# Galxe

> Galxe is a VC fund in San Mateo backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/galxe
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/galxe
- Website: https://galxe.com

Galxe is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Galxe is the leading Web3 credential data network in the world. A collaborative credential infrastructure enabling brands and developers to engage communities and build robust products in Web3. (Previously known as Project Galaxy)

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Galxe. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Galxe. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/galxe?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 25% |
| Web3 | 3 | 19% |
| Finance | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 63% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 38% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |
| South Korea | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Wayn | Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-wayn |
| Harry Zhang | Co-Founder and Project Lead | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-zhang-8ef0 |
| Xinlu C. | Co-Founder & Tech Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xinlu-c |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pencils Protocol | Pencils Protocol is an all-inclusive auction platform and yield aggregator to deliver the next generation experience for Scroll users. | $2.1M | Seed | May 15, 2024 | https://x.com/pencilsprotocol |
| Sending Network | In SendingNetwork, there're numerous nodes spread across different locations. So it becomes nearly impossible for any one to shut down the entire network, censor specific messages, ban user accounts or exclude entire communities. In essence, each user contributes to a robust, unbreakable communication network. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 | https://sending.me |
| Plena Finance | Plena Finance is a mobile application for cryptocurrencies and NFTs. It also offers lending, borrowing, liquidity pools, variable asset vaults, NFT marketplace, staking, and DeFi notification, as well as being interoperable and gasless, allowing users to manage and perform a wide range of financial transactions. | $5M | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 | https://www.plena.finance/ |
| Fileverse | Fileverse Web3 is not only about speculation & finance. Try just sharing files peer-to-peer with no one snooping on and selling your personal data. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 17, 2023 | https://fileverse.io/ |
| Relayz | Relayz is a Web3 communication that is extremely secure, protects privacy, is censorship-resistant, and is decentralized. Relayz utilizes cutting-edge technologies for better scalability. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 | http://relayz.io |
| EthStorage | EthStorage is a crypto startup and It is a storage rollup built on top of ethereum. | $7M | Seed | Jul 27, 2023 | https://eth-store.w3eth.io |
| Shardeum | Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that provides low gas fees while maintaining true decentralization and solid security through dynamic state sharding. Shardeum uses sharding to increase TPS with the addition of every new node. Shardeum will scale linearly thanks to dynamic state sharding. Every node that joins theShardeum network automatically raises the number of transactions per second (TPS), ensuring cheap transaction costs even as use grows. | $5.4M |  | Jul 08, 2023 | http://shardeum.org/ |
| Shardeum | Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that provides low gas fees while maintaining true decentralization and solid security through dynamic state sharding. Shardeum uses sharding to increase TPS with the addition of every new node. Shardeum will scale linearly thanks to dynamic state sharding. Every node that joins theShardeum network automatically raises the number of transactions per second (TPS), ensuring cheap transaction costs even as use grows. | $5.4M |  | Jul 07, 2023 | http://shardeum.org/ |
| Aspecta | Aspecta is a blockchain infrastructure enabling an open economy for illiquid assets at the trillion scale. It facilitates AI-powered intelligent attestation and unlocks lifecycle liquidity for pre-TGE token shares, locked tokens, private equities and RWAs, anchored in universal on-chain price discovery solution. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 13, 2023 | https://aspecta.ai/ |
| Polyhedra Network | Polyhedra Network is constructing the infrastructure for Web3 interoperability through the use of advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols. | $10M | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 | https://polyhedra.network |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foresight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-ventures-e03b) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CyberConnect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberconnect) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mask Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-293e) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gate-io) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Project Galaxy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-galaxy) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Galxe invest in?

Galxe invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Galxe?

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### Who are the partners at Galxe?

The team at Galxe includes Charles Wayn (Co-Founder), Harry Zhang (Co-Founder and Project Lead) and Xinlu C. (Co-Founder & Tech Lead). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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