# Craig Burel

> Craig Burel is a seed investor at Reciprocal Ventures backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Reciprocal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reciprocal-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigburel/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CraigBurel
- Website: https://reciprocal.vc

Craig Burel is a seed investor at Reciprocal Ventures in New York focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Craig Burel - Partner @ Reciprocal Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 50% |
| Developer Tools | 2 | 33% |
| Web3 | 1 | 17% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TrueX | TrueX is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange that represents the next stage in crypto markets. | $11M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| TrueX | TrueX is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange that represents the next stage in crypto markets. | $9M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Helius | Helius accelerates the adoption of crypto-powered software. | $9.5M | Series A | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| Ironforge | A serverless Solana development platform. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| Gateway | Gateway is a decentralized protocol for creating, consuming, and displaying verifiable credentials. | $4.2M | Seed | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| The Graph | The Graph is the indexing and query layer of the decentralized web. Developers build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, that applications can query using GraphQL. There is a hosted service in production that makes it easy for developers to get started building on The Graph, and the decentralized network will launch later this year. TheGraph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, POA, and IPFS, with more networks coming soon. To date, ~1,700 subgraphs have been deployed for dApps like Aragon, Uniswap, Synthetix, Balancer, Gnosis, Balancer, Livepeer, and Decentraland. | $50M | Initial Coin Offering | Jan 21, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Solana Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solana-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accomplice Blockchain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-blockchain) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Reciprocal Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Reciprocal is an early-stage venture firm backing the future of web3.

4 contacts available at Reciprocal Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Burel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-burel |
| Ali Sheikh | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-sheikh-004a |
| Elle Leemay Chen | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elle-leemay-chen |
| Michael Steinberg | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-steinberg-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Craig Burel invest in?

Craig Burel invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Developer Tools startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Craig Burel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Craig Burel closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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