# JL Sampedro-Mazon

> JL Sampedro-Mazon is a pre-seed investor at Hustle Fund backing FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlsampedromazon/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jlsampedromazon
- Website: https://x.com/jlsampedromazon

JL Sampedro-Mazon is a pre-seed investor at Hustle Fund focused on FinTech and Consulting. Jose is a VC-backed founder, investor and advisor to both emerging tech start-ups and funds. As a Principal at Silicon Valley’s Mach49 Venture Investing practice, he specializes in advising Fortune 1000 organizations on how to design and manage world-class corporate venture capital funds, from developing the optimal investment thesis to unlockingaccess to top startup founders and investors globally, leveraging his network spanning from Silicon Valley to Asia.Notably, Jose is also an Advisor to pebblebed, a frontier tech venture fund started by founding engineers at Facebook AI Research and OpenAI; and a Seed Investor and Advisor at Web3 company poko.fund (YC W22), among several others. Prior to joining M49’s Venture Investing team, Jose also worked as a Venture Builder at Mach49, making him a trusted advisor to corporates seeking strategic advice across the ‘build, invest, partner, buy’ spectrum. Jose also has an extensive background advising Fortune 1000 companies in various other capacities, including as a New York qualified corporate finance lawyer at Linklaters, Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, and Cloud Insight Director at Oracle. He has helped companies reach critical corporate milestones — from the design and execution of multimillion-dollar go-to-market strategies and digital transformations that tackled emerging markets across Southeast Asia — to helping banks restructure and navigate new regulatory requirements in order to withstand the European debt crisis of the 2010s. Jose holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree from King’s College London. He also obtained a diploma in venture capital fund formation from 500 Global, and holds certifications as a Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer, Professional Scrum Master, and member of the New York State Bar.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Consulting | 2 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Poko Technologies | Poko technologies are working on a vision to democratize investing and empower communities to raise and invest capital. Poko is working on cutting-edge issues for enabling DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) to replace company structures worldwide |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| Poko | Poko enables seamless transfers from local payment rails to web3 infrastructure enabling web3 wallets, marketplaces, games and DApps to acquire more users. With Poko’s SDK, web3 builders can easily enable fiat-to-crypto onramping with 100+ common local payment methods or easily pay for NFTs with local payment methods. Poko's fiat-to-cryptoonramp aggregator reduces onramping costs by up to 70% and increases transaction success rates by up to 5x through a smart routing logic and a single integration to multiple onramps. It's Direct Checkout solution enables one step purchasing from fiat payment rails from any smart contract for 79% higher user conversion. The co-founders’ experience includes being chief strategy officer of a $2.4B coincap protocol, leading technical implementation of Singapore’s central bank’s experiment in cross-border payments on blockchain rails, policy experience as payments task force member at the World Economic Forum, ex-Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and CTO of a 2M+ user play to earn game. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 25, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Orange DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amasia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amasia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CreditEase](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creditease) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MS&AD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ms-ad-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hustle Fund

VC Fund · San Carlos, United States

Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors.

5 contacts available at Hustle Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cjin Cheng | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cjin-cheng |
| Elizabeth Yin | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-yin |
| Amit Patel | Hustle Fund Angels | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-patel-3 |
| Anna Kanze Hamilton | Angel Squad Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-kanze-hamilton |
| Blake Smith | Investor - Angel Squad | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-smith-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does JL Sampedro-Mazon invest in?

JL Sampedro-Mazon invests primarily in FinTech, Consulting and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Pre-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 JL Sampedro-Mazon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for JL Sampedro-Mazon closed in Apr 2022. 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.

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