# Flamingo DAO

> Flamingo DAO is a VC fund in Sacramento backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sacramento, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flamingo-dao
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FLAMINGODAO
- Website: https://flamingodao.xyz/

Flamingo DAO is an NFT-focused DAO that aims to explore emerging investment opportunities for ownable, blockchain-based assets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$11M |
| Series A | $4.4M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 16 | 42% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 13% |
| Web3 | 4 | 11% |
| Software | 4 | 11% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 58% |
| Series A | 9 | 24% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
| Croatia | 1 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Philippines | 1 | 3% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Lazaro Gustave | Founding Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-lazaro-gustave |
| Aaron Wright | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-wright |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optic | Optic, an AI Drug Discovery company, is based in San Francisco. Our proprietary ligand-based and target-driven molecular search engine Bioptic.io identifies compounds by their activity-expressing fingerprints. It offers a novel approach to finding diverse candidate sets. In addition, we now also have an agentic AI platform for scientific andbusiness due diligence on drug assets. Our pipeline includes multiple pre-clinical stage programs, showcasing our commitment to practical, AI-driven solutions in cancer therapy. | $1M | Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Namcon | Namcon provides blockchain infrastructure services that rely on numerous devices and trusted execution environments for secure computing. | $6M | Series A | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| mmERCH | mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup. | $6.4M | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| NFTfi | NFTfi is an NFT collateralized lending marketplace that can use NFT assets as collateral for a loan or lend to other users. It enables NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency from lenders by using their NFTs as collateral. When they accept a loan offer, the NFT goes into a secure escrow smart contract and receives the wETH, DAI, or USDC from thelender directly to their wallet. To determine whether an NFT is worth a loan, users employ a common practice in the traditional art world in which banks, large galleries, or auction houses offer loans to artists. | $6M | Series A | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Atlas | Atlas builds cutting-edge generative 3D AI technology to enable the creation of assets & virtual worlds. | $6M | Seed | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Hook | Hook provides an NFT-native options protocol that enables active traders to earn more with less. For active traders, options allow them to earn multiples of buying the floor for the best trades. | $3M | Seed | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Lens Protocol | Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social network serving the Web3 community. It enables creators to build their own web3 social media platforms and accounts, giving them control over their connections with their communities and also ownership over their content. | $15M | Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| StoryCo | Story DAO platform enlists Hollywood creators to engage, solve, build, create, and co-own IP universes using blockchain. | $6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2023 |  |
| Metahood | Metahood offers services for discovering, purchasing, and selling land in the open metaverse. | $3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| NiftyApes | NiftyApes is a smart contract that offers mortgages, loans, borrowing, and lending of NFTs with permissionless refinancing. | $4.2M | Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Collab+Currency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-currency) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [The LAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-lao) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Neon DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neon-dao) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Outlier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outlier-ventures-ltd-llp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Flamingo DAO invest in?

Flamingo DAO invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Flamingo DAO's check size?

Flamingo DAO typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$11M at Seed and $4.4M–$50M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Flamingo DAO participates in.

### How do I contact Flamingo DAO?

Public channels for Flamingo DAO 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 Flamingo DAO?

The team at Flamingo DAO includes Jordan Lazaro Gustave (Founding Member) and Aaron Wright (Co-Founder). 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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