# ether.fi

> ether.fi is a VC fund in George Town backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: George Town, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etherfi
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ether_fi
- Website: https://ether.fi

ether.fi is a VC fund in George Town focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. EtherFi is a non-custodial decentralized ETH staking method that distributes staking to node operators in exchange for rewards.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 63% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 38% |
| Ethereum | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Silagadze | Founder,CEO | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-silagadze |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blockspace | Blockspace builds Ethereum blockspace infrastructure to improve transaction execution and decentralized block production. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Blockspace | Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company operate out-of-protocol transaction pipelines. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Ethereum Institutional | Ethereum Institutional is a non-profit organization that focuses on increasing institutional use of the Ethereum ecosystem, including its Layer 2 networks and applications. The organization provides institutional education and engagement for banks, asset managers, custodians, fintechs, market infrastructures, and public institutions evaluatingEthereum. It produces neutral research explaining how Ethereum works, its development roadmap, and its implications for institutional users. Ethereum Institutional also coordinates ecosystem marketing around ETH and real-world deployments to inform institutional strategies. In addition, it gathers industry requirements for tokenization, custody, and settlement on Ethereum and convenes events where institutions and Ethereum ecosystem stakeholders can discuss priorities and implementation approaches. |  | Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Hyperbeat | Hyperbeat is a native protocol built specifically for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, designed to enhance scalability, efficiency, and overall performance across the network. | $5.2M | Seed | Aug 15, 2025 |  |
| RISE Chain | RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $4M | Seed | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| RISE Chain | RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $3.2M | Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Resolv Labs | Resolv Labs is a low-risk crypto investment backed by the True-Delta Neutral Architecture and building resilient investment instruments for risk-conscious crypto holders | $10M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| RISE Labs | RISE Labs is revolutionizing the Blockchain landscape with unprecedented performance. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 16, 2024 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Finality Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finality-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Galaxy Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-digital-lp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sharplink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharplink-edc7) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stakely](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stakely) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anchorage Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anchorage) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ether.fi invest in?

ether.fi invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Ethereum startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ether.fi's check size?

ether.fi typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ether.fi participates in.

### How do I contact ether.fi?

Public channels for ether.fi include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ether.fi?

The team at ether.fi includes Mike Silagadze (Founder,CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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