# CitizenX

> CitizenX is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizenx-co
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CitizenXcrypto
- Website: https://www.citizenx.co/

CitizenX is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Citizen X is a thesis-driven venture fund investing in Web 3.0 and decentralized technologies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for CitizenX. Shizune tracks 2 team members at CitizenX. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/citizenx-crypto-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9M |
| Series A | $4.4M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 9 | 53% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 35% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| Web3 | 2 | 12% |
| Gaming | 2 | 12% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 65% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 6% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emilio DiSanluciano | Co-founder, General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilio-disanluciano |
| Michael Tant | Co-founder, General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-tant |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Button | Button makes it easy to do more with your Bitcoin | $5.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Infrared Finance | Infrared Finance is a proof-of-liquidity protocol that enables liquidity staking within the Berachain ecosystem using Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL). | $14M | Series A | Mar 04, 2025 |  |
| Cabal | Cabal is an innovative protocol that effectively generates revenue while operating on the robust initial layer 1 network. | $3M |  | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| Canopy | Canopy is a DeFi platform built on Movement that leverages a dynamically balanced dual-token ecosystem of $LEAF and $OAK, as well as the ability for users to offer liquidity with single asset deposits. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Ooga Booga | Ooga Booga is a liquidity aggregator designed to support the goal of becoming the most capital efficient blockchain. | $1M | Seed | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Infrared Finance | Infrared Finance is a proof-of-liquidity protocol that enables liquidity staking within the Berachain ecosystem using Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL). | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Aethir | Aethir’s Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure (DCI) is the framework that unbinds the macro trajectory of the AI and gaming industry, from the walled garden resources of the incumbent cloud hegemony.Aethir's make complex cloud resources more accessible. | $9M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| Berachain | Berachain claims that its technology will enable staked assets to be utilised in DeFi protocols, increasing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency. Staked assets, such as staked ether (ETH), are now locked while being utilised to safeguard the underlying blockchain's network. Berachain claims that its "proof of liquidity"consensus will allow users to stake assets on Berachain while also trading, borrowing, or lending on-chain. | $42M | Series A | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Fungify | Fungify is a non-custodial NFT index and algorithmic lending protocol that enables instant NFT sales, immediate NFT-backed loans, and the creation of a yield-bearing NFT index token. Fungify solves the most difficult problems at the intersection of NFTs and DeFi with a small set of elegant primitives. | $6M | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| MynaSwap | Myna Swap is a platform built by collectors, for collectors, that empowers goods to be traded beyond their physical form. MynaSwap allows users to trade in real-time with other collectors around the globe without the hassle of managing the logistics of physical assets. Myna's Avalanche-native platform allows you to trade collectibles inreal-time with both digital and fiat currencies, low latency, and industry-low fees. Support for other chains such as Ethereum, Polygon and more coming soon. | $6M | Seed | Oct 04, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [dao5](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dao-5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures-3169) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ethereal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethereal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flow ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flow-ventures-4a25) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CitizenX invest in?

CitizenX invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 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 CitizenX's check size?

CitizenX typically joins rounds of $1M–$9M at Seed and $4.4M–$42M 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 CitizenX participates in.

### How do I contact CitizenX?

Public channels for CitizenX 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 CitizenX?

The team at CitizenX includes Emilio DiSanluciano (Co-founder, General Partner) and Michael Tant (Co-founder, General 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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