# Diplo

> Diplo is a VC fund backing Tobacco, Internet and Wholesale. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://diplo.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diplo

Diplo is a social media based site

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tobacco | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Wholesale | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kled AI | Nitrility is a platform facilitating the peer-to-peer transfer of intellectual property (IP) rights and licenses, which include materials protected under copyright, trademark, and patent. On Nitrility, all transactions are handled through smart contracts, and licenses are sold as verifiable tokens with an immutable transaction history, providing alayer of authentication and transparency previously unseen in the industry. Exchange and authentication of rights and licenses, which used to take weeks, now take seconds. | $7M | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Sesh+ | Sesh+ sells innovative risk-reduced nicotine products with a mission of eliminating tobacco related harm. |  |  | Sep 04, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cox Exponential](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cox-exponential) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Electric Feel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electric-feel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K5 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k5-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Parable VC — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Diplo invest in?

Diplo invests primarily in Tobacco, Internet and Wholesale startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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 Diplo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Diplo closed in Mar 2026. 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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