# Chainlink

> Chainlink is a VC fund in Grand Cayman backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chain-linklabs/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chainlink
- Website: https://chain.link/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chainlink.smartcontract

Chainlink is a web3 services platform that connects people, businesses, and data to the blockchain.

## Contacts

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$6.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.9M–$2M |
| Series A | $2.4M–$44M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 37% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 32% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 32% |
| FinTech | 5 | 26% |
| Web3 | 3 | 16% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 47% |
| Series A | 3 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 11% |
| Grant | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 26% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Estonia | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Hungary | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Magauran | Director of Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-magauran |
| Daniel Kochis | Global Head of BD & Partnerships | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-kochis |
| Daniel Kochis | Global Head of BD & Partnerships | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-kochis |
| Johann Eid | VP of Go-To-Market | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johann-eid |
| Sergey Nazarov | Co - Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergey-nazarov |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ethereum Institutional | Ethereum Institutional is a non-profit organization that focuses on increasing institutional use of the Ethereum ecosystem, including its Layer 2 networks and applications. The organization provides institutional education and engagement for banks, asset managers, custodians, fintechs, market infrastructures, and public institutions evaluatingEthereum. It produces neutral research explaining how Ethereum works, its development roadmap, and its implications for institutional users. Ethereum Institutional also coordinates ecosystem marketing around ETH and real-world deployments to inform institutional strategies. In addition, it gathers industry requirements for tokenization, custody, and settlement on Ethereum and convenes events where institutions and Ethereum ecosystem stakeholders can discuss priorities and implementation approaches. |  | Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Pharos | Pharos incorporates effective blockchain technology into real-world asset verticals and decentralized finance. Pharos Network is promoting trustless innovations that benefit asset markets and underprivileged communities, bolstering the global economy of the future and facilitating the widespread use of Web3 technologies. | $44M | Series A | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| MAIGA | MAIGA platform leverages AI to automate and optimize DeFi trading and compliance operations using technologies such as MCP, trusted execution environments (TEE), and multimodal AI. | $2M | Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| ThirdFi | ThirdFi specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to facilitate the development, trading, investment, and management of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. With a focus on multi-chain interoperability, ThirdFi offers an API, SDK, and developer tools aimed at enhancing the DeFi ecosystem. The platformsupports liquidity provision and token reward earning through its Earn API, catering to developers looking to build in the Web3 space. ThirdFi's infrastructure is tailored for the evolving needs of web3 finance, enabling seamless integration and operation across various blockchain networks. | $2M | Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| ThirdFi | ThirdFi specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to facilitate the development, trading, investment, and management of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. With a focus on multi-chain interoperability, ThirdFi offers an API, SDK, and developer tools aimed at enhancing the DeFi ecosystem. The platformsupports liquidity provision and token reward earning through its Earn API, catering to developers looking to build in the Web3 space. ThirdFi's infrastructure is tailored for the evolving needs of web3 finance, enabling seamless integration and operation across various blockchain networks. | $2M | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Theoriq | Theoriq is a platform for unbounded AI innovation with a modular AI agent base layer. | $6.2M | Seed | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Hemera | Hemera Protocol is a decentralized account-centric programmable indexing network. | $2.6M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Galaxis | Galaxis maintains an engagement platform that aims to transform and strengthen the relationship between creators and their communities. The company's platform assists creators by injecting simple NFTs with unique utilities that can expand and alter. | $10M | Initial Coin Offering | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Superlogic | OneOf is a new green NFT platform built specifically for the music community. | $13.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| QuantAMM | QuantAMM is supplying the liquidity and enhanced cryptocurrency exposure, conventional goods. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SNZ Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snz-holding) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CSP DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csp-dao) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HashKey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey-capital-9c60) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Outlier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outlier-ventures-ltd-llp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alphabit Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphabit-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CoinSwitch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinswitch) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Chainlink invest in?

Chainlink invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Chainlink's check size?

Chainlink typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$6.2M at Seed, $1.9M–$2M at Pre-Seed and $2.4M–$44M 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 Chainlink participates in.

### How do I contact Chainlink?

Public channels for Chainlink 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 Chainlink?

The team at Chainlink includes Brendan Magauran (Director of Operations), Daniel Kochis (Global Head of BD & Partnerships) and Daniel Kochis (Global Head of BD & Partnerships), 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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