# EMURGO

> EMURGO is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emurgo_io/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/emurgo_io
- Website: https://www.emurgo.io/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emurgo.io/

EMURGO is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Emurgo develops, support, and incubate commercial ventures on Cardano.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for EMURGO. Shizune tracks 4 team members at EMURGO. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/emurgo?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 15 | 47% |
| Cryptocurrency | 9 | 28% |
| FinTech | 5 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 16% |
| Finance | 4 | 13% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 22% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 9% |
| France | 2 | 6% |
| Ireland | 2 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 6% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Omar Mawloud | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omar-mawloud |
| Bill Decker | Chief Marketing Officer, CRO, and GM of NFT Business, Cardano | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-decker |
| Kenji Sasaki | Corporate Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-sasaki-8335 |
| Venkatesan Ellappan | Chief Executive Officer, India | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venkatesan-ellappan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helix Labs | Decentralized Finance Focused Universal ZK Rollup | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Humanity Protocol | Humanity Protocol developing Proof of Humanity as a novel feature of Humanity Protocol to provide developers with unique-human authentication mechanisms, and users complete ownership over data and identity. | $30M | Seed | May 15, 2024 |  |
| NMKR | NMKR is an NFT infrastructure tool for brands and companies to create, mint, and trade NFTs. |  |  | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| NMKR | NMKR is an NFT infrastructure tool for brands and companies to create, mint, and trade NFTs. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| NMKR | NMKR is an NFT infrastructure tool for brands and companies to create, mint, and trade NFTs. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Port3 | Port3 is a Web3 social data portal developer. | $10M | Seed | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| MetaCene | MetaCene is a blockchain company that aims to create an accessible Web3 world for the masses, with a focus on player-centric entertainment. | $5M | Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| LunarCrush | Discover how social media impacts cryptocurrency markets. | $5M | Series A | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Peri Labs | SuperSight (https://supersight.xyz/), a UK-based start-up, is building crypto-specific Large Language Models (LLMs) to revolutionise the way we interact with crypto data. With 420 million crypto users but only 30,000 able to code for onchain insights, SuperSight bridges the gap, enabling easy access to information from a range ofboth on-chain and off-chain sources like Discord, Telegram, Twitter, Mirror, Podcast Transcripts, and news sites. Beyond just collecting data, SuperSight uses AI to improve the search experience, making it personalised, accurate, and ultimately, more insightful. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Helix Labs | Decentralized Finance Focused Universal ZK Rollup |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adaverse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adaverse) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everest Ventures Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everest-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does EMURGO invest in?

EMURGO invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 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 EMURGO?

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### Who are the partners at EMURGO?

The team at EMURGO includes Omar Mawloud (Investor), Bill Decker (Chief Marketing Officer, CRO, and GM of NFT Business, Cardano) and Kenji Sasaki (Corporate Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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