# Electric Ant

> Electric Ant is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electric-ant
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/electricant
- Website: http://electricant.xyz

Electric Ant is an investment firm that invests in crypto technology companies. Electric Ant was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 44% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 31% |
| Apps | 3 | 19% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 19% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 75% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Junee | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-junee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atropos Health | Atropos Health rapidly provides personalized real-world evidence for any clinical decision |  |  | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| Mountaintop Studios | Mountaintop Studios is a game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge. | $20.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| LayerZero Labs | LayerZero Labs is a blockchain messaging protocol developer that allows decentralized applications build across multiple blockchains. The company is a User Application (UA) configurable on-chain endpoint that runs a ULN. | $120M | Series B | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Bezel | Bezel is a technology marketplace that focuses on buying and selling watches. Bezel was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $8M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| Rye | Rye is the company powering the future of agentic commerce. With its Universal Checkout API, Rye enables AI agents and applications to purchase any product online with low latency, high reliability, and minimal developer effort. By abstracting away the complexity of merchant systems, fraud defenses, and payment compliance, Rye provides the checkoutlayer built for AI.Founded in 2021 by Arjun Bhargava (CEO, ex-Reddit) and Justin Kan (co-founder, former Twitch co-founder and Y Combinator partner), Rye is backed by several investors, led by a16z crypto. | $14M | Seed | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| FaceFirst | FaceFirst is a platform that uses face recognition technology to prevent fraud, security risks, and public safety threats. FaceFirst provides face-matching systems for retailers, hospitals, casinos, airports, stadiums, and arenas. FaceFirst’s software leverages artificial intelligence and human oversight to prevent violence, theft, and fraud. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2022 |  |
| Mad Realities | Mad Realities is reimagining entertainment for the modern world, powered by ownership incentives of the new internet. | $6M | Seed | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| GoodCash | GoodCash is a money app that helps users to process payments easily. GoodCash was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Syndicate | Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| Stargate | Stargate is a fully composable liquidity transport protocol that lives at the heart of Omnichain Defi. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Upfront Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upfront-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Electric Ant invest in?

Electric Ant invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Electric Ant?

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### Who are the partners at Electric Ant?

The team at Electric Ant includes Ryan Junee (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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