# Follow[the]Seed

> Follow[the]Seed is a VC fund in Sydney backing Gaming and Financial Services. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Feb 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10076474
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/followtheseed
- Website: http://followtheseed.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Follow-the-Seed-VC-505157429640090/

Follow[the]Seed is a post-seed algorithmic venture capital fund, using a unique predictive analytical model known as Raving Fans™ to identify the next $1 Billion+ ventures. Based in Sydney, Australia; San-Francisco, USA; Tel Aviv, Israel & Beijing, China our team has over 3 decades of combined experience building startups ourselves andanother 2 decades of experience investing in over 90 companies.Oh, and we truly love entrepreneurs and innovation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$4.6M |
| Series A | $300k–$6.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 4 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 15% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 12% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 9 | 35% |
| Singapore | 3 | 12% |
| Germany | 2 | 8% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| China | 1 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ajoy Mallik | Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajoy-mallik |
| Curt Shi | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curt-shi |
| Eliav Alaluf | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eliav-alaluf |
| Andrey Shirben | Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrey-shirben |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hybrid | Hybrid is a fintech company that offers a decentralized central AI tool with Web3's ecosystem of AI experts, agents, and data. |  | Seed | Jan 25, 2025 |  |
| Liquorice | Liquorice is a developer of a DeFi protocol that combines one-sided loan pools with a MEV-free trading engine. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Hawksight | Hawksight provides a protocol that optimizes yield on Solana DeFi. It offers a concentrated liquidity yield optimizer with self-custodial and automated market-making strategies. Users can earn optimized yields from Solana's top DeFi protocols and manage their positions in one platform. Hawksight aims to build Solana's largestdecentralized finance yield aggregator protocol. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 09, 2022 |  |
| Ajuna Network | Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators. | $4.6M | Seed | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| HawkLabs | Hawksight is a DeFi app for AI Trading & Yield Farming. We are driving the mainstream adoption of DeFi among Individuals & Institutions by making it easy to automatically and simultaneously trade & yield farm. |  | Initial Coin Offering | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| Rise Of Defenders | Rise of Defenders is a project created by METAHERO S.A. | $734.5K | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Astra Guild Ventures | Astra Guild Ventures is one of the world's play-to-earn gaming guilds. Astra Guild Ventures is bridging the gap between players and investors in order to capitalize on the growth of non-traditional games. | $3M | Series A | Nov 26, 2021 |  |
| Astra Guild Ventures | Astra Guild Ventures is one of the world's play-to-earn gaming guilds. Astra Guild Ventures is bridging the gap between players and investors in order to capitalize on the growth of non-traditional games. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 26, 2021 |  |
| xtingles | xtingles is the world’s first ASMR NFT marketplace for artists to auction their ASMR Digital Art. We empower our international community of artists to launch their ASMR work as NFTs and collectors to own NFTs that trigger pleasant experiences and memories. Our goal is to help NFT collectors and connoisseurs to discover personalized sensorysoundscapes that can be uniquely theirs. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| Enjinstarter | Enjinstarter is a blockchain gaming launchpad focused on growing the Enjin ecosystem and the metaverse. | $5M | Seed | Oct 31, 2021 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Follow[the]Seed invest in?

Follow[the]Seed invests primarily in Gaming, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Follow[the]Seed's check size?

Follow[the]Seed typically joins rounds of $500k–$4.6M at Seed and $300k–$6.5M 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 Follow[the]Seed participates in.

### How do I contact Follow[the]Seed?

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### Who are the partners at Follow[the]Seed?

The team at Follow[the]Seed includes Ajoy Mallik (Founder and Managing Partner), Curt Shi (Partner) and Eliav Alaluf (Partner). 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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