# Changpeng Zhao

> Changpeng Zhao is a corporate round investor at Binance backing Blockchain. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Binance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/binance)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpzhao/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cz_binance
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CZBinancetrading

Changpeng Zhao is a corporate round investor at Binance in Vancouver focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Changpeng Zhao is based out of the United Arab Emirates is the Co-Founder of Binance. Changpeng previously worked at Blockchain.com as a Head of Development. Changpeng Zhao attended McGill University.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Changpeng Zhao: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/changpeng-zhao?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 56% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 33% |
| Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 22% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| China | 1 | 11% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 11% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 11% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MX Global | MX Global is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides bitcoin trading, risk management, and blockchain management services. | $1.6M | Corporate Round | Sep 29, 2022 | https://mxglobal.com.my |
| Sky Mavis | Sky Mavis is a technology company that creates decentralized applications and services. They specialize in the fields of information technology, blockchain, video game, and more. | $150M | Series C | Apr 06, 2022 | https://www.Skymavis.com |
| MX Global | MX Global is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides bitcoin trading, risk management, and blockchain management services. |  | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 01, 2022 | https://mxglobal.com.my |
| Injective | Injective Protocol is a DeFi protocol that is used for cross-chain derivatives trading across a wide range of financial products. By providing the unrestricted and unprecedented ability to express diverse views in the decentralized financial markets, Injective gives individuals the ability to more efficiently allocate capital in the society.Injective Protocol's mission is to create a more free and inclusive financial system through decentralization. | $3.6M | Initial Coin Offering | Oct 21, 2020 | https://injectiveprotocol.com/ |
| 1inch | 1inch Limited builds decentralized protocols and contributes to the development of the 1inch Network. The synergy of 1inch protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol, enables the most lucrative, fastest and protected operations in DeFi. | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 11, 2020 | https://1inch.io/ |
| TokoCrypto | TokoCrypto is building a TokoScape Ecosystem to spread financial freedom and Aims to Indonesia’s crypto ecosystem. |  | Corporate Round | May 12, 2020 | https://tokocrypto.com |
| Mars Finance | Mars Finance is a Chinese news and reports platform focusing on the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector. It provides free and publicly accessible hosting services for blockchain and cryptocurrency reference material, market segments, and online blockchain communities. |  | Series B | Sep 12, 2019 | http://www.huoxing24.com/ |

7 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Divergence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/divergence-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dragonfly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-partners-eed4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FTX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-exchange) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Galaxy Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-digital-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greenfield](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenfield-one) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IOSG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iosg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Binance

VC Fund · Valletta, Malta

Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that facilitates the trading of digital assets. It provides services such as spot and futures trading, a blockchain network for decentralized applications, and a platform for token sales. Binance also offers staking, savings, and liquidity farming options, as well as a payment system for cryptocurrencytransactions. Additionally, it supports the trading and creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

5 contacts available at Binance.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erick Zhang | Former Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erick-zhang |
| Gwendolyn Regina | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gwendolyn-regina-2 |
| HELEN HAI | Head of NFT & Fan Token | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helen-hai |
| Noah Perlman | Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noah-perlman-e9d3 |
| Allen Chen | Business Development & Account Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-chen-95ff |

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## FAQ

### What does Changpeng Zhao invest in?

Changpeng Zhao invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Corporate Round and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Changpeng Zhao?

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### When did Changpeng Zhao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Changpeng Zhao closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 9 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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