# DG Lab

> DG Lab is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 26%
- Fund size: $1.8B
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dg-lab/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dglab_official?lang=en
- Website: https://www.dglab.com/en/

DG Lab is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. DG Lab Fund is a unique, non-conventional venture capital fund that combines both investment and world-class R&D capabilities to dramatically accelerate and incubate its investments. The fund focuses on five core technologies, including blockchain, AR/VR, AI, security, and BioHealth.DG Lab Fund is focused on blockchain, AR/VR, AI,security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, which often overlap or serve as an application layer.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$12M |
| Series A | $2.6M–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 26% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 26% |
| Bitcoin | 5 | 22% |
| FinTech | 5 | 22% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |

60 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 26% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 9 | 39% |
| United States | 9 | 39% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Junichi Nakajima | Executive Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junichi-nakajima |
| Kaoru Hayashi | President and Group CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaoru-hayashi |
| Masahito Okuma | Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CSO | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahito-okuma |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Satoshi Energy | Satoshi Energy is a provider of data-driven insights and power contracts for bitcoin miners. It provides high fidelity, data-driven insights into all aspects of the electric power and bitcoin mining markets in order to finance and manage differentiated bitcoin mining opportunities. Satoshi Energy was founded in 2018 and is based in Houston, TX. | $2.4M | Seed | Oct 25, 2021 |  |
| Turion Space | Turion Space provides a spacecraft to remove orbital debris and services to existing satellites. The spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with current satellites and large debris objects using vision sensors and robotic arms. Utilizing the onboard propulsion system, the spacecraft will either deorbit or change the orbit of the debris object orsatellite. | $6.2M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| 1plusX, a TripleLift company | We empower publishers and advertisers to take control of their first-party assets to drive business results. Our real-time data management, data clean room, and CTV solutions converge to help customers engage their audiences with more meaningful and personalized content and advertising. We support publishers in monetizing their inventory andoptimize advertisers’ marketing performance through data. So far, we’ve enhanced the marketing performance of companies around the world including Axel Springer, BI Garage, Le Figaro, South China Morning Post, and Tegna. Founded in 2014, we’re a global MarTech company operating in Europe, Asia, and the US. 1plusX is built on the principles of collaboration, trust, privacy, and transparency. From our technology all the way to our customers, we value our partnerships to stay forward-thinking and adaptable in the ever-changing digital media ecosystem. | $7.8M | Series B | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| Pafin | Cryptact is a technology company providing solutions and platforms utilizing blockchains, smart contracts and virtual currencies. | $56.7M | Series A | Dec 10, 2020 |  |
| G-Next | G NEXT is an Information Technology based company. | $36.9M |  | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Idein | Idein is a company specializing in AI technology, with the objective of allowing all real-world events to be managed by software through the use of pattern recognition and signal processing technologies. The firm focuses on creating machine learning models, application applications, and enhancing inference speed. Inference of trained models can beexecuted on affordable, commercially available computers by utilizing acceleration technology. Idein offers Actcast, which was developed to address the necessity for a marketplace and simplified access to real-world information gathering applications from various vendors. This initiative aims to provide a cohesive UI/UX and to lower costs by consolidating devices and infrastructure, thereby facilitating the implementation of advanced technology. | $19.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| WATASHIHA | WATASHIHA is a communication company. | $797.5K | Seed | Oct 02, 2020 |  |
| Curv | Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets.The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions.Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed.Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018. | $23M | Series A | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| River | River Financial is a challenger financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services. River Financial's flagship product, a Bitcoin brokerage, provides sophisticated retail investors with a high-touch platform to buy and sell Bitcoin.Founded in 2019 by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson, River's brokerage product providesits clients with best-in-class security, a world-class client service experience, and investment performance tools such as cost basis tracking. | $5.7M | Seed | Jun 17, 2020 |  |
| Zehitomo | Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers. | $7.6M | Series B | Jun 11, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does DG Lab invest in?

DG Lab invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is DG Lab's check size?

DG Lab typically joins rounds of $700k–$12M at Seed and $2.6M–$57M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DG Lab participates in.

### How do I contact DG Lab?

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### Who are the partners at DG Lab?

The team at DG Lab includes Junichi Nakajima (Executive Manager), Kaoru Hayashi (President and Group CEO) and Masahito Okuma (Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CSO). 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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