# Matter Labs

> Matter Labs is a VC fund in George Town backing Gaming and Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: George Town, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/matterlabs/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/the_matter_labs
- Website: https://matter-labs.io

Matter Labs is a VC fund in George Town focused on Gaming and Apps. Matter Labs is scaling Ethereum with zero-knowledge proofs to accelerate public blockchain adoption. The company started out of scientific curiosity, the joy of engineering, and a deep conviction, the most impactful way to improve the world today is to provide an open and free alternative to its existing, deeply flawed financial system.Thecompany was founded in 2018 with its head office in Berlin, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 50% |
| Apps | 2 | 33% |
| Web3 | 2 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Gluchowski | Co-Founder & CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-gluchowski |
| Serge Beresnev | Frontend Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serge-beresnev-9913 |
| Alexandr Vlasov | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandr-vlasov |
| Michael Carilli | Senior Applied Cryptography Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-carilli |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabric Cryptography | Fabric develops a custom cryptography hardware to accelerate cryptography algorithms. The chips, whose components exclusively serve cryptographic purposes, are based on Verifiable Processing Units (VPUs) which incorporate features of GPUs and ASICs to improve the speed and cost of advanced cryptographic workloads. | $33M | Series A | Aug 19, 2024 |  |
| TRALA | TRALA is a Web 3 platform that provides a variety of games. | $5M | Seed | May 31, 2024 |  |
| Tevaera | Tevaera enhances multi-genre game launch and play using zkStack-based L3 gaming chain, offering multiplayer features and UX-focused apps, facilitating user, liquidity, and builders' free flow within zkNation. | $5M | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Clave | Clave is a smart account platform that effortlessly simplifies Crypto, Account Abstraction, and asset transactions through link sharing. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| Inco | Inco develops a global confidentiality layer for Ethereum and other networks. It enables a wide range of new apps, spanning various verticals such as gaming and gambling, DeFi, including dark pools, private lending, and blind auctions, and enterprise solutions such as confidential stable coins, private RWAs, and private voting. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| GRVT | GRVT is an institutional-grade self-custody derivatives trading platform, where we eliminate counterparty risk and offer unparalleled efficiency. With features like KYC, self-custody, and privacy-enabled trading, plus high transaction throughput, we provide RFQ and CLOB options for futures, perpetuals, and more. | $5M | Seed | Sep 19, 2023 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABCDE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abcde) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aquanow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquanow) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matter Labs invest in?

Matter Labs invests primarily in Gaming, Apps and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Matter Labs?

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### Who are the partners at Matter Labs?

The team at Matter Labs includes Alex Gluchowski (Co-Founder & CEO), Serge Beresnev (Frontend Developer) and Alexandr Vlasov (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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