# Bryan Pellegrino

> Bryan Pellegrino is a seed investor at Rho AI (Vancouver) backing Blockchain and Gaming. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rho AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rho-ai)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanpellegrino/

Bryan Pellegrino is a Co-founder & CEO of LayerZero Labs. He attended the University of New Hampshire.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$27M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 32% |
| Gaming | 4 | 21% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 21% |
| Software | 3 | 16% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 26% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 42% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Attention | Attention is building an AI co-pilot designed to automate repetitive, multi-app desktop tasks. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 13, 2025 |  |
| Inversion | Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology. | $26.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Yeet | Yeet is a gambling platform will offer a variety of traditional casino games like blackjack and roulette alongside new, crypto-focused games. | $7.8M | Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| TrueNorth | Crypto's first AI discovery engine | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| TrueNorth | Crypto's first AI discovery engine | $1M | Angel | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| fomo | Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Superform Labs | Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $3M |  | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Corn | Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin. | $6.7M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Intensity Labs | Intensity Labs pioneers Shogun, a breakthrough DeFi protocol based on purpose. Shogun enables users to traverse decentralized finance with purpose-driven interactions, resulting in a dynamic financial ecosystem. | $6.9M | Seed | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Pocket Universe | Pocket Universe is a browser extension that keeps your assets safe when you sign web3 transactions |  | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hypersphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hypersphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Beam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merit-circle) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SNZ Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snz-holding) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Avalanche](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalanche-f0c4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Rho AI

VC Fund · Charlottesville, United States

Rho AI is a highly skilled, fully distributed team that builds customized data science products and provides services to solve real-world problems. Founded in 2012 by a team of entrepreneurs, data scientists and PhDs focused on predictive modeling in professional motorsports, Rho AI now serves a wide range of partners who lead across a variety ofchannels and industries.

5 contacts available at Rho AI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Schaff | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-schaff-2 |
| Bryan Pellegrino | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-pellegrino |
| Erik Allen | Founder, Chief Scientific Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-allen |
| Gilman Callsen | Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilman-callsen |
| Josh Browne | Founder, VP Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-browne |

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## FAQ

### What does Bryan Pellegrino invest in?

Bryan Pellegrino invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bryan Pellegrino's check size?

Bryan Pellegrino typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$27M at Seed and $300k–$4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bryan Pellegrino participates in.

### When did Bryan Pellegrino last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bryan Pellegrino closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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