# LeadBlock Partners

> LeadBlock Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Blockchain. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadblockpartners/
- Website: https://leadblockpartners.com/

LeadBlock Partners is a EU venture capital fund.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$18M |
| Series A | $10M–$42M |
| Series B | $12M–$105M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 8 | 44% |
| Blockchain | 7 | 39% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 39% |
| FinTech | 4 | 22% |
| PaaS | 1 | 6% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 33% |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Series B | 4 | 22% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 4 | 22% |
| Finland | 2 | 11% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| Austria | 1 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baptiste Cota | Co-Founder and Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baptiste-cota |
| David C. | Co-Founder and General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-chreng-messembourg |
| Jean-Marc Puel | Co-Founder and General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-marc-puel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $10M | Series A | Dec 23, 2024 |  |
| Kiln | 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. | $17.6M | Series A | Nov 28, 2022 |  |
| Tatum | Tatum is a blockchain development platform designed to assist developers in building applications on the blockchain.The company is a platform for building blockchain infrastructure that offers developers an easy-to-use application programming interface (API), allowing them to incorporate blockchain into their products quickly and effortlessly.Tatum was established on June 4, 2018 by Jiri Kobelka and Samuel Šramko in London, England. | $41.5M | Series A | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Talos | Talos Trading is an institutional technology infrastructure provider that connects all crypto ecosystem participants to support a full trading lifecycle. Talos Trading is based in New York, NY and was co-founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018. | $105M | Series B | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Venly | Venly is a blockchain technology and financial services company that builds infrastructure connecting digital asset rails to traditional banking systems. Through its regulated subsidiary Venly Finance (Poland, EU VASP registered), the company operates stablecoin settlement infrastructure that enables fintechs, platforms, and financial institutionsto move money across borders faster and at lower cost than traditional correspondent banking.Venly's platform combines blockchain technology expertise with regulated financial services — including stablecoin settlement orchestration, digital asset custody, card issuance, and multi-rail payment routing across 40+ corridors. The technology layer handles the complexity of bridging crypto and fiat rails (SEPA, SWIFT, ACH, Faster Payments), while the regulated entity structure ensures compliance across jurisdictions.Founded in Belgium in 2018, Venly has evolved from a blockchain developer tools provider into a full-stack financial infrastructure company. The group holds SOC 2 Type II certification and ISO 27001, with CASP authorization pending under MiCA. Key verticals include iGaming, affiliate networks, prop trading, and cross-border B2B payments.Categories: Blockchain, Financial Services, Payment Infrastructure, Stablecoin Payments, Cross-border Payments, FinTech | $22.1M | Series A | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Treehouse | Treehouse is a Web3 company transforming on-chain data into meaningful metrics to help decentralized finance (DeFi) investors make informed financial decisions. | $18M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Hex Trust | Hex Trust is a fully-licensed and insured provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets. Through our proprietary platform Hex Safe™, we deliver custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing solutions for financial institutions, digital asset organizations, corporate and private clients. Hex Trust has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam andis expanding across Europe and the Middle East.Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that enables banks and financial institutions to adopt and integrate digital assets into their business models within a highly secure, scalable and compliant custody framework.Hex Trust is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) license under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. In Singapore, Hex Trust holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allowing the company to provide custodial services regulated under Singapore’s Securities and Futures Act. | $88M | Series B | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Token Terminal | Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising crypto projects. |  | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Vibra | Vibra is an online crypto-currency application that specializes in investments, blockchain, and funding services. | $6M | Seed | Dec 17, 2021 |  |
| Bitpanda | Bitpanda is a centralized crypto exchange that provides users access to digital assets. | $263M | Series C | Aug 17, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does LeadBlock Partners invest in?

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

### What is LeadBlock Partners's check size?

LeadBlock Partners typically joins rounds of $2M–$18M at Seed, $10M–$42M at Series A and $12M–$105M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LeadBlock Partners participates in.

### How do I contact LeadBlock Partners?

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### Who are the partners at LeadBlock Partners?

The team at LeadBlock Partners includes Baptiste Cota (Co-Founder and Partner), David C. (Co-Founder and General Partner) and Jean-Marc Puel (Co-Founder and General Partner). 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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