Manifold
VC Fund
New York, United States
Manifold is a VC fund in New York focused on Blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Manifold operates as a systematic quantitative investment firm focused on the cryptocurrency space.
- Total investments:
- 33
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
- Fund size:
- $16M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Manifold invests in
Stages Manifold invests in
Countries Manifold invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$9.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.4M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 10 (30%)
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) 7 (21%)
- Cryptocurrency 6 (18%)
- FinTech 5 (15%)
- Software 5 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (61%)
- Pre-Seed 7 (21%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (6%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 12 (36%)
- Hong Kong 2 (6%)
- Singapore 2 (6%)
- Bahamas 1 (3%)
- Vietnam 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jae Chung
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullpen is completely non-custodial and protected by Turnkey's enterprise-level private key management infrastructure. Users can benefit from military-grade protection while maintaining total control over their assets thanks to an air-gapped architecture. | Seed / Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Gata uses data technology to develop superintelligence and to ensure its alignment with human objectives. | $4M / Seed / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| Capx's mission is to accelerate the flow of capital through the private markets, thereby enhancing global capital allocation. With secondary market and enterprise solutions, Capx combines high-quality collections of opportunities with efficient access for institutions and individual investors. | $3.1M / Seed / Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Opinion Labs is a decentralized intelligence platform. It has developed O.LAB which provides financial information and intelligence. Its products encompass prediction and opinion markets. | $5M / Seed / Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| Aura is a decentralized platform for AI models that emphasizes discoverability and open innovation. | $5.5M / Seed / Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Cygnus is a tool that helps different blockchains work together by allowing to share security and keep their networks safe. | $20M / Pre-Seed / Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Mirai Labs is a game development company that offers web3, mobile apps, and blockchain services. | $4M / Seed / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Yei Finance a pioneering decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol. | $2M / Seed / Dec 14, 2024 | ||
| Fantasy is a decentralized card game where users can engage in card trading and fantasy betting | $4.3M / Seed / Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Heurist is a Layer 2 network for AI model hosting and inference based on ZK Stack. It offers serverless access to open-source AI models stored on a decentralized network of computer resources. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 15, 2024 | ||
| See all 33 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Manifold invest in?
Manifold invests primarily in Blockchain, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Manifold invest in?
Manifold typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$9.5M at Seed and $1.4M–$20M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Manifold's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Manifold took part in.
How do I contact Manifold?
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Who are the partners at Manifold?
The team at Manifold includes Jae Chung (Founding 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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