# CertiK

> CertiK is a VC fund in New York backing Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/certik
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/certik_io
- Website: https://certik.io
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CertikOfficial

CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, leveraging best-in-class AI technology to protect and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts. Founded in 2018 by professors from Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK’s mission is to secure the web3 world. CertiK applies cutting-edge innovations from academia to enterprise, enablingmission-critical applications to scale with safety and correctness.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for CertiK. Shizune tracks 8 team members at CertiK. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/certik?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 1 | 20% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 20% |
| Philippines | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kang Li | Chief Security Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kang-li |
| Ravi Gupta | Product Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ravi-gupta-2 |
| Zhaozhong Ni | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhaozhong-ni |
| Esme Pau | Head of Capital Markets and Strategic Intelligence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esme-pau-fc3e |
| Monier Jalal | VP of Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monier-jalal |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zoo Finance | Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings. | $8M | Seed | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| ME Group | MetaEra is a one-stop resource aggregator for Web3.0. Meta Era focuses on blockchain and metaverse exploration, pursuing professional, thorough, and reliable information and data. |  | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Teneo Protocol | Teneo Protocol is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) initiative. | $3M | Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| Mantis | Mantis is a Restaking L2 solution for Solana that maximizes user experience and execution through an intent-centric architecture and trust-minimized bridging. Mantis unifies these elements with the ultimate objective of reducing friction for numerous industry partners in the cross-chain DeFi arena. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 17, 2025 |  |
| Playbux | Playbux is an e-commerce metaverse platform that sets up the shop and earns system, allowing users to shop at global merchants and earn cash back. They intended to integrate existing exchanges, loan platforms, and NFTs into the platform so that customers could access all services in one place. | $2M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [0x Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/0x-ventures-071e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ankr](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aquarius Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquarius-financial-3dcc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CertiK invest in?

CertiK invests primarily in Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CertiK's check size?

CertiK typically joins rounds of $2M–$8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CertiK participates in.

### How do I contact CertiK?

Public channels for CertiK 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 CertiK?

The team at CertiK includes Kang Li (Chief Security Officer), Ravi Gupta (Product Director) and Zhaozhong Ni (CTO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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