Kiln
VC Fund
Paris, France
Kiln is a VC fund in Paris focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Kiln creates an enterprise-level pledge platform and provides one-click pledge services for encrypted assets. It develops validator-independent APIs and services to enable multi-provider staking. Digital assets can be staked wherever they are held, including wallets, custodians, and exchanges. As the industry evolves and the need to integratemultiple stakeholder players becomes apparent, Kiln is in an excellent position to act as an aggregator and accelerate it. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Paris, France.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Kiln invests in
Stages Kiln invests in
Countries Kiln invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Nicolas Maurice
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Ernest Oppetit
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Laszlo Szabo
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 5 (71%)
- Blockchain 4 (57%)
- Finance 2 (29%)
- Ethereum 2 (29%)
- Financial Services 2 (29%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (57%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Funding Round 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 2 (29%)
- France 1 (14%)
- Switzerland 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Nicolas Maurice
CTO
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CTO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ernest Oppetit
CPO & Co-Founder
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CPO & Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Laszlo Szabo
CEO & Co-Founder
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CEO & Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Thomas de Phuoc
COO & Co-Founder
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COO & Co-Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Ethereum Institutional
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Ethereum Institutional is a non-profit organization that focuses on increasing institutional use of the Ethereum ecosystem, including its Layer 2 networks and applications. The organization provides institutional education and engagement for banks, asset managers, custodians, fintechs, market infrastructures, and public institutions evaluatingEthereum. It produces neutral research explaining how Ethereum works, its development roadmap, and its implications for institutional users. Ethereum Institutional also coordinates ecosystem marketing around ETH and real-world deployments to inform institutional strategies. In addition, it gathers industry requirements for tokenization, custody, and settlement on Ethereum and convenes events where institutions and Ethereum ecosystem stakeholders can discuss priorities and implementation approaches. | Seed / Jul 29, 2026 | |
Makina
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Makina is a finance firm that provides a non-custodial option for users to gain exposure to advanced on-chain strategies. | $3M / Seed / Jun 26, 2025 | |
FastLane
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FastLane protocol is designed to generate revenue for validators while increasing the effectiveness of algorithmic traders. | $6M / Mar 04, 2025 | |
Byzantine Finance
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Byzantine is the gateway infrastructure for restaking. We enable anyone to build customizable restaking vaults that give them full control over their risks and rewards. The Byzantine protocol is designed to make risk management of restaking strategies permissionless and flexible allowing for a more competitive, risk-optimised yield. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | |
Reown
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WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code. It is a simple infrastructure that can be setup by any developer. Using a Bridge server to relay the messages without having access to any of its contents. The contents are encrypted using the session datashared by the QR code between the desktop and mobile. | $13M / Series B / Jan 14, 2025 | |
AlloyX
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AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. | $10M / Seed / Dec 30, 2024 | |
Alluvial Finance
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Alluvial Finance is a software development company that provides robust solutions. | $6.2M / Seed / Jan 01, 2022 |
Co-Investors
Coinbase Ventures
2 deals together
Figment Capital
2 deals together
Figment
2 deals together
Steakhouse Financial
2 deals together
1kx
1 deal together
3F
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Kiln invest in?
Kiln invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Kiln?
The team at Kiln includes Nicolas Maurice (CTO), Ernest Oppetit (CPO & Co-Founder) and Laszlo Szabo (CEO & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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