Erik Voorhees
Founder @ Venice
Zug, Switzerland
Erik Voorhees is a seed investor at Venice in Zug focused on Bitcoin and FinTech. Erik Voorhees is based out of United States and is the Founder of Venice. Erik previously worked at ShapeShift as a CEO & Founder. Erik Voorhees attended the University of Puget Sound.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Erik Voorhees invests in
Stages Erik Voorhees invests in
Countries Erik Voorhees invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $600k–$4M
- Series A
- $10M–$14M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Bitcoin 3 (38%)
- FinTech 3 (38%)
- Blockchain 3 (38%)
- Software 2 (25%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (63%)
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- Sweden 2 (25%)
- United States 2 (25%)
- Germany 1 (13%)
- United Kingdom 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Nordic Air Defence maintains democratic values, which are essential to both societal stability and human advancement in a world that is changing quickly. | $1.3M / Seed / Nov 12, 2024 | ||
| Citrea is the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero-knowledge technology, making it possible to build everything on Bitcoin. | $14M / Series A / Oct 31, 2024 | ||
| Start9 Labs develops EmbassyOS, a graphical operating system for running self-hosted software.The plug-and-play personal server offers one-click installation and a simple configuration of open source software services that run over Tor V3.Aaron Greenspan, Keagan Mc Clelland, Matt Hill, and Aiden Mc Clelland founded the company in 2020 inDenver, Colorado. | $1.2M / Seed / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| XDEFI Wallet is a browser extension wallet that is engineered to give Defi and NFT users an edge. It is the world’s only wallet with native integrations on THORChain, Terra, Ethereum, and several EVM networks. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| ShapeShift is a web and API platform formed in July of 2014 to provide instant Bitcoin and altcoin conversion with the maximum level of consumer protection and efficiency. In summer of 2019, the new ShapeShift platform launched to enable B2C users to self-custody their crypto assets, and buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive all withouttrusting a 3rd party. ShapeShift also built and operates the real-time crypto market data service CoinCap.io, and acquired hardware wallet company KeepKey in mid-2017. The company is run by industry veteran Erik Voorhees. | $10.4M / Series A / Mar 29, 2017 | ||
| Safello operates a bitcoin exchange and related services in the European market. It partners with various payment providers such as Bankgirot. The company receives payments through SEPA, Bankgiro, Handelsbanken Direkt, International Bank Transfer, Swish, and many other payment methods. Founded in 2013, Safello is a government registered AB companybased in Stockholm, Sweden, and it complies with anti-money laundering laws. | $600K / Seed / Feb 17, 2014 | ||
| Warden builds Warden Protocol, a project described at wardenprotocol.org. The organization focuses on blockchain infrastructure for digital asset operations, emphasizing key management, policy-driven approvals, and cross-chain coordination. Public materials highlight tooling for application integrations and developer workflows. The platformpresents components intended for wallets, dApps, and services that require programmable transaction rules. Available resources include documentation and community updates that outline the roadmap and integration paths. Details may change as additional specifications and releases become available. | $4M / Seed | ||
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Co-Investors
About Venice
Venice is a generative artificial intelligence platform that enables users to generate text, images, code, and other AI-assisted content through a web-based interface. It provides access to a range of open-source AI models and supports tasks such as document analysis, research, coding assistance, language translation, and content creation. The platform is designed with a privacy-focused architecture in which user conversations and generated content remain stored locally on the user's device rather than on the company's servers. Venice also offers API access and tools that allow developers to integrate its AI capabilities into their own applications and workflows.
Venice Contacts
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Erik Voorhees
Founder
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Jesse Proudman
Co-Founder and CTO
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Teana Baker-Taylor
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
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FAQ
What does Erik Voorhees invest in?
Erik Voorhees invests primarily in Bitcoin, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Erik Voorhees invest in?
Erik Voorhees typically joins rounds of $600k–$4M at Seed and $10M–$14M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Erik Voorhees's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Erik Voorhees took part in.
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When did Erik Voorhees last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Erik Voorhees closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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