# Joseph Lallouz

> Joseph Lallouz is a seed investor at Ambush Capital backing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ambush Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambush-capital)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephlallouz/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JoeLallouz
- Website: https://joelallouz.com/about

Joseph Lallouz is a seed investor at Ambush Capital in Brooklyn focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Entrepreneur & Angel || Interested in economics, psychology, web3, investing, game theory || prev Co-founder of @BisonTrails acquired by @coinbase

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$10M |
| Series A | $20M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 56% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Messaging | 2 | 22% |
| iOS | 1 | 11% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Canada | 2 | 22% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solayer | Solayer is a shared validator network that protects other Solana-enabled systems. |  | Angel | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Credibly Neutral | Credibly Neutral is an early stage venture fund run by Viktor and Lisa Bunin investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS. | $5.5M |  | May 03, 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 |  |
| Privy | Privy creates authentication, authorization, and data control tooling to enable developers to create products that keep users safe. It creates simple, powerful APIs for managing user data, allowing them to easily integrate user data into their products. Privy bridges the gap between users' on-chain activity and their off-chain data, allowingusers to create delightful experiences without putting themselves or the product at risk. | $8.3M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| PolymerLabs | Polymer Labs is an infrastructure provider focused on IBC protocols. | $3.6M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| 3Box | 3Box storage is simple, secure, and private by design. Apps that store data with users on 3Box are lighter, more trustworthy, and enjoy reduced data management liability. | $30M | Series A | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Practice | Practice's tools will help you fulfill your potential as a coach. With all your clients' details at your fingertips, you'll never lack the right information when you need it. | $10M | Seed | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| XMTP | XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M | Series A | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Atomic Loans | Atomic Loans is a protocol for bitcoin and crypto-backed loans on your terms, without middlemen. By extending atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans enables users to interact with trustless, cross-chain debt agreements. We use the functionality of the native Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to enable lending without requiring customers to delegatetrust to centralized custodians, ensuring their funds will never be stolen or seized. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Not Boring](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/not-boring) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Ambush Capital

VC Fund · Brooklyn, United States

Investing in founders and emerging managers at the earliest stages. -- Sectors: Crypto, AI, Space, Life Sciences, Robotics, Consumer, Infra / SaaS -- $9.9m into 116 investments ---Exits: Privy (Acquired by Stripe) – early investor, exited [June 2025] -- 4 major TGE liquidity events within 4 years - Solana seed round ~1000x- Near seed round ~40x - Eigen seed round ~40x - Aleo seed round ~25xPersonal Backgrounds: -- 3x IPO’s -- 2x Acquisitions -- 6+ Companies cofounded -- $500m annual revenue -- 66% of founding team was Forbes 30 under 30

5 contacts available at Ambush Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-lallouz |
| Aaron Henshaw | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-henshaw |
| Carly Strife | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-strife |
| Joseph Lallouz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-lallouz |
| Mike Armstrong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-armstrong-482b |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph Lallouz invest in?

Joseph Lallouz invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Joseph Lallouz's check size?

Joseph Lallouz typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$10M at Seed and $20M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joseph Lallouz participates in.

### When did Joseph Lallouz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Lallouz closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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