# Emil Woods

> Emil Woods is a seed investor at Liberty City Ventures (New York) backing Blockchain and FinTech. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Liberty City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-city-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 79%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emil-woods-4a548669

Emil Woods is a seed investor at Liberty City Ventures in New York focused on Blockchain and FinTech. Emil Woods - Partner @ Liberty City Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 43% |
| FinTech | 4 | 29% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 21% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canton Strategic Holdings | Hillstream BioPharma is a development-stage company advancing improved therapies for patients with cancer via a unique QUATRAMERTM nanoparticle platform. This unique technology enables intranuclear and intracellular delivery of small molecules, peptides, genes, other macromolecules and biologics to the tumor cello, while significantly minimizingexposure to normal tissues. | $545M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| LendOS | Right Pedal LendOS is a SaaS/Managed Service fintech company aiming to modernize the way financial institutions provide companies with debt financing around the world. It is founded on modern technology that is easily adoptable, adaptable and scalable; driving liquidity, efficiency and profitability in the lending space. | $8M | Series A | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| mmERCH | mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup. | $6.4M | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| LendOS | Right Pedal LendOS is a SaaS/Managed Service fintech company aiming to modernize the way financial institutions provide companies with debt financing around the world. It is founded on modern technology that is easily adoptable, adaptable and scalable; driving liquidity, efficiency and profitability in the lending space. | $3M | Seed | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| LendOS | Right Pedal LendOS is a SaaS/Managed Service fintech company aiming to modernize the way financial institutions provide companies with debt financing around the world. It is founded on modern technology that is easily adoptable, adaptable and scalable; driving liquidity, efficiency and profitability in the lending space. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $75M | Series C | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Zigazoo | Zigazoo is a rapidly growing social media brand featuring the recently launched Generation Z-focused Zigazoo app and Zigazoo Kids, which launched in 2020 and has since become the world’s largest social network for Generation Alpha. Zigazoo makes screentime healthier, safer and more creative. The video-first apps have empowered millions to expresstheir authentic selves within a positive social media environment and has become a priority destination for top tier creator talent, celebrities, and best-in-class brands including the NBA, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix, and WWE.Since launch in 2020, Zigazoo has been backed by the NBA, Liberty City Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Causeway Media Partners, Serena Ventures, Talis Capital, Wheelhouse Entertainment, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Charli & Dixie D’Amelio, and Jimmy Kimmel, and many more tech and entertainment heavyweights. | $17M | Series A | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| DoraHacks | DoraHacks is a global hackathon organizer and a multi-chain Web3 developer platform. DoraHacks partners with over 40 Web3 ecosystems, such as Solana, Polygon, and Avalanche, to provide infrastructure for open-source communities and foster blockchain technology innovations. The company offers various tools and services, including hackathons, bountyprograms, quadratic funding, and privacy voting mechanisms, all aimed at supporting the development and governance of decentralized applications. | $20M | Series B | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Solidus Labs | Solidus Labs is an information technology company that provides a machine learning-powered trade surveillance and transaction monitoring infrastructure tailored for digital assets. It features a SaaS web-based dashboard, that enables its clients to detect, investigate, and address suspicious activity in blockchain-based asset trading.The companywas founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $45M | Series B | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Fasset | Fasset is a global digital asset gateway that brings unparalleled accessibility to the digital asset space. Through our simple, safe and innovative digital assets, we provide people in emerging markets the opportunity to build a better future. We are pioneering web3 technologies and driving adoption of digital assets for the next billion. | $22M | Series A | Apr 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [50T Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10t-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Declaration Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/declaration-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FTX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Galaxy Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-digital-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scopely](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scopely) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Liberty City Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Liberty City Ventures is a seed-stage fund headquartered in New York City. They invest in startups that are innovating at the cross-sections of technology, media, and commerce. Liberty City Ventures began operations in the summer of 2012 and is led by experienced technology executives and investors.They start backing promising startups at anearly stage so they can provide value and resources throughout their lifetime and fuel further growth. They commit a percentage of each partner’s time to provide value-added services to their portfolio companies using our expertise in PR, marketing, management, and operations.In addition to its general fund, Liberty City Ventures also has a dedicated Digital Currency Fund with a focus on Bitcoin. They invest in and support companies that are building the infrastructure, products, and services that will become the foundation of a new digital currency.

3 contacts available at Liberty City Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emil Woods | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emil-woods |
| Charles Cascarilla | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-cascarilla |
| Murtaza Akbar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murtaza-akbar |

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## FAQ

### What does Emil Woods invest in?

Emil Woods invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Emil Woods last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Emil Woods closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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?

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