# Edessa Capital

> Edessa Capital is a VC fund backing Cryptocurrency, Web3 and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edessacap
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/edessacap
- Website: https://www.edessa.capital

Edessa Capital is a VC fund focused on Cryptocurrency and Web3. A high conviction investment firm backing frontier founders.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$3.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 33% |
| Web3 | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 11% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glacis Labs | Glacis Labs is a middleware protocol. It enables developers to control cross-chain risk. Glacis provides a plug-and-play solution that eliminates the research and decision-making process in cross-chain processes, simplifying interchain execution. | $2.1M | Seed | May 09, 2024 |  |
| Ord.io | Ord.io develops a platform that allows users to explore Bitcoin. It enables users to browse different ordinals and upvote their favorite ones. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Centrifuge | Centrifuge is a decentralized operating system that provides the infrastructure and ecosystem to manage and invest in tokenized assets. Its system is used to power the financial supply chain and foster economic opportunity. It is also used by third-party service providers to create, consume, and interact with the data within the financial supplychain permitting easy creation of apps and functionality, helping businesses to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data. | $15M | Series A | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Inference Labs | Inference Labs is advancing the use of zero-knowledge cryptography to guarantee the computational integrity of off-chain AI models. This approach enables AI operators to safeguard and conceal the Intellectual Property inherent in their Neural Networks, without disclosing the confidential weights and biases of their proprietary models. InferenceLabs is creating a network that aggregates verified intelligence (zk-VIN), offering a suite of tools for owners, users, and operators to efficiently integrate their artificial intelligence using zero-knowledge cryptography. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2024 |  |
| Synnax | Synnax is an artificial intelligence-powered financial platform which helps to forecast financial performance | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Rilla | Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+. | $600K | Angel | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Rilla | Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+. | $600K | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| QED Protocol | QED is the world's first zk-Native blockchain protocol, built to scale trustless computation and privacy for the next generation of the internet. | $3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| Renzo | Renzo is a remote supplier of a DeFi liquid restaking protocol. It is the gateway to the EigenLayer ecosystem, securing Actively Validated Services (AVSs) and providing a larger reward than ETH staking. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 15, 2024 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BitScale Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitscale-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Paper Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paper-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Re7 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/re7-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arrington Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital-9858) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-perfect-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Edessa Capital invest in?

Edessa Capital invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Web3 and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Edessa Capital's check size?

Edessa Capital typically joins rounds of $600k–$3.2M at Seed and $1M–$2.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Edessa Capital participates in.

### When did Edessa Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Edessa Capital closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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