# Justin Drake

> Justin Drake is a seed investor in Cambridge backing Blockchain, FinTech and Finance. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drakefjustin
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/drakefjustin
- Website: https://x.com/drakefjustin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justinadream

Justin Drake is a seed investor in Cambridge focused on Blockchain and FinTech. Justin Drake is the Researcher of Ethereum Foundation. He previously worked at Duo Money Ltd as a Founder and CEO. Justin Drake attended the University of Cambridge.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.9M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 67% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Grant | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blocksense | Blocksense is a decentralized and unrestricted protocol that consumes Oracle data feeds. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Pi Squared | Pi Squared enables trustless remote computing, AI, and interoperable smart contracts for any blockchain or dApp. | $12.5M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| Ellipsis Labs | Ellipsis Labs is building Phoenix, a decentralized limit order book on Solana that is fully on-chain, non-custodial, and crankless. | $20M | Series A | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Puffer | Puffer Finance operates as a blockchain infrastructure company. | $120K | Grant | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Intmax | Intmax uses stateless Layer 2 zkRollup to provide cost-effective, private, and interoperable solutions to blockchain applications. | $5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2023 |  |
| Ryodan Systems | Ryodan Systems develops zkRollup to construct an infrastructure based on Ethereum encryption technology, achieving almost no gas costs and data sovereignty. | $4.9M | Seed | Apr 13, 2023 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antalpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antalpha) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mask Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-293e) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DoraHacks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorahacks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyperithm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyperithm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Meteorite Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meteorite-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Justin Drake invest in?

Justin Drake invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Justin Drake's check size?

Justin Drake typically joins rounds of $4.9M–$13M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Justin Drake participates in.

### When did Justin Drake last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Justin Drake closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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