# CV Labs

> CV Labs is a VC fund in Zug backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 77%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cv-labs/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cv_labs?lang=en
- Website: https://cvlabs.com/

CV Labs is a VC fund in Zug focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. CV Labs is the ecosystem business of CV VC. We combine coworking, a variety of events, and advisory activities to create a unique global blockchain ecosystem.For CV VC`s incubation investments, we run our own 3-month incubation program specifically tailored to blockchain startups. With access to the foremost thinkers in the sector,technologists, the wealthy, and a supportive infrastructure of service providers, startups leave the program ready to take on the world.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 27% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 9% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 9% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 50% |
| Seed | 4 | 18% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 3 | 14% |
| Kenya | 2 | 9% |
| South Africa | 2 | 9% |
| Egypt | 1 | 5% |
| Ghana | 1 | 5% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Ramamoorthy | Expert | 0 | — |
| Mathias Ruch | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathias-ruch |
| Nicolai Reinbold | Co-Head | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolai-reinbold |
| Olaf Hannemann | Co-Founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olaf-hannemann |
| Paresh Daya | Mentor | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Myaza | Myaza lets users send money across Africa instantly, with AI-powered tools, virtual USD cards, and support for 100+ currencies. | $180K | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Trendx | TX is a disruptive fintech platform revolutionizing the way physical assets are tokenized and traded. Our innovative solution empowers businesses to unlock liquidity and raise capital for expansion through the issuance of fixed income and equity tokens. With a seamless user experience, robust security measures, and blockchain technology at itscore. | $100K | Grant | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Jamit | Jamit is an audio and entertainment platform for listeners to discover the next generation of storytellers and for creators to go from creation to monetization, using the power of Web3. It develops a podcast platform with interactive features and monetization tools for creators to drive listener metrics. | $135K | Pre-Seed | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Shamba Records | Shamba Records is a distributed ledger that runs on Blockchain technology that uses big data and artificial intelligence to collect farmer’s data and process payments to farmers. It picks, categorizes, and predicts the farmer’s cycle in order to make informed decisions on the gaps, challenges, and opportunities in the agriculture space in Africa.Shamba Records helps to create transparency through emerging technologies to the African farmer. Shamba Records Increase earnings and maintain accurate data for over 600 million farmers in Africa. | $135K | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Rafiki | Rafiki is a B2B SaaS that helps specialist independent talent and agencies in Africa earn more through collaboration. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Villcaso | Villcaso provides a home equity-backed currency that offers a Defi product for crypto investors. The company's innovative protocol lets homeowners swap their home equity for a stable crypto token that's cumulatively backed by the equity of every home that goes through this transaction. The token can be liquidated immediately for cash, orused throughout the DeFi ecosystem. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Ivorypay | Ivorypay is a crypto payment gateway that enables businesses to get paid in stable cryptocurrency and leverage Defi and NFT for growth.Our goal is simply to create a blockchain based payment solution that powers seamless and cheap cross-border transactions in Africa without FX restrictions and also create better spend use cases for theexponentially growing base of crypto adopters on the continent. | $460K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Lawyerd | Lawyerd! is fully automatically found infringements, finding responsible for hosting bodies, formulating complaints, adding evidence of the violation, and sending completed complaints in 3 seconds. Also, our clients can store their products on our platform and put the information into the blockchain when products are created | $800K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Ivorypay | Ivorypay is a crypto payment gateway that enables businesses to get paid in stable cryptocurrency and leverage Defi and NFT for growth.Our goal is simply to create a blockchain based payment solution that powers seamless and cheap cross-border transactions in Africa without FX restrictions and also create better spend use cases for theexponentially growing base of crypto adopters on the continent. | $135K | Pre-Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Ivorypay | Ivorypay is a crypto payment gateway that enables businesses to get paid in stable cryptocurrency and leverage Defi and NFT for growth.Our goal is simply to create a blockchain based payment solution that powers seamless and cheap cross-border transactions in Africa without FX restrictions and also create better spend use cases for theexponentially growing base of crypto adopters on the continent. | $135K | Pre-Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CV VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cv-vc) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Expert Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expert-dojo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Fashion Technology Accelerator Milan — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hatcher+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatcher) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jobtech Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jobtech-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CV Labs invest in?

CV Labs invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact CV Labs?

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### Who are the partners at CV Labs?

The team at CV Labs includes Daniel Ramamoorthy (Expert), Mathias Ruch (Co-Founder) and Nicolai Reinbold (Co-Head), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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