# Genesis Block Ventures

> Genesis Block Ventures is a VC fund backing Cryptocurrency, FinTech and Blockchain. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Genesis Block Ventures is a VC fund focused on Cryptocurrency and FinTech. Genesis Block Ventures operates as an investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 45% |
| FinTech | 4 | 36% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 36% |
| Finance | 3 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 27% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 73% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Mexico | 1 | 9% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SYNTRA | Syntra is an AI-driven trading infrastructure company focused on disciplined execution, real-time risk management, and transparent market operations in digital asset markets. The company builds systems that monitor market structure, volatility, liquidity, and correlation dynamics, enabling automated decision-making with strict risk controls.Syntra’s infrastructure is designed to prioritize execution quality, capital preservation, and operational transparency over short-term performance optimization.Syntra operates a live execution environment where all system actions are observable in real time, providing an open view into how the trading system behaves across different market conditions. The platform is infrastructure-first, emphasizing robustness, scalability, and controlled growth rather than aggressive user acquisition. The company is currently focused on expanding its execution stack, data pipelines, and risk management framework to support broader market coverage and institutional-grade reliability. | $10M | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Vue Protocol | Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social. | $6M | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Pichi Finance | Pichi Finance Points are typically stored off-chain and linked to wallet addresses, limiting their tradability on the open market. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| EthSign | EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely. | $12M | Seed | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Trader Joe | Trader Joe provides users with a true 'one-stop-shop’ DeFi experience. It is a platform for trading, staking, farming, lending, borrowing, and leverage. Users of the platform will have the ability to immerse themselves in a fully integrated, accessible DeFi trading platform. | $5M | Seed | Sep 02, 2021 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon is a developer of a digital platform for creatives, designed to integrate finance, fashion, art, music, and NFTs. The platform offers a selection of luxury, streetwear, and emerging brands, including independent collaborations and drops. Additionally, it provides a debit card, currency exchange, and other neo-banking features, enabling usersto buy, sell, and hold digital NFT art, music, as well as cryptocurrencies and tokens. | $1.7M | Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Manifold Finance | Manifold finance is a fintech company that connects with decentralized finance opportunities. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 26, 2021 |  |
| Hex Trust | Hex Trust is a fully-licensed and insured provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets. Through our proprietary platform Hex Safe™, we deliver custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing solutions for financial institutions, digital asset organizations, corporate and private clients. Hex Trust has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam andis expanding across Europe and the Middle East.Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that enables banks and financial institutions to adopt and integrate digital assets into their business models within a highly secure, scalable and compliant custody framework.Hex Trust is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) license under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. In Singapore, Hex Trust holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allowing the company to provide custodial services regulated under Singapore’s Securities and Futures Act. | $6M | Series A | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| APYSwap | APYSwap simplifies yield farming and reduces its costs for users, without sacrificing decentralization or self-custody. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| SuperFarm | SuperFarm is an internet service-based company. That provides a cross-chain Defi protocol that allows users to deploy crypto and NFT farms with no code required. | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Spark Digital Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-digital-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kyros Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyros-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Magnus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magnus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Genesis Block Ventures invest in?

Genesis Block Ventures invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 11 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 Genesis Block Ventures's check size?

Genesis Block Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$12M 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 Genesis Block Ventures participates in.

### When did Genesis Block Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Genesis Block Ventures closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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