# Francis Berwa

> Francis Berwa is a seed investor at Aves Lair (New York) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aves Lair](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aves-lair)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-berwa/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Francis_Berwa
- Website: https://x.com/Francis_Berwa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gberwa

Francis Berwa is a Co-founder & Partner at Aves Lair.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orb Labs | Orb Labs is developing cross-chain messaging protocols and omnichain applications for both developers and consumers. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aves Lair](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aves-lair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Modular Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/modular-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newman Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newman-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SevenX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sevenx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aves Lair

VC Fund

By leveraging our network, expertise, and range of capabilities, we endeavour to add value and catalyse growth for projects and founders in Web3.0

3 contacts available at Aves Lair.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francis Berwa | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francis-berwa |
| Max (Chong) Li | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chong-li-82ee |
| Sean (Sichao) Yang | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sichao-yang |

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## FAQ

### What does Francis Berwa invest in?

Francis Berwa invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francis Berwa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francis Berwa closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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