# Evgeny Yurtaev

> Evgeny Yurtaev is a seed investor at Zerion (San Francisco Bay Area) backing Apps and Blockchain. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zerion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zerion)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yurtaev/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/evgeth_
- Website: https://zerion.io
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eugene.yurtaev.9

Evgeny Yurtaev is a seed investor at Zerion in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Apps and Blockchain. Evgeny Yurtaev is the Co-founder and CEO at Zerion. He attended Minerva University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5.5M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daylight | Daylight is an Application Programming Interface (API) for collecting Web3 benefits. | $6M |  | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Daylight | Daylight is an Application Programming Interface (API) for collecting Web3 benefits. | $6M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| DFlow | DFlow is a decentralized order flow marketplace platform. | $5.5M | Seed | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Safe | Safe is the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM with the most secure smart wallet infrastructure and platform. | $100M | Series A | Jul 12, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Chapter One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapter-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zee Prime Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zee-prime-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Zerion

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Zerion is an investing app that enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to access a suite of new financial products and services built on the backbone of decentralized finance (DeFi). Simple, user-centered design is combined with a powerful tech stack that aggregates across every major decentralized exchange, offering users a single point of entryfor managing their digital assets with ease. Zerion is non-custodial, which means users never delegate their funds to the platform. This agile approach mitigates centralization risk and has allowed Zerion to operate globally since inception.

4 contacts available at Zerion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abi Dharshan | Founding Product Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abishek-dharshan |
| Alexey Bashlykov | Co-Founder, CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexey-bashlykov |
| Evgeny Yurtaev | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-yurtaev |
| Vadim Koleoshkin | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vadim-koleoshkin |

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## FAQ

### What does Evgeny Yurtaev invest in?

Evgeny Yurtaev invests primarily in Apps, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nicaragua. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Evgeny Yurtaev's check size?

Evgeny Yurtaev typically joins rounds of $5.5M–$6M 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 Evgeny Yurtaev participates in.

### When did Evgeny Yurtaev last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evgeny Yurtaev closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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