# Josh Fraser

> Josh Fraser is a Series A investor at Origin Protocol backing Software and Cryptocurrency. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Origin Protocol](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/originprotocol)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuafraser
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/joshfraser
- Website: http://www.joshfraser.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joshfraser

Josh Fraser is a Series A investor at Origin Protocol in San Francisco focused on Software and Cryptocurrency. Josh Fraser is the Co-founder at Origin Protocol. He attended Clemson University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 50% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apollo ID | Powering the future of hospitality & entertainment globally. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Boba Network | Boba Network is an EVM-equivalent hybrid computing platform built on an optimistic rollup architecture, helping developers build more feature-rich apps by enabling smart contracts to leverage complex off-chain computations or bring in off-chain data. Boba offers one of the easiest to use blockchain platforms for end-users through their multi-tokenon-ramp, fast exit, and NFT bridge. | $45M | Series A | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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. | $5M | Seed | May 05, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IDEO CoLab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideo-colab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Infinite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinite-capital-b86b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nascent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nascent-91c1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Origin Protocol

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Origin is a protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. It empowers developers and businesses to build decentralized marketplaces on the blockchain. Its protocol makes it easy to create and manage listings for the fractional usage of assets and services.Origin allows buyers and sellers to discovereach other, browse listings, make bookings, leave ratings and reviews, and much more.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Origin Protocol.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Fraser | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-fraser |
| Matthew Liu | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-liu |
| Coleman Maher | Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coleman-maher |
| Cuong Do | Senior Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cuong-do |
| David Segura | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-segura |

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## FAQ

### What does Josh Fraser invest in?

Josh Fraser invests primarily in Software, Cryptocurrency and Ethereum startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Josh Fraser last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Josh Fraser closed in Mar 2024. 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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