# Lightshift Capital

> Lightshift Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.lightshift.capital/

Lightshift Capital is an early-stage investor and invests in blockchain, crypto, and web3 projects with the potential to transform the financial services sector.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Lightshift Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Lightshift Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/lightshift-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 36% |
| Web3 | 3 | 21% |
| Finance | 3 | 21% |
| Ethereum | 2 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simão Cruz | Managing partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sim%C3%A3o-cruz |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akave Cloud | Akave is a decentralized data management network that supports the next generation of data-driven apps and marketplaces. | $6.7M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Gyld Finance Ltd | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Arda Labs | 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 | 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 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 |  |
| Akave Cloud | 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 |  |
| Holonym | 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 | Blueprint Finance develops protocols and infrastructure to advance on-chain financing. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2024 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightshift Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightshift) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Blockchain Builders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-builders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jungle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jungle-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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.

### How do I contact Lightshift Capital?

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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.

### 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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