# Joe McCann

> Joe McCann is a seed investor at Asymmetric (San Francisco) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Asymmetric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetric)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amazing-opportunity/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/joemccann
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealJoeMcCann

Joe McCann is a seed investor at Asymmetric in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Joe McCann is the Founder, CEO, and CIO of Asymmetric. He was a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at NodeSource. He attended Portland State University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 45% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 27% |
| Gaming | 2 | 18% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Web3 | 1 | 9% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 64% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| Israel | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Random Games | Random Games is a development studio spearheading concept in videogames with a community empowerment, blockchain technology. | $7.6M | Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Spice AI | Spice AI is creating technology to make artificial intelligence and machine learning more accessible to developers. Building intelligent apps that leverage AI is still way too hard, even for advanced developers. Spice AI's mission is to make this as easy as creating a modern web page. This mission is in service of our vision to makequality-of-life improving AI accessible to all.Founded in June 2021, Spice AI, Inc. is a Seattle, Washington headquartered technology startup building developer-focused AI. Spice AI was founded by ex-Microsoft and GitHub engineers, with over 20 years of combined experience in distributed and cloud computing. | $13.5M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Arkive | Arkive is building the people’s museum: a collection of art and culture curated by a global community of members and displayed around the world. | $9.7M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Delta One | Delta One is a yield generation protocol on Solana that offers novel delta-neutral and impermanent loss-free farming markets. Its mission is to create novel, easy-to-use Defi primitives that democratize the best risk-adjusted yield opportunities to achieve mass adoption of crypto investing. | $9.1M | Seed | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Dialect | Dialect enables a more engaging dapp experience with timely, targeted messages and notifications. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Rare Circles | Rare Circles selects a battle-tested smart contract that meets your brand’s specific engagement objectives. Customize the NFT experience for different target audiences with features like VIP allowlists and loyalty claims. Rare Circles was established in 2021 in Montréal, Quebec. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| BetDEX | BetDEX is the decentralized sports betting protocol. BetDEX delivers high speeds and low transaction costs while eliminating counterparty risk. BetDEX is a permissionless protocol allowing anyone to build their own applications on top. | $21M | Seed | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Zebec | Zebec is a continuous settlement protocol on Solana. Zebec is enabling the composable transfer of value starting with Stream Payroll. | $6M | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Syndica | Accelerating the Solana blockchain by building robust infrastructure and open source projects while publishing industry leading research. | $8M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| MonkeyBall | MonkeyBall is a Solana-based play-to-earn soccer game – a kind of FIFA Street and Final Fantasy rolled into one fun monkey-themed game. | $3M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Solana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solana-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Resolute Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resolute-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascensive Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascensive-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Asymmetric

VC Fund

Asymmetric is a technology company with a fund mandate, founded by solo GP and Investment Manager, Joe McCann

3 contacts available at Asymmetric.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Held | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-held |
| Joe McCann | Founder, CEO, and CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-mccann-19c2 |
| Joe McCann | Founder, CEO, and CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-mccann |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe McCann invest in?

Joe McCann invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Joe McCann's check size?

Joe McCann typically joins rounds of $3M–$14M 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 McCann participates in.

### When did Joe McCann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe McCann closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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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