# Dean Thomas

> Dean Thomas is a seed investor in Calgary backing Sports, FinTech and Gambling. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Dean Thomas is a seed investor in Calgary focused on Sports and FinTech. Dean Thomas

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Gambling | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Open Source | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DuelNow | DuelNow offers bookie-free sports betting. At DuelNow you can create crypto bets, set your odds, and win on your terms. | $11M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Swim | Swim provides a simple way to transfer tokens across chains via multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole. No more delays, centralized bridges, or wrapped assets. | $4M | Seed | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Mizar | Mizar makes crypto trading simple and accessible to everyone. On Mizar, you can manage and automate your orders on different exchanges from a single place or copy successful traders and perform as they do. Mizar is subscription-free, that means you will never be asked to pay any monthly or fixed fee. | $3M | Seed | Feb 25, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DOUBLETOP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-top) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evolve Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolve-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FTX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-exchange) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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- [All Investors in Costa Rica](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-costa-rica)
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## FAQ

### What does Dean Thomas invest in?

Dean Thomas invests primarily in Sports, FinTech and Gambling startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Costa Rica. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dean Thomas's check size?

Dean Thomas typically joins rounds of $3M–$11M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dean Thomas participates in.

### When did Dean Thomas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dean Thomas closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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