# Josh Gier > Josh Gier is a angel investor at Lionshare Ventures backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Lionshare Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lionshare-ventures) - Total investments: 10 - Last investment: Aug 2024 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshgier/ - Website: https://x.com/Josh_Gier Josh Gier is a angel investor at Lionshare Ventures focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Josh Gier ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Blockchain | 5 | 50% | | Cryptocurrency | 5 | 50% | | FinTech | 3 | 30% | | Financial Services | 3 | 30% | | Bitcoin | 2 | 20% | 22 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Angel | 7 | 70% | | Seed | 2 | 20% | | Series A | 1 | 10% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 6 | 60% | | Cayman Islands | 1 | 10% | | Czech Republic | 1 | 10% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 10% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Modal Labs | Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud. The software enables users to run or deploy machine learning models, massively parallel compute jobs, task queues, web apps, and more. It also writes the code to launch hundreds of custom containers and runs scripts in the cloud faster than on the local machine. | | Series A | Aug 20, 2024 | | | Kardi Ai | Kardi Ai is a healthtech startup focused on long-term heart monitoring. With its smart wearable and AI-powered app, it provides a 6× higher chance of detecting heart rhythm disorders than current methods, covering 7 types of arrhythmias. Backed by MDR class IIa medical certification, it empowers people to protect their heart health while givingdoctors a reliable tool that saves time and improves patient care. | | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 | | | Blur | Blur aims to solve these problems and move the NFT space toward becoming institutional-grade while increasing decentralization. | | Angel | Sep 01, 2021 | | | Lido | Lido is a provider of liquid staking solutions for staked assets and Ethereum. The platform lets users stake their assets for daily staking rewards. Users can stake any amount of tokens - no minimum. It issues synthetic native tokens for every Ethereum staked via its protocol, thereby enabling users to stake Ethereum and receive an asset of equalvalue which can be used in various DeFi applications to earn yield. | | Angel | Mar 30, 2020 | | | Pika | Pika is a startup that is developing an AI-powered platform for editing and generating films from captions and still images. The company is revolutionizing the video creation and editing process through the integration of AI, offering a user-friendly and easily accessible tool for everyone. | | Seed | | | | dYdX | dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange built by developers on a mission to build open, secure, and powerful financial products. dYdX runs on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, which eliminates the need to trust a central exchange while trading. We combine the security and transparency of a decentralized exchange, with the speed and usability ofa centralized exchange.Founded back in 2017 from ex-Coinbase and Uber engineer, Antonio Juliano, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow / lend pools on Ethereum. Users can earn interest or take loans for a nominal fee as well as trade on margin with custom leverage.Trade your crypto, the safe and secure way, with dYdX | | Angel | | | | Uniswap Labs | Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, the company’s CEO, who invented the Uniswap Protocol, a peer-to-peer system for swapping digital assets that has processed $2.75 trillion in volume since its founding. Uniswap Labs builds some of the most widely adopted DeFi products including a web interface, self-custody mobilewallet, and an API for professional market players. | | Angel | | | | StarkNet | StarkNet is a decentralized layer-2 network that enhances the scalability of Ethereum securely. It allows decentralized applications (dapps) to achieve unlimited scale for transactions and computation. StarkNet operates as a Layer 2 (L2) network, also known as a zero-knowledge rollup (ZK rollup). It provides a platform for community members todiscuss technical opportunities, share ideas, and collaborate on initiatives. StarkNet also offers a Faucet that sends small amounts of L2 Goerli ETH to an account address on Starknet Goerli, which can be used to pay transaction fees. | | Angel | | | | Sky | Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain. | | Angel | | | | Coinbase | Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions. | | Angel | | | 10 of 10 investments shown. ## About Lionshare Ventures VC Fund 1 contacts available at Lionshare Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Josh Gier | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-gier-dde9 | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund - [ZhenFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhenfund) — VC Fund - [IAN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indian-angel-network) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Wintermute Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wintermute-ventures) — VC Fund - [Wintermute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wintermute-trading) — VC Fund - [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Web3 Angel Investors in Cayman Islands](https://shizune.co/investors/web3-angel-investors-cayman-islands) - [Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Cayman Islands](https://shizune.co/investors/cryptocurrency-angel-investors-cayman-islands) - [Payments Angel Investors in Cayman Islands](https://shizune.co/investors/payments-angel-investors-cayman-islands) - [Software Angel Investors in Cayman Islands](https://shizune.co/investors/software-angel-investors-cayman-islands) - [Health Care Investors in Czech Republic](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-investors-czech-republic) - [Medical Device Investors in Czech Republic](https://shizune.co/investors/medical-device-investors-czech-republic) ## FAQ ### What does Josh Gier invest in? Josh Gier invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Gier last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Josh Gier closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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