# Mario Nawfal

> Mario Nawfal is a seed investor at AthenaGroup Capital backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AthenaGroup Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/athenagroup-capital)
- Location: Marina Del Rey, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-nawfal/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal
- Website: https://marionawfal.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marionawfal1

Mario Nawfal is a seed investor at AthenaGroup Capital in Marina Del Rey focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Mario Nawfal is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IBC Group - International Blockchain Consulting. He previously worked at NFTtechnologies as a Strategic Advisor. Mario Nawfal attended Monash University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 31% |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 3 | 23% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 62% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 15% |
| Poland | 1 | 8% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Voran | Voran is a decentralized computing platform that develops an AI compute and intelligence ecosystem. | $3M | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Forg3t Protocol | Forg3t Protocol provides provable AI unlearning infrastructure for enterprises. It enables verification and auditing of sensitive data removal from AI models. This ensures strong regulatory compliance. Built for secure, transparent AI data management. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| ForU AI | ForU AI operates as a real-world AI agent. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 17, 2025 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Mind Network | Mind Network is a full-encryption network built on a proprietary adaptive fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) framework to secure all user data, smart contracts, and AI on Web3. | $10M | Seed | Sep 27, 2024 |  |
| Blend | Blend is a completely decentralized, community-governed protocol with distributed token holders. |  | Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |
| Blend Finance | Blend is a liquidity market system built on Bitcoin layer 2, allowing users to engage as either suppliers or borrowers. |  | Seed | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Rewardable | Turn your spare time into extra cash with simple online tasks and micro-jobs. Earn money whenever and wherever you like.Rewardable is an innovative Task-to-Earn (T2E) platform that connects brands, projects, and businesses with a global community of verified users, known as Task Ninjas. Our platform allows organizations to drive authentic,bot-free engagement through tasks and micro-jobs, rewarding participants with $REWARD points for their contributions.Whether you're looking to boost visibility, gather user feedback, or build community engagement, Rewardable ensures high-quality, genuine interactions across a wide range of industries. With a seamless user experience available via web, mobile app, and browser extension, Rewardable offers scalable and effective marketing solutions for businesses in Web3 and beyond. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| NOMOEX | NOMOEX is a centralized crypto exchange that facilitates crypto trades by using its next-gen software to match and execute trades .Nomoex Exchange is being created with next-gen features and functionalities to make sure that users are able to trade cryptocurrencies in the most convenient and secure manner using user-friendly options and a widerange of services from crypto storage to trading, sending, receiving, and the use of advanced trading tools & mechanisms to increase profits. | $1.3M | Initial Coin Offering | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| BasedVC | BasedVC invests in web3-based enterprises. | $2M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ArkStream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkstream-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CGV FoF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cgv-fof) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cogitent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogitent-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cointelegraph](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cointelegraph) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DWF Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dwf-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E-magine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-magine-ventures-0d91) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About AthenaGroup Capital

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

AthenaGroup Capital is an investment firm that offers lead-capturing, marketing, investor nurturing, and business development services.

1 contacts available at AthenaGroup Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mario Nawfal | Founder, CEO & Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-nawfal |

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## FAQ

### What does Mario Nawfal invest in?

Mario Nawfal invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mario Nawfal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mario Nawfal closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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