Lightshift Capital
VC Fund
Lightshift Capital is an early-stage investor and invests in blockchain, crypto, and web3 projects with the potential to transform the financial services sector.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Lightshift Capital invests in
Stages Lightshift Capital invests in
Countries Lightshift Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 7 (50%)
- Cryptocurrency 5 (36%)
- Web3 3 (21%)
- Finance 3 (21%)
- Ethereum 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (36%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 3 (21%)
- Canada 1 (7%)
- France 1 (7%)
- Israel 1 (7%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Simão Cruz
Managing partner
|
Managing partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akave is a decentralized data management network that supports the next generation of data-driven apps and marketplaces. | $6.7M / Seed / Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| Turn future yield into a tradable, tangible asset. Gyld Finance is the institutional marketplace to unlock value through shared standards, robust infrastructure and full regulatory compliance. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| XWeave blockchain-based cross-border payment systems are designed to make international money transfers faster, more secure, and cost-effective. These systems leverage the decentralized, transparent, and immutable nature of blockchain technology to address common pain points such as slow settlement times, high transaction fees, and fraud risks. | $3M / Seed / May 05, 2025 | ||
| Arda Labs is the first universal operating system for real estate, enabling seamless execution across assets, finance, and data. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| Finisterra Labs is building Baselight, a universal database and query interface meant to provide unified access to all of the world's structured data. | $3.8M / Seed / Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Akave is a decentralized data management network that supports the next generation of data-driven apps and marketplaces. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| The Holonym Foundation is an ecosystem of tools to enhance privacy, accessibility, and security of the decentralized web. | $5.5M / Seed / Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Blueprint Finance develops protocols and infrastructure to advance on-chain financing. | $7.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Union Labs is a hyper-efficient, zero-knowledge interoperability layer that connects appchains. layer 1 and layer 2 networks. | $4M / Seed / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Lightshift Capital invest in?
Lightshift Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 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 Lightshift Capital?
The team at Lightshift Capital includes Simão Cruz (Managing partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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