Hyperithm
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Hyperithm is a leading digital asset financial service provider headquartered in Tokyo and Seoul, with strong backing from renowned investors including Coinbase, Samsung, Kakao and Hashed.Our crypto asset management arm specializes in algorithm/HFT-based, market neutral strategies for institutions and HNWIs. Furthermore, we offer afull-suite of crypto prime brokerage services as a fully regulated VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider). As an evangelist of the Web3 space, we also support rising teams through venture investment. We have been actively investing in L1/L2s, dApps, gaming projects, and asset managers that are contributing to the growth of the Web3 ecosystem.Hyperithm was co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a serial entrepreneur listed in Forbes 30 Under 30. We continue to attract top-notch young talent as our development team consists of Presidential Scholars, and International Science Olympiad medalists.Our team consists of seasoned professionals, including ex-investment bankers, world-class engineers, and International Science Olympiad medalists. We specialize in automated trading and risk management, using innovative algorithms built with Rust.By leveraging our expertise and cutting-edge technology, we are building a digital asset gateway for institutions. As an evangelist of the Web3 space, we also support rising teams through venture investment.
- Total investments:
- 56
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Hyperithm invests in
Stages Hyperithm invests in
Countries Hyperithm invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$6M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$4.4M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $4.5M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 20 (36%)
- Cryptocurrency 12 (21%)
- Financial Services 10 (18%)
- FinTech 8 (14%)
- Information Technology 8 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (54%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (16%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (9%)
- Funding Round 4 (7%)
- Series A 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 12 (21%)
- Singapore 4 (7%)
- Japan 3 (5%)
- South Korea 3 (5%)
- Switzerland 3 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lloyd Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
|
Chief Executive Officer, Founder | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Lloyd Lee
Founder & CEO
|
Founder & CEO | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Sangrok Oh
Chief Executive Officer
|
Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 3 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset. | $5.5M / Seed / Jan 21, 2026 | ||
| Wildcat Labs provides on-chain credit and grants access to a detailed view of all market parameters and logs for real-time monitoring. | $3.5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| Plume Networks develops built-in integrations, making it easy to deploy projects and capital on-chain. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 04, 2025 | ||
| AI-powered research platform for digital assets, backed by Dragonfly, Sequoia and Jane Street | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold—it’s the new foundational layer of capital markets. Hamilton leverages Bitcoin’s unmatched security and decentralization to tokenize real-world assets (RWA), providing global access to institutional-grade financial products. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Jan 20, 2025 | ||
| Soarchain provides a platform for developers to build customized smart contracts and dApps for mobility industry.Soarchain aims to establish a decentralized ecosystem where participants, including vehicles, data providers, and developers, can interact and exchange value securely.The company also aims to solve several challenges and providesolutions within the automotive and mobility industry. | $4.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| ZKEX appears to be a decentralized exchange (DEX) operating on Layer 2 (L2) technology, which aims to enhance transaction speeds and reduce costs compared to traditional Layer 1 solutions like Ethereum | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 19, 2024 | ||
| Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. As its first Financial NFT product, Vesting Vouchers are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, thus releasing their liquidity and enabling financial scenarios such as fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management forcrypto projects. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| Plume Networks develops built-in integrations, making it easy to deploy projects and capital on-chain. | $10M / Seed / May 23, 2024 | ||
| Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability standard that enables chain abstraction. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 22, 2024 | ||
| See all 56 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Hyperithm invest in?
Hyperithm invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Hyperithm invest in?
Hyperithm typically joins rounds of $1M–$6M at Seed, $1M–$4.4M at Pre-Seed and $4.5M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Hyperithm's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Hyperithm took part in.
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Who are the partners at Hyperithm?
The team at Hyperithm includes Lloyd Lee (Chief Executive Officer, Founder), Lloyd Lee (Founder & CEO) and Sangrok Oh (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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