# CV VC

> CV VC is a VC fund in Zug backing Blockchain and Software. See 63 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Switzerland
- Total investments: 63
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cvvc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_CV_VC_
- Website: https://cvvc.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CVVCAG/

CV VC is a next generation investment company where cutting-edge blockchain and crypto technology meet traditional venture capital. Based in the heart of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley, the company invests in all stages of crypto and blockchain development, from incubation to growth capital and has its own thriving ecosystem. CV VC is the leadingblockchain advisory team in Crypto Valley. It covers critical stages of start-up life, including business model development, technology assessment & token model, communication strategy, and attracting capital and strategic partnerships.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for CV VC. Shizune tracks 7 team members at CV VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cv-vc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $146k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$800k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 25 | 40% |
| Software | 12 | 19% |
| FinTech | 10 | 16% |
| Cryptocurrency | 9 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 14% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 21% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 13% |
| Germany | 5 | 8% |
| South Africa | 3 | 5% |
| Poland | 2 | 3% |

17 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mathias Ruch | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathias-ruch |
| Olaf Hannemann | Co-Founder & CIO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olaf-hannemann |
| Gideon Greaves | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gideon-greaves |
| Lukas Etter | Co-Head of Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukas-etter |
| Nicolai Reinbold | Ecosystem & Incubation Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolai-reinbold |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orca Fraud | Africa's first fraud orchestration platform | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 08, 2026 |  |
| TurnStay | TurnStay helps travel industry to radically reduce payment costs and improve conversion. | $1.9M | Seed | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| Reppo Labs | Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 17, 2025 |  |
| fija Finance GmbH | Fija offers a compliant, easy and transparent crypto earn product for resellers and institutional investors. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 05, 2024 |  |
| Mycel | Mycel is a decentralized cross-chain asset management platform with an intent-based token transfer layer. |  | Seed | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $1M | Seed | May 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 |  |
| Manifest | Manifest is the simplest way for investors worldwide to access institutional-grade U.S. real estate through onchain ownership. |  | Angel | Dec 31, 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 | $400K | Seed | Aug 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 |  |

10 of 63 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CV Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cv-labs) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Franklin Templeton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franklin-templeton-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AquilaDirekt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiladirekt) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ausum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ausum-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Basics Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basics-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CV VC invest in?

CV VC invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 63 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 CV VC's check size?

CV VC typically joins rounds of $146k–$4M at Seed and $125k–$800k 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 CV VC participates in.

### How do I contact CV VC?

Public channels for CV VC 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 CV VC?

The team at CV VC includes Mathias Ruch (Founder & CEO), Olaf Hannemann (Co-Founder & CIO) and Gideon Greaves (Managing Director), among 7 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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