# Jeffrey Veen

> Jeffrey Veen is a seed investor at True Ventures backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyveen
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/veen
- Website: http://veen.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jeffveen

Jeffrey Veen is a seed investor at True Ventures in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. In Jeff’s role as design partner, he helps the True portfolio create better products and advises early stage founders on how to leverage design thinking as they lay the groundwork for their companies.Jeff was the vice president of design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was one of the foundingpartners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at Google, he redesigned Google Analytics and led the UX team for Google’s apps. Much earlier, Jeff was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, where he helped build HotWired, Web Monkey, Wired News, and more. He’s authored two books, HotWired Style and The Art and Science of Web Design.When not working with the True team or recording his design-focused podcast, Presentable, Jeff enjoys time with his partner and three energetic children.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClayStack | ClayStack is the next-generation blockchain-agnostic staking protocol that enables users to unlock the power of staked digital assets in the form of liquid staking derivative tokens. | $5.2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascensive Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascensive-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D64 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d64-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About True Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's growing markets. With more than 40 team members including special advisors, operationsprofessionals, and founders-turned-investors, True represents one of the largest and most experienced teams dedicated to the ecosystem. The True team believes creativity flourishes when founders are supported fully and empowered to pursue brave ideas. To that end, the True Platform offers programs that inspire professional and personal growth. To date, True has helped more than 350 companies launch and scale their businesses, creating over 85,000 jobs worldwide. True was awarded Venture Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Association in 2018. To learn more, visit www.trueventures.com.

5 contacts available at True Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amy Tusman | Executive Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-tusman |
| Gus Coldebella | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gus-coldebella |
| Jeffrey Veen | Design Partner and Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-veen |
| Rohit Sharma | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohit-sharma |
| Adam D'Augelli | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-daugelli |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeffrey Veen invest in?

Jeffrey Veen invests primarily in Blockchain and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jeffrey Veen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeffrey Veen closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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