# LBANK Labs

> LBANK Labs is a VC fund in California backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: California, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lbank-labs
- Website: https://www.lbanklabs.com

LBANK Labs is an investment firm.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 19% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 4 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 24% |
| France | 2 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valeria Kholostenko | Principal | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valeria-kholostenko |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kyuzo’s Friends | Kyuzo’s Friends focuses on user growth and player engagement. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| MelosBoom | MelosBoom is an innovative decentralized music-based platform that combines blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a unique way for users to earn money while listening to music. |  | Series B | Dec 23, 2024 |  |
| Kintsu | Kintsu provides superior liquid staking solutions that boost your staking benefits and flexibility in DeFi ecosystems. | $4M | Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Versatus | VRRB is a startup that is building a new, innovative, computationally lightweight block mining and consensus algorithm known as Proof of Claim. Proof of Claim allows for fast, decentralized, fair validation of transactions and block mining. Due to the lightweight nature of the algorithm, launching and running a node will simply be accessible toanyone with a computer. Proof of Claim is a consensus algorithm that aims to solve many of the issues currently present with both Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Bedrock | Bedrock is a pioneering liquid restaking mechanism in the decentralized infrastructure. |  | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $7.2M |  | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| peaq | peaq gives robots and machines everything they need to do business, on every chain. peaqOS enables machines — robots, vehicles, devices, AI agents — to show up on any chain as liquid assets with identities, wallets, reputation, and the ability to provide services, trade, and prove what they did. peaq is the economic system for a human-centricMachine Economy where autonomous machines are a new asset class and every human can have a stake. It is home to 60+ applications in 20+ industries and to the millions of machines that run on them. | $15M | Series A | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Metaverse HQ | Metaverse HQ is a Web3 technology company incubating founders, advising leaders, and developing engaging products. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Scallop | Scallop is the pioneering Next Generation peer-to-peer Web3 Decentralized Finance lending Money Market. | $3M | Seed | Mar 03, 2024 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cogitent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogitent-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okx-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [TRGC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trg-token-research-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Agnostic Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agnostic-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Comma3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comma3-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does LBANK Labs invest in?

LBANK Labs invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact LBANK Labs?

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### Who are the partners at LBANK Labs?

The team at LBANK Labs includes Valeria Kholostenko (Principal). 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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