# Cointelegraph

> Cointelegraph is a VC fund in New York backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cointelegraph
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cointelegraph
- Website: https://cointelegraph.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cointelegraph

Cointelegraph is a completely independent publication covering cryptocurrency, the blockchain, decentralized applications, the internet of finance and the next gen web. We offer the latest news, prices, breakthroughs and analysis with emphasis on expert opinion and commentary from the digital currency community.The world of digital currenciesflourishes with the greater fervor with each passing day. With an increasing number of businesses, entrepreneurs, startups and consumers adopting this technology, we are proud to spend every day at work and play increasing awareness of the many intricacies and advantages offered by these innovations.About one thing we are certain: it is increasingly important to educate oneself in and be aware of new financial and technological innovations. Cointelegraph welcomes you.Cointelegraph was founded in 2013 when cryptocurrency was about to hit a peak. We could see clearly the market for information in this vertical would be growing and understood the potential for our media group to establish ourselves as the trusted information source for this niche. In 4 years, we have become a known leader in the cryptocurrency information market.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Cointelegraph. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Cointelegraph. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cointelegraph?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$14M |
| Grant | $10k–$10k |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 27% |
| Web3 | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Grant | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aleksander Raserei | Head of Publishers and Artists | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksander-raserei |
| Elissa Shevinsky | Chief Product & Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elissa-shevinsky |
| Joseph Young | Analyst | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-young-96f6 |
| Kristina Lucrezia Corner | Managing Editor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-lucrezia-corner |
| Stephen Chase | Strategic Partnerships and Board Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-chase |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bloom | Bloom is creating the social layer for modern finance, transforming your performance into social content that others can discover, replicate, and learn from. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| Datagram | Datagram is an AI-driven, decentralized infrastructure platform operating as a DePIN baselayer. The company provides a live, scalable node network for launching custom DePIN networks and real-world decentralized applications, with cost savings over traditional cloud providers. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Quranium | Quranium (founded in early 2024) is the world’s first Convergence Layer, a Layer‑1 blockchain infrastructure purpose-built to fuse quantum security, AI-native automation, and EVM compatibility. Headquartered in Switzerland with offices in UAE (DMCC) and Singapore, it leverages post-quantum cryptography (NIST-approved SLH‑DSA, ML‑KEM) andhigh-performance PoS consensus to create an uncrackable, intelligent, and scalable foundation for Web3 Quranium is designed for a post-quantum world, it delivers an uncrackable, intelligent, and scalable decentralized infrastructure. Quranium is not just a blockchain — it’s the foundation for a new era where quantum, AI, and Web3 converge securely and seamlessly. | $10K | Grant | Jun 13, 2025 |  |
| SynergyAI | SynergyAI is The AI Toolkit for the Blockchain. | $10K | Grant | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Fanton | Fanton Fantasy Football is an engaging online game that uses NFTs and the prospect of earning cryptocurrencies brings an exciting new dimension to the game. It allows users to form and manage football teams by picking player cards. | $1M | Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| REVOX | REVOX is a permissionless network that enables AI dApp development using composable AI agents, an enhancement upon the original ReadON. | $6M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| U2U Network | U2U Network is a next-generation blockchain system built for scalability and real-world applications. | $13.8M | Seed | May 24, 2024 |  |
| Plena Finance | Plena Finance is a mobile application for cryptocurrencies and NFTs. It also offers lending, borrowing, liquidity pools, variable asset vaults, NFT marketplace, staking, and DeFi notification, as well as being interoperable and gasless, allowing users to manage and perform a wide range of financial transactions. | $5M | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E-magine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-magine-ventures-0d91) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IBC Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibc-group-dd94) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JDI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jdi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LayerZero Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/layerzero-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Outlier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outlier-ventures-ltd-llp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Cointelegraph invest in?

Cointelegraph invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Cointelegraph's check size?

Cointelegraph typically joins rounds of $100k–$14M at Seed, $10k–$10k at Grant and $1.2M–$4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cointelegraph participates in.

### How do I contact Cointelegraph?

Public channels for Cointelegraph 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 Cointelegraph?

The team at Cointelegraph includes Aleksander Raserei (Head of Publishers and Artists), Elissa Shevinsky (Chief Product & Technology Officer) and Joseph Young (Analyst), among 10 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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