# Mark Linao

> Mark Linao is a seed investor at AET Fund backing Ethereum and Information Technology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AET Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aet-fund)
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marklinao/

Mark Linao is a seed investor at AET Fund in Greater Los Angeles Area focused on Ethereum and Information Technology. Mark is a Principal at the AET Fund, and early stage fund of Akatsuki Inc focused on the future of media and entertainment. Prior to AET Fund, Linao was a senior multi-disciplined engineer at aerospace and defense firm Raytheon. He has also worked at the Rubicon Project and Amazon. After that, Linao was an Associate at Technicolor Ventureseventually transitioning to Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Technicolor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ethereum | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Based | Based is a communication platform which is build over the NFT . | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Collab+Currency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-currency) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Franklin Templeton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franklin-templeton-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GFR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gfr-8a41) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hannah Grey](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-grey) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Palm Tree Crew](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-tree-crew) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SolBigBrain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solbigbrain) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AET Fund

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

The AET Fund is a venture capital fund specializing in the intersection of entertainment and technology. Through the creation of new entertainment, they aiming to realize a world where people everywhere can find experiences that move them and become happier for it. They support startups that share these values and hope that together and will movetheir world forward. AET Fund target investment area covers all forms of entertainment. The fund actively invests in new forms of entertainment such as streaming services, voice assist, the gamification of existing industries and spreads beyond the bounds of conventional categories such as games, music, sports, beauty, and fitness. They openly engage with all businesses that deliver emotional experiences.

3 contacts available at AET Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Linao | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-linao |
| Tomoya Ogawa | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoya-ogawa |
| Yuki Kawamura | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuki-kawamura |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Linao invest in?

Mark Linao invests primarily in Ethereum and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark Linao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Linao closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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