# Maelstrom

> Maelstrom is a VC fund in Hong Kong backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maelstromfund
- Website: https://maelstrom.fund

Maelstrom is a VC fund in Hong Kong focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Managed by the family office of Arthur Hayes (co-founder, BitMEX), Maelstrom is building a long-term portfolio across Venture, Liquid, Private Equity, and Public Markets, focused on infrastructure companies and assets that will form the foundation of the next wave of trustless decentralization.We back high-conviction opportunities ranging fromearly-stage equity and token investments to private and public market positions, bringing to each cap table the experience, relationships, and resources of having built one of the industry’s first profitable unicorns from the ground up.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$3M |
| Series A | $4M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 18 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 12 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 22% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 8 | 18% |
| Web3 | 7 | 16% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 62% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 11% |
| Series A | 4 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 31% |
| Singapore | 4 | 9% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 4% |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akshat Vaidya | Managing Partner & Co-founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshat-vaidya-68d7 |
| Arthur Hayes | CIO & Co-Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-a-kuhns |
| Arthur Hayes | CIO; CIO & Co-Founder | 23 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-hayes |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paxos Labs | Paxos Labs offers enterprise infrastructure for branded stablecoins and embedded on-chain financial products. The company develops blockchain-based solutions that help institutions issue and manage stablecoins under their own brands. It also provides APIs and tools that enable partners to embed tokenized dollars and other on-chain financialproducts into their platforms. Paxos Labs serves financial institutions, fintechs, and enterprises seeking to integrate digital assets into existing services. Its technology focuses on regulated, asset-backed tokens and institutional-grade settlement workflows. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Oh | Oh is the decentralized and uncensored AI products can offer a range of benefits, such as enhancing privacy, encouraging innovation, and promoting freedom of information. | $7.5M | Series A | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Zcash Open Development Lab | Zodl is a mobile wallet for sending and managing private Zcash transactions, with encrypted payments and full user control of funds. | $25M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| Neuramint | Neuramint gives developers the ability to design and manage autonomous Web3 workflows. | $5M | Seed | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| River | River builds a chain-abstraction stablecoin protocol enabling cross-chain liquidity, yield, and DeFi access without bridges. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| BIO Protocol | The BIO Protocol (BIO) allows onchain scientific communities to fund, build, and co-own research and products in specific biomedical domains including lifespan, brain health, and rare disorders. BIO, founded by senior VitaDAO members, empowers worldwide communities of scientists, patients, and investors to take science into their own hands andbring solutions to life more effectively than traditional pharmaceutical companies. | $6.9M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Hyperbeat | Hyperbeat is a native protocol built specifically for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, designed to enhance scalability, efficiency, and overall performance across the network. | $5.2M | Seed | Aug 15, 2025 |  |
| ARO Network | ARO Network is a decentralized edge cloud platform focusing on power peer-to-peer content delivery. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Limitless Labs | Limitless Labs is a research and development network focused on innovation in prediction markets, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence. By leveraging cutting-edge research and collaborative efforts, it aims to create advanced solutions that enhance decision-making, transparency, and efficiency across various industries. | $4M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Veda | Veda operates as a vault infrastructure platform
in DeFi. | $18M | Series A | Jun 22, 2025 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Maelstrom invest in?

Maelstrom invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 45 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 Maelstrom's check size?

Maelstrom typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$12M at Seed, $2M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$18M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Maelstrom participates in.

### How do I contact Maelstrom?

Public channels for Maelstrom include LinkedIn 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 Maelstrom?

The team at Maelstrom includes Akshat Vaidya (Managing Partner & Co-founder), Arthur Hayes (CIO & Co-Founder) and Arthur Hayes (CIO; CIO & Co-Founder). 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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