# IOSG Ventures

> IOSG Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 230 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 230
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14480831/admin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/IOSGVC
- Website: http://iosg.vc

IOSG Ventures is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including ZKRU (Scroll, StarkWare,Arbitrum, zkSync), Security Auditing(Runtime Verification, Hexens), MEV (Flashbots, Blocknative), DeFi/NFT-Fi (1inch, MetaMask), FOG (Big Time, Illuvium), and a number of industry leaders including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia, EigenLayer, Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina, etc. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 100 | 43% |
| Cryptocurrency | 49 | 21% |
| Software | 37 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 37 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 27 | 12% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 107 | 47% |
| Series A | 39 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 18 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 14 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 6% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 56 | 24% |
| Singapore | 25 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| China | 4 | 2% |

24 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jocy Lin | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jocy-lin |
| Deniz Omer | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deniz-omer |
| Jiaping Wang | Chief Strategy Officer & Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jiaping-wang |
| Queenie Wu | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queenie-wu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Voyage | Voyage AI is an AI infrastructure project building the first GEOFi network to make AI-generated content citable. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Build on Bitcoin | Build on Bitcoin is a hybrid Layer-2 network Bitcoin blockchain | $9.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Shaga | Shaga is a veteran team of blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking professionals. | $4M | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $10M | Series A | Dec 23, 2024 |  |
| Hyperbolic | Hyperbolic is the open-access AI cloud made for AI developers, providing fast, affordable access to compute, inference, and AI services. | $12M | Series A | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| OpenLayer | OpenLayer increases web3 with positive verifiable computation. | $5M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Brevis | Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine that brings limitless computation capacity to existing smart contract blockchains. | $7.5M | Seed | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Gelato | Gelato Network is a protocol that automates smart contract executions on Ethereum and beyond. We are building the underlying infrastructure enabling reliable automation on top of Ethereum and with it a key part of the Web3 middleware stack, enabling trustless, automated flows of value between all smart contracts and upcoming Layer 2 networks. | $11M | Series A | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| Essential | Essential is building intent-based infrastructure & tooling to accelerate the transition from value extraction to intent satisfaction. | $8M | Series A | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| VOID | The framework for building sovereign multi-chain apps. Deploy once, access everywhere. | $11M | Series A | Aug 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 230 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 29 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does IOSG Ventures invest in?

IOSG Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 230 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact IOSG Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at IOSG Ventures?

The team at IOSG Ventures includes Jocy Lin (Co-Founder & Managing Director), Deniz Omer (Venture Partner) and Jiaping Wang (Chief Strategy Officer & Advisor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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