# Kestrel 0x1

> Kestrel 0x1 is a VC fund in London backing Blockchain and Information Technology. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kestrel0x1/
- Website: https://www.kestrel0x1.com/

Kestrel 0x1 is a VC fund in London focused on Blockchain and Information Technology. We are a thesis driven technology investment fund. Picking winning investments is hard and having an opinion and view of where the world is heading is our edge.Technology has always been a rapidly evolving sector and the pace is only accelerating. We expect the world in 20 years to look starkly more different than the world of 20 years ago. Nowis the time to build the companies that will shape that future.Our founding team has decades of combined experience across the technology, investing, and banking sectors. We work closely with our portfolio companies to maximise their success and in turn maximise returns for our investors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.9M–$2.5M |
| Series A | $80M–$156M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 27% |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 20% |
| Internet | 3 | 20% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 27% |
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| Singapore | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nscale | Nscale is an AI GPU cloud platform that provides scale computing to the generative AI market. It develops AI-ready data centers, deploys GPU infrastructure, and delivers AI cloud services. Its AI private cloud platform supports the entire generative AI lifecycle, enabling developers to run and train AI models. It also provides bare metal andvirtualized GPU nodes, Kubernetes-native services (NKS), AI workload scheduling empowered by SLURM, and advanced serverless and dedicated inferencing options. | $155.5M | Series A | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| Bitlayer | Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer. | $5M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| OrdinalsBot | OrdinalsBot is a blockchain platform that offers resources for token creations, inscriptions, and Bitcoin ecosystem. | $3M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Ooga Booga | Ooga Booga is a liquidity aggregator designed to support the goal of becoming the most capital efficient blockchain. | $1M | Seed | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| NodeShift | NodeShift is a cloud service provider that enables companies to create and run safe applications on a budget. | $3.2M | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Arkon Energy | Arkon Energy is a globally diversified data center infrastructure owner, with data centers in Australia, Europe and North America providing processing power solutions for clients in the AI and HPC sectors | $110M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 22, 2023 |  |
| OrdinalsBot | OrdinalsBot is a blockchain platform that offers resources for token creations, inscriptions, and Bitcoin ecosystem. | $1M | Seed | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| D3 | D3 its goal is to transform the domain name industry by effortlessly connecting Web 1-3. | $5M | Seed | Sep 05, 2023 |  |
| IronMill | IronMill is a Web3 infrastructure provider that focuses on offering customized integration solutions to program developers. | $2.6M | Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Redeem | Redeem uses Web3 technology to enable users to send and redeem non-fungible tokens (NFT) by using their phone numbers. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Kestrel 0x1 invest in?

Kestrel 0x1 invests primarily in Blockchain, Information Technology and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kestrel 0x1's check size?

Kestrel 0x1 typically joins rounds of $1M–$5M at Seed, $1.9M–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $80M–$156M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kestrel 0x1 participates in.

### When did Kestrel 0x1 last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kestrel 0x1 closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 15 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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