# C² Ventures

> C² Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/csquaredvc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CsquaredVC
- Website: https://www.csquared.vc

C² Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Founded by Ciara Sun, C² Ventures is a chain-agnostic blockchain investment company focuses on empowering builders with the capital and operational expertise to build and scale the next generation of Web3 and metaverse primitives.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$4.5M |
| Series A | $10M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 12 | 38% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 22% |
| Trading Platform | 5 | 16% |
| Gaming | 4 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 9% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 31% |
| Singapore | 3 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ciara Sun | Founder and Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ciara-sun |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axelar Network | Axelar is a cross-chain communication tool developing interoperability software to connect blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Axelar Network consists of a protocol suite, tools, and APIs, designed to break down the barriers to cross-chain communication. Axelar enables developers to build on the best platform for their needs whileleveraging the Axelar stack to unlock cross-chain composability and liquidity.The company was founded by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos in 2020. | $30M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Taqtics | Taqtics is a software development company that offers a comprehensive solution for retail and restaurant operations. The software includes features for workflow management, attendance tracking, and more. It is designed to boost business performance by empowering frontline teams with the necessary skills. The platform is available on both web andmobile, making it accessible and convenient for users. The company's size is between 11-50 employees, indicating a focused and dedicated team working towards providing effective solutions for their clients. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Breakout | Breakout is a crypto-native prop business that trades on the most liquid centralized exchanges. | $4.5M | Seed | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Breakout Trading Group | Breakout is a crypto-native prop business that trades on the most liquid centralized exchanges. | $4.5M | Seed | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Kemet Trading | Kemet provides the industry’s leading digital asset derivatives trading platform. Kemet’s turnkey, all-in-one technology platform supports the full trade lifecycle with high-performance portfolio, execution and risk management capabilities and a full suite of APIs, enabling institutions to execute across the entire digital asset derivatives marketfrom a single endpoint. Built on state-of-the-art technology, the Kemet platform provides maximum flexibility and can be enhanced quickly in response to client requests.Led by a team of technologists from the world’s most advanced trading institutions, including D.E. Shaw, Jump Trading, DRW and Cboe, Kemet’s platform meets the most demanding standards for latency, reliability and security. Kemet is backed by some of the biggest names in digital asset trading and VCs in addition to a host of some of the best angels in the industry. | $5M | Seed | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Jamix | Jamix is your AI assistant for work. We connect with your company's apps, data, and APIs. This enables you to search across your apps, chat with your data, and automate daily tasks. We take your data security and privacy seriously, and never train models using your data. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Forgotten Playland | Forgotten Playland, designed to be a playground for abandoned toys,has been a passion project for Vermilion Studios. | $7M | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Yet Another | Another company provides internet users globally with improved access to a variety of financial goods including by employing blockchain technology. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Manta Exchange | Manta Exchange mission is to transform the cryptocurrency world. The company's purpose is to pave the way by offering a revolutionary concept known as the Social Invest Community. |  | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| D3 | D3 its goal is to transform the domain name industry by effortlessly connecting Web 1-3. | $5M | Seed | Sep 05, 2023 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mirana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirana) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Mirana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirana-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Flow Traders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flow-traders) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mentha Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mentha-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does C² Ventures invest in?

C² Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 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 C² Ventures's check size?

C² Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$10M at Seed, $1M–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds C² Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact C² Ventures?

Public channels for C² Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at C² Ventures?

The team at C² Ventures includes Ciara Sun (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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