# Dfinity Beacon Fund

> Dfinity Beacon Fund is a VC fund backing FinTech, Finance and Ethereum. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://dfinity.org/ecosystem/fund/

Dfinity Beacon Fund is a VC fund focused on FinTech and Finance. Dfinity Beacon Fund invests early in strong teams who can launch and grow the open internet services and decentralized financial systems of the future. The fund is managed by Polychain Capital with additional backing from Andreessen Horowitz and the DFINITY Foundation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Peer to Peer | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enso Finance | Enso Finance is a Defi tool for creating permissionless trading strategies. It’s hoping to make Defi more frictionless and accessible. | $5M |  | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Enso Finance | Enso Finance is a Defi tool for creating permissionless trading strategies. It’s hoping to make Defi more frictionless and accessible. | $5M | Seed | Apr 13, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Multicoin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/multicoin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [P2P Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p2p-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The LAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-lao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Spartan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-spartan-group-4202) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zola Global Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zola-global-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Dfinity Beacon Fund invest in?

Dfinity Beacon Fund invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Ethereum startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dfinity Beacon Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dfinity Beacon Fund closed in Apr 2021. 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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