# George McDonaugh

> George McDonaugh is a seed investor at KR1 (London) backing Blockchain and Casino. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [KR1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kr1)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-mcdonaugh-77031212/?originalSubdomain=uk

George McDonaugh is a seed investor at KR1 in London focused on Blockchain and Casino. I've been involved in blockchain technology since 2011. Before then I was an advertising copywriter for London based agencies. I have a masters degree in Anthropology and a further degree in Creative Advertising. I helped form one of London's most popular blockchain meetups and co-founded kr1 in early 2016 and as such it become the firsttoken focussed investment company in the world. We have the longest track record in the space and a global network of funds, developers and investors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 80% |
| Casino | 1 | 20% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tanssi Network | Tanssi is an app chain infrastructure protocol that simplifies app chain deployment, making it secure, efficient, and easy while eliminating the lengthy and complex process of traditional blockchain implementation. | $6M | Seed | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| Side Protocol | Side Protocol is a distributed mesh liquidity solution that makes use of cutting-edge inter-blockchain asset trading application protocols. Side Protocol, in contrast to liquidity hubs, intends to decentralize liquidity between various blockchain networks while maintaining interconnection. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| myNFT | myNFT is an NFT marketplace platform that allows users to buy and sell NFTs using fiat currency. It believes that the current NFT industry is riddled with impediments that prevent this revolutionary technology from being accessible to all. It aims to change this in ways that no other platform has before by supporting multi-chain payment methods,including fiat. | $7M | Series A | May 30, 2022 |  |
| Acala Network | Acala Network is a decentralized finance hub and stablecoin platform powering cross-blockchain liquidity and applications. It offers a suite of financial primitives: a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by cross-chain assets such as Bitcoin, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange to unleash liquidity to power morefinancial innovations. | $1.4M | Seed | Mar 27, 2020 |  |
| FunFair Technologies Ltd | FunFair is a decentralised gaming platform powered by Ethereum smart contracts. Thanks to our breakthrough technology, it is the first platform to solve the big challenges that have made other blockchain casinos unplayable.Our vision is a limitless universe of transparent, secure casinos that can be easily created by anyone, anywhere, where gamesare fun, fast and fair. That’s why we’re called FunFair. | $26M | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 06, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hypersphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hypersphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SNZ Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snz-holding) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital-9858) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlockTower Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blocktower-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About KR1

VC Fund · Douglas, Isle of Man

KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe's leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks. Founded in March 2016 and publicly traded on London’s AQSE Exchange, KR1 plc has been an early investor in many foundational projects in the emerging digital asset industry.

3 contacts available at KR1.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| George McDonaugh | Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-mcdonough-050a |
| Janos Berghorn | Head of Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janos-berghorn |
| Keld van Schreven | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keld-van-schreven |

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## FAQ

### What does George McDonaugh invest in?

George McDonaugh invests primarily in Blockchain, Casino and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is George McDonaugh's check size?

George McDonaugh typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$6M 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 George McDonaugh participates in.

### When did George McDonaugh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George McDonaugh closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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