# LayerZero Labs

> LayerZero Labs is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/layerzerolabs/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/LayerZero_Labs
- Website: https://layerzero.network/

LayerZero Labs is a blockchain messaging protocol developer that allows decentralized applications build across multiple blockchains. The company is a User Application (UA) configurable on-chain endpoint that runs a ULN.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for LayerZero Labs. Shizune tracks 4 team members at LayerZero Labs. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/layerzero-labs?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$20M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $10M–$37M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 8 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 17% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 3 | 17% |
| Web3 | 2 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 61% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 28% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 6% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Pellegrino | Co-founder & CEO | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-pellegrino |
| Caleb Banister | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caleb-banister |
| Rob Sadow | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-sadow |
| Ryan Zarick | Coi-founder & CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-zarick |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ekiden | Ekiden is a next-generation decentralized exchange that combines a virtual AMM (vAMM), perpetual futures, and a central limit order book to provide the fastest, most equitable, and liquid on-chain trading experience with extremely low costs and MEV resistance. | $2M | Seed | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Robin Markets | Robin Markets is a DeFi platform focused on Polymarket position yields, whose core product allows users to earn yields. | $475K | Angel | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Obex | Obex helps to fund stablecoin projects backed by compute, energy and fintech credit on the Sky protocol. | $37M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Seismic | Seismicy enables developers to establish innovative financial partnerships and investment instruments. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Kite AI | Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy. | $18M | Series A | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Ubyx | Ubyx is a clearing system that allows anyone, | $10M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Byzantine Finance | 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 |  |
| Plume Network | Plume Networks develops built-in integrations, making it easy to deploy projects and capital on-chain. |  | Series A | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coinbase](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cointelegraph](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cointelegraph) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E-magine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-magine-ventures-0d91) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does LayerZero Labs invest in?

LayerZero Labs invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LayerZero Labs's check size?

LayerZero Labs typically joins rounds of $2M–$20M at Seed and $10M–$37M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LayerZero Labs participates in.

### How do I contact LayerZero Labs?

Public channels for LayerZero Labs include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at LayerZero Labs?

The team at LayerZero Labs includes Bryan Pellegrino (Co-founder & CEO), Caleb Banister (Co-founder) and Rob Sadow (Angel Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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