# Justin Barlow > Justin Barlow is a seed investor at Faction (Los Angeles) backing Blockchain and Video Games. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Faction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faction-0d34) - Location: Los Angeles, United States - Total investments: 8 - Last investment: Dec 2025 - Lead investor: 25% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbarlow98 - Website: https://www.justin-barlow.com/ Justin Barlow is a seed investor at Faction in Los Angeles focused on Blockchain and Video Games. Justin Barlow is the Executive Director of Sei Foundation. Justin Barlow attended the University of Southern California. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Blockchain | 3 | 38% | | Video Games | 2 | 25% | | Cryptocurrency | 2 | 25% | | Web3 | 1 | 13% | | Gaming | 1 | 13% | 15 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 6 | 75% | | Grant | 1 | 13% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 3 | 38% | | Canada | 1 | 13% | | Panama | 1 | 13% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TOK Kombat | TOP1 WEB3 RPG, Powered by Sei Network | | Grant | Dec 18, 2025 | | | Magna | Magna develops a token vesting and DeFi investment management platform. The company's first product is Carta for Web3, where companies can manage their cap tables and distribute their token equity to employees, advisors, or investors. It aims to use locked tokens as composable building blocks to power collateralized lending, liquid secondarymarkets, and other DeFi applications. | $15.2M | Seed | Sep 15, 2022 | | | Panzerdogs | Panzerdogs is a PvP chain game developer, the main product is a chain game with tank war theme. | $3.4M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 | | | Bravo Ready | Bravo Ready’s flagship game mode, the ‘Infinite Royale’ is a proprietary style of gameplay encompassing unique characteristics that flip the conventional battle royale on its head. | $3M | Seed | Jul 11, 2022 | | | Amulet Protocol | DeFi insurance protocol | $6M | Seed | Apr 27, 2022 | | | Delta One | Delta One is a yield generation protocol on Solana that offers novel delta-neutral and impermanent loss-free farming markets. Its mission is to create novel, easy-to-use Defi primitives that democratize the best risk-adjusted yield opportunities to achieve mass adoption of crypto investing. | $9.1M | Seed | Apr 19, 2022 | | | CAMPUS | Fandom That Pays. Officially-licensed collegiate Tokens that unlock access to your favorite teams & athletes. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 06, 2022 | | | Dialect | Dialect enables a more engaging dapp experience with timely, targeted messages and notifications. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 | | 8 of 8 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Faction VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States Lightspeed Faction is a joint venture with Lightspeed Venture Partners, and as a result, combines Faction's crypto-only approach with Lightspeed's deep Silicon Valley roots and platform business scaling resources. Faction collaborates with Lightspeed on blockchain-related matters, but operates the fund independently. 5 contacts available at Faction. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Clara Boh | Deal Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-boh | | Banafsheh Fathieh | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banafsheh-fathieh | | Justin Barlow | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-barlow-7dba | | Raymond Feng | Technical Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raymond-feng | | Samuel Harrison | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuel-harrison | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [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 ## FAQ ### What does Justin Barlow invest in? Justin Barlow invests primarily in Blockchain, Video Games and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 8 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 Justin Barlow last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Justin Barlow closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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