# James Parillo

> James Parillo is a seed investor in Brooklyn backing Blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesparillo/

James Parillo is a seed investor in Brooklyn focused on Blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). James Parillo

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$7.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 63% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 25% |
| Web3 | 1 | 13% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 13% |
| Internet | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 88% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 13% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eigenpie | Eigenpie is a restaking SubDAO that gives holders of Liquid Staking Tokens the chance to enhance their earning potential by restaking assets. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| NATIX Network | NATIX Network is building an open geospatial Intelligence network using their proprietary AI and smartphone cameras. The existing geospatial data collection solutions suffer from limited data types, low update frequency, high costs to gather data, and even higher prices charged to business customers. NATIX uses driver assistant apps (e.g. dashcamand navigation), token incentives, Computer Vision AI, and smartphone cameras to crowdsource real-time data and create a digital twin of our world. The network enables a new era of real-time applications ranging from autonomous driving to smart city services. With over 100k registered drivers and over 33M km covered in only 12 months, NATIX is one of the fastest-growing geospatial networks globally. | $4.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| BounceBit | BounceBit is a chain solution that aims to provide a smart contract execution environment centered on the BTC Token. | $6M | Seed | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Citrea | Citrea is the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero-knowledge technology, making it possible to build everything on Bitcoin. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Chainway Labs | Chainway Labs is a blockchain infrastructure company focused on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and zero-knowledge technology. They are also Builders of Citrea, Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup. The last few decades of innovation were defined by the internet. The firm believe Bitcoin and blockchains will shape the coming decades. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Soul Wallet | Soul Wallet is a smart contract wallet. | $3M | Seed | Mar 16, 2023 |  |
| Sovereign Labs | Sovereign Labs is an ecosystem of interconnected rollups that provides a framework for secure and interoperable zero-knowledge rollups that can run on any blockchain. | $7.4M | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Altitude | Altitude is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol offering a first-of-its-kind actively managed collateralized loan, which uses the volatility of the value of the collateral to repay itself over time. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngc-ventures-a900) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Robot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robot-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tioga Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tioga-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does James Parillo invest in?

James Parillo invests primarily in Blockchain, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is James Parillo's check size?

James Parillo typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$7.4M 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 James Parillo participates in.

### When did James Parillo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Parillo closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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