# Manifold

> Manifold is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last fund: Dec 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manifoldtrading/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/manifoldtrading
- Website: https://www.manifoldtrading.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$9.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.4M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 10 | 30% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 7 | 21% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 18% |
| FinTech | 5 | 15% |
| Software | 5 | 15% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 61% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 36% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 6% |
| Singapore | 2 | 6% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 3% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jae Chung | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jae-chung-db01 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bullpen | 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 | Gata uses data technology to develop superintelligence and to ensure its alignment with human objectives. | $4M | Seed | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Capx | 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 | 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 | Aura is a decentralized platform for AI models that emphasizes discoverability and open innovation. | $5.5M | Seed | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Cygnus Finance | 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 | Mirai Labs is a game development company that offers web3, mobile apps, and blockchain services. | $4M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Yei Finance | Yei Finance a pioneering decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol. | $2M | Seed | Dec 14, 2024 |  |
| Fantasy | Fantasy is a decentralized card game where users can engage in card trading and fantasy betting | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Heurist | 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 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Manifold Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manifold-30bc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Selini Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selini-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-dream-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maelstrom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maelstrom) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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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 is Manifold's check size?

Manifold typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$9.5M at Seed and $1.4M–$20M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Manifold participates in.

### How do I contact Manifold?

Public channels for Manifold include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 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 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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