# Joe Flanagan > Joe Flanagan is a seed investor at Maple Finance (Melbourne) backing Cryptocurrency and Web3. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Maple Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-finance) - Location: Melbourne, Australia - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Aug 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-flanagan-3031b796/ Joe Flanagan is a seed investor at Maple Finance in Melbourne focused on Cryptocurrency and Web3. Joe Flanagan is the Co-Founder at Maple. He attended Saint Louis University. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $3M–$4.5M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Cryptocurrency | 2 | 67% | | Web3 | 1 | 33% | | FinTech | 1 | 33% | | Blockchain | 1 | 33% | | Infrastructure | 1 | 33% | 6 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 67% | | Funding Round | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Australia | 1 | 33% | | United States | 1 | 33% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cashmere | Cashmere creates a safer crypto wallet that secures treasury. It transfers funds using the multi-signature signing feature, which combines the flexibility of hot wallets with the storage security of cold wallets. Cashmere focuses on assisting people in securely storing their cryptocurrency. It will safeguard cryptocurrencies even if hot walletssuch as Slope and Phantom are compromised. | $3M | Seed | Aug 08, 2022 | | | Tracer DAO | Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world. | $4.5M | | Jun 26, 2021 | | | Mycelium | Mycelium is a market-leading technology company leveraging blockchain technology to make financial markets more efficient. We build financial market infrastructure on public blockchains that is open, transparent, and accessible. We specialise in data provision and financial smart contracts. Mycelium has two core products leveraging financial smartcontracts: Perpetual Swaps and Perpetual Pools.We believe that the growing use of blockchains in financial technology will benefit everyone, and are committed to realising this vision. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2021 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Baires DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baires-dao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Efficient Frontier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efficient-frontier-efrontier-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Maple Finance VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia Maple Finance is a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace allowing institutions to borrow from Liquidity Pools funded by the Defi ecosystem and managed by experienced investors. 4 contacts available at Maple Finance. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Joe Flanagan | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-flanagan-5019 | | Matthew Collum | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-collum | | Ryan O'Shea | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-o-shea-b230 | | Sidney Powell | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidney-powell-945f | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund - [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund - [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Infrastructure Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/infrastructure-investors-australia) - [Web3 Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/web3-angel-investors-australia) - [Financial Services Angel Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-angel-investors-oceania) - [Cryptocurrency Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/cryptocurrency-investors-australia) - [Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/cryptocurrency-angel-investors-australia) - [Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/cryptocurrency-angel-investors-oceania) ## FAQ ### What does Joe Flanagan invest in? Joe Flanagan invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Web3 and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Joe Flanagan's check size? Joe Flanagan typically joins rounds of $3M–$4.5M 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 Joe Flanagan participates in. ### When did Joe Flanagan last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Joe Flanagan closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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? 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