# John Rost

> John Rost is a seed investor backing Bitcoin, FinTech and Blockchain. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

John Rost is a seed investor focused on Bitcoin and FinTech. John Rost - Advisor @ TenX

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cake DeFi | Cake DeFi adheres to secure practices throughout our software development lifecycle and follows stringent information security standards.Cake DeFi places the utmost degree of importance on the handling of all crypto assets and cybersecurity. Cake DeFi has made significant investments in security infrastructure and has taken all necessary steps toensure that any and all risk factors are mitigated.Cake DeFi was established on May 1, 2019 by U-Zyn Chua and Julian Hosp in Central Region, Singapore. | $2.4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2019 | https://cakedefi.com |
| TenX | At TenX we make cryptocurrencies spendable anytime and anywhere. | $1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2017 | http://www.tenx.tech |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FF Estate AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-estate-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kosmos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kosmos-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mustedanagic & Plott Brothers GbR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mustedanagic-plott-brothers-gbr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does John Rost invest in?

John Rost invests primarily in Bitcoin, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did John Rost last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Rost closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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