# Joeri van Geelen

> Joeri van Geelen is a pre-seed investor backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerivangeelen/

Joeri van Geelen is a pre-seed investor focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Joeri van Geelen is the managing director of Prysm Group. It is an economic consulting firm led by Harvard PhD economists specialized in distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Taking a first-principles approach, Prysm Group uses the tools of contract theory, game theory, market design, social choice theory, and monetary economics to designcustomized solutions for distributed ledger technology and blockchain-based projects.Prysm Group’s areas of expertise include consortium governance, consensus governance, token economics, incentive design, and market structure. Prysm Group counts among its Senior Advisors former Chief Economist at Microsoft and Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist; the firm’s research has been presented at DARPA, Federal Reserve, IBM, Microsoft, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Harvard, MIT, NBER, and Stanford.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $800k–$892k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 75% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 75% |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IPOR Labs | IPOR Labs specializes in development of blockchain based derivatives software and is based in Zug, Switzerland. The IPOR Protocol is the heartbeat of DeFi and consists of three parts: the IPOR Index, Interest Rate Derivative(s), and the Liquidity Pool and Automated Market Maker (AMM). | $5.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2022 | http://www.ipor.io |
| Zest | Zest helps create and manage Investment DAOs, backed by a real-world LLC. We're a full-suite concierge, offering DAO tooling alongside back-office and compliance support. We remove the inherent complexities surrounding Investment DAOs so ​members can form a global community that compliantly coordinates capital to maximize investmentopportunities together. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2021 | https://www.zest.capital/ |
| Portal to Bitcoin | Portal is a financial services company that trades crypto anywhere without putting coins at risk, all from within a controllable wallet. Founded in 2018, Portal is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.5M | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 | https://portaldefi.com |
| Ryde | Ryders is a last-mile delivery business that puts people and planet first. | $905.9K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2019 | https://www.ryde.team/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AGBuild](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agbuild) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Allegro Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allegro-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Joeri van Geelen invest in?

Joeri van Geelen invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Joeri van Geelen's check size?

Joeri van Geelen typically joins rounds of $800k–$892k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joeri van Geelen participates in.

### How do I contact Joeri van Geelen?

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### When did Joeri van Geelen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joeri van Geelen closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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