair markets in which fees are shared by market makers, not owners, and governance decisions are made by the community, allowing financial institutions to open access, reduce costs, and enable a new wave of financial market innovation. | $5M | Series A | Mar 18, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cumberland

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Cumberland provides financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals with the access they need to capitalize on opportunities in the crypto asset space, while also working to ensure that the ecosystem continues to grow and evolve in a responsible, sustainable manner. Within DRW, a diversified principal trading firm, Cumberland is a specialistcrypto asset trading company.

5 contacts available at Cumberland.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Melville | Director of Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-melville |
| Jeremy Alons | DevOps Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-alons |
| Donald R. Wilson | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-r-wilson |
| John Napier | Venture lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-napier-e968 |
| Nate George | VC co-lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-george-2c85 |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Melville invest in?

Brian Melville invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and Trading Platform startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Gibraltar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Melville last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Melville closed in Mar 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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