# Dino Verbrugge

> Dino Verbrugge is a seed investor at DV Chain backing Bitcoin, FinTech and Ethereum. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DV Chain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dv-chain)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Dino Verbrugge is a seed investor at DV Chain focused on Bitcoin and FinTech. Dino is the Co-Founder of DV Chain. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of DV Trading, a proprietary trading and market making firm based in Chicago, with offices in New York, London, and Toronto.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ShipTop | ShipTop is a multi-channel 3PL partner, providing best in-class order fulfillment and shipping solutions to online merchants. With a technology focused approach, ShipTop provides clients with a comprehensive order and inventory management dashboard to create a seamless logistics ecosystem. | $372.6K | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Newton.co | Newton.co is a cryptocurrency trading platform that buys and sells sell Bitcoin and Ethereum instantly from iPhone, Android, or web apps. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | $19.7M | Series B | Feb 09, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CI Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ci-financial-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Singh Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singh-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Snowdevil Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snowdevil-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tiny Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiny-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About DV Chain

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

DV Chain provides world-class cryptocurrency trading and technology. From easy-to-use, web-based charting and click trading to white glove, specialized algorithmic orders, institutions around the globe depend on DV Chain’s robust, stable tech stack to power and scale their businesses.DV Chain is an affiliate of DV Trading, a Chicago-basedproprietary trading firm and also an affiliate of Independent Trading Group, a Canadian broker-dealer. In 2016, the founders of DV Trading launched DV Chain to adapt the technology and trading strategies employed by DV Trading to bring liquidity to cryptocurrency markets. Since then, DV Chain has become one of the world’s global crypto leaders providing reliable, accessible, and technologically advanced cryptocurrency liquidity solutions.

2 contacts available at DV Chain.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dino Verbrugge | co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dino-verbrugge-6acf |
| Jared Vegosen | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jared-vegosen |

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## FAQ

### What does Dino Verbrugge invest in?

Dino Verbrugge invests primarily in Bitcoin, FinTech and Ethereum startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dino Verbrugge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dino Verbrugge closed in Sep 2024. 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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