# Horseshoe Capital Partners

> Horseshoe Capital Partners is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/horseshoe-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/HorseshoeVC
- Website: https://horseshoe.vc

Horseshoe Capital Partners is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. We build and invest in the future of business software.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 80% |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| France | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rise | Rise is an innovative payroll and compliance provider based in New York. Rise is a Web3-enabled platform helping businesses onboard, manage and pay local/international contractors while ensuring full compliance and alleviating burdensome tax processes. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 24, 2023 | https://www.riseworks.io |
| Staging Labs | Staging Labs is a developer of an infrastructure-layer platform designed to protect crypto in a safe and easy-to-use way. It offers an infrastructure to secure the future of crypto and scans transactions. They automatically transfer digital assets from a vulnerable wallet to a backup wallet in the event of a malicious attack, providing users withsecurity for crypto transactions. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2023 | https://www.staginglabs.io/ |
| Alexandria Labs | Creating infrastructure for books using emerging technologies. | $1.3M | Angel | Jul 01, 2022 | https://LinkedIn.com/company/Alexandria-labs-inc |
| DFNS | Custody of digital assets requires maximal security. Don't DIY.Dfns is a safe, cloud-native developer tool that gives banks, investors and companies the freedom to enter crypto markets on a battle-designed security infrastructure. Financial institutions of all sizes—from crypto startups to Tier 1 banks—use our fully-managed custodyplatform to scale and gain exposure over crypto without ever compromising the safety of their day-to-day operations.By way of deep trendsetting cryptography, we have successfully managed to create a keyless wallet generator allowing our clients to trade, transfer and store crypto without having to worry a single second. Dfns is powered by a decentralized custody network designed to break up the inner complications of blockchains and reinstate frictionless business environments. We make sure that digital assets are safe-kept with respect to the most law-abiding market procedures.Smoothly deploy on-premise your own crypto custody infrastructure in no time, and capitalize on streamlined feature delivery and advanced security updates. Dfns saves you and your team from spending precious time on labor-intensive tasks and ensures that the middle & back office experience stays the same as always. Roll out the red carpet for your customers, today.We are building the future of crypto banking—brick by brick. | $13.5M | Seed | Apr 13, 2022 | https://www.dfns.co |
| Hey Wallet | Hey Wallet uses the Web3 network for sending and receiving cryptocurrencies by tweeting. It enables clients to have efficient digital finance to make crypto payments. | $3M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 | https://heywallet.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redbeard Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redbeard-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The General Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-general-partnership) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ABN AMRO Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abn-amro-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ABN AMRO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ABN-AMRO-Ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Horseshoe Capital Partners invest in?

Horseshoe Capital Partners invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Horseshoe Capital Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Horseshoe Capital Partners closed in Apr 2023. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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