# Chao Deng

> Chao Deng is a funding round investor at FalconX (Singapore) backing Credit and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FalconX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falconx)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaodenghkc

Chao Deng is a funding round investor at FalconX in Singapore focused on Credit and FinTech. Chao Deng is the Co-Founder and CEO of HashKey Capital. He previously worked at DataYes Inc. as a Managing Director. Chao Deng attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Lending | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 1 | 25% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Obita | Obita is a B2B financial network that offers stablecoin-driven transactions for enterprises, merchants, and fintechs. | $10M | Angel | Aug 31, 2025 |  |
| Huma Finance | Huma is an Income backed DeFi. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Arf | Arf, a VISA Innovation Program company, is a global #payment network enabling instant and fully compliant fiat-to-fiat #cross-border payments by leveraging regulated stablecoins for #financial institutions, especially EMIs, PIs, MSBs, ewallets, neobanks and digital #remittance companies. |  |  | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Arf | Arf, a VISA Innovation Program company, is a global #payment network enabling instant and fully compliant fiat-to-fiat #cross-border payments by leveraging regulated stablecoins for #financial institutions, especially EMIs, PIs, MSBs, ewallets, neobanks and digital #remittance companies. | $38M | Series A | Sep 11, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TIBAS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/100-y%C4%B1l-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Folius Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/folius-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stellar Development Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stellar) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FalconX

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

FalconX is a digital assets prime brokerage that provides trading, financing, and custody services tailored for financial institutions. The company focuses on facilitating access to global liquidity in the cryptocurrency market. FalconX employs data science techniques to enhance trade execution and optimize efficiency for its clients. The platformsupports a range of digital asset transactions, enabling institutions to manage their investments effectively. By offering comprehensive solutions in the digital asset space, FalconX meets the needs of institutional clients seeking to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading and management.

5 contacts available at FalconX.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jon Kaplan | Revenue and Marketing Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-kaplan-812f |
| Yves Junqueira | Engineering Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yves-junqueira |
| Austin Reid | Chief Of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-reid-03ac |
| Brian Peterson | Director of Quantitative Trading | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-peterson-7 |
| Chao Deng | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chao-deng-69f7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Chao Deng invest in?

Chao Deng invests primarily in Credit, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Funding Round and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chao Deng last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chao Deng closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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