# Dennis Porto

> Dennis Porto is a seed investor at Self-Employed backing Financial Services. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Self-Employed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/self-employed-14)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pourteaux
- Website: http://www.dennisaporto.com

Dennis Porto is a seed-stage investor in tech companies leveraging frontier technology like bitcoin, AI, and IoT.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Exchanges | 2 | 100% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bahrain | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rain | Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange operating in the Middle East. |  | Seed | Jan 24, 2019 |  |
| SparkSwap | SparkSwap is the first cryptocurrency exchange built on the Lightning Network. It reduces counterparty risk by combining the best of both centralized and decentralized exchanges. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Storm Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/schindleram-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vision-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Self-Employed

VC Fund · Fort Lauderdale, United States

A Crunhbase collection of Self-Employed individuals.

5 contacts available at Self-Employed.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amanda Finatti | Digital Influencer; Musician | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-finatti |
| David Alessi - Lawyer | Lawyer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-alessi-lawyer |
| David Hansen | Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hansen |
| Dennis Porto | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-porto |
| Matte Scheinker | Product Leadership Advisor & Coach | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matte-scheinker |

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## FAQ

### What does Dennis Porto invest in?

Dennis Porto invests primarily in Financial Services, Financial Exchanges and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bahrain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dennis Porto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dennis Porto closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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