# Dan Patterson

> Dan Patterson is a seed investor at Sfermion backing Cryptocurrency, Music and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sfermion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sfermion)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-patterson-9482a571

Dan Patterson is a General Partner at Sfermion and a Managing Partner at Polynexus Capital, a Chicago-based digital asset fund. The firm invests in early-stage, liquid products that are laying the groundwork for the future decentralized economy. Prior to joining the cryptoasset space full-time, he spent four years working at a private equity firmin Hong Kong, responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and executing transaction opportunities for the firm. Dan’s primary experience focuses on small-cap, growth-stage investments in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.Dan’s cryptoasset journey began in 2013, while studying engineering and finance at Duke University. Ethereum’s growing reputation, as a platform for decentralized applications, convinced him that a new type of capital market was forming. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to understanding and investing in this novel asset class.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 50% |
| Music | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| South Korea | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anichess | Anichess develops a decentralized chess game. | $1.8M | Seed | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| Today | Today is a Web3 social simulation game, offering interactions with GenAI backed NPCs, and no-code tools for virtual world development. | $5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2024 |  |
| BeatConnect | BeatConnect is a Montreal software company that focuses on the development, and commercialization of remote collaboration software for music producers and musicians. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Modhaus | Modhaus is an open architecture K-Pop agency dedicated to leading the global music industry. The firm is committed to establishing a fan-centered entertainment system. It strives to work diligently to ensure that our fans are involved in significant stages of production through encouragement and proactive communication. The company focuses oncontent and entertainment that encourages fan participation. | $7.9M | Series A | Nov 13, 2023 |  |
| Lore | a social investing economy enabled by web3 | $4M | Seed | Oct 07, 2022 |  |
| Solv Protocol | Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. As its first Financial NFT product, Vesting Vouchers are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, thus releasing their liquidity and enabling financial scenarios such as fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management forcrypto projects. | $4M | Seed | Aug 30, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [seedclub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SNZ Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snz-holding) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sfermion

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Sfermion is a metaverse-native firm investing in esoteric digital assets.

3 contacts available at Sfermion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Steinwold | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-steinwold |
| Dan Patterson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-patterson-e1c0 |
| Grant Gryska | Head Of Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-gryska-691a |

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## FAQ

### What does Dan Patterson invest in?

Dan Patterson invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Music and FinTech 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 Dan Patterson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dan Patterson closed in Apr 2024. 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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