# Hayden Adams

> Hayden Adams is a seed investor at Uniswap Labs (New York) backing Apps and Web3. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Uniswap Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniswap-labs)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydenadams/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/haydenzadams

Hayden Adams is a seed investor at Uniswap Labs in New York focused on Apps and Web3. Hayden Adams is founder of Uniswap, one of the most widely used decentralized applications built on Ethereum. Prior to Uniswap, Hayden was an engineer at Siemens. He graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor in engineering in 2016.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Web3 | 1 | 33% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lens Protocol | Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social network serving the Web3 community. It enables creators to build their own web3 social media platforms and accounts, giving them control over their connections with their communities and also ownership over their content. | $15M | Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| Reown | WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code. It is a simple infrastructure that can be setup by any developer. Using a Bridge server to relay the messages without having access to any of its contents. The contents are encrypted using the session datashared by the QR code between the desktop and mobile. | $12.5M |  | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Reown | WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code. It is a simple infrastructure that can be setup by any developer. Using a Bridge server to relay the messages without having access to any of its contents. The contents are encrypted using the session datashared by the QR code between the desktop and mobile. | $12.5M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foresight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-ventures-e03b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gnosis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gnosis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Uniswap Labs

VC Fund · Brooklyn, United States

Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, the company’s CEO, who invented the Uniswap Protocol, a peer-to-peer system for swapping digital assets that has processed $2.75 trillion in volume since its founding. Uniswap Labs builds some of the most widely adopted DeFi products including a web interface, self-custody mobilewallet, and an API for professional market players.

5 contacts available at Uniswap Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Connor McEwen | Engineering Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connor-mcewen |
| Hayden Adams | founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hayden-adams-80b7 |
| Ian Lapham | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-lapham |
| Marvin Ammori | Chief Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marvin-ammori-df1f |
| Marvin Ammori | Chief Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marvin-ammori |

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## FAQ

### What does Hayden Adams invest in?

Hayden Adams invests primarily in Apps, Web3 and Ethereum startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hayden Adams last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hayden Adams closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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