# Kristaps Vaivods

> Kristaps Vaivods is a seed investor at Hash Rush backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hash Rush](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hash-rush)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristaps-k%C4%81rlis-vaivods-7a4898146/

Kristaps Vaivods is a seed investor at Hash Rush focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. Kristaps Kārlis Vaivods is the Co-Founder of Hash Rush.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Altitude | Altitude is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol offering a first-of-its-kind actively managed collateralized loan, which uses the volatility of the value of the collateral to repay itself over time. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Beam | Merit Circle is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on developing the play-to-earn economy. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BitScale Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitscale-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CitizenX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citizenx-crypto-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arche Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coin98-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dialectic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dialectic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hash Rush

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Hash Rush.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kristaps Vaivods | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristaps-vaivods |

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## FAQ

### What does Kristaps Vaivods invest in?

Kristaps Vaivods invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Gibraltar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kristaps Vaivods's check size?

Kristaps Vaivods typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$4.5M 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 Kristaps Vaivods participates in.

### When did Kristaps Vaivods last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kristaps Vaivods closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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