# Matterblock

> Matterblock is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Blockchain and Internet. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/72333075/admin/
- Website: http://matterblock.com

Matterblock is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Blockchain and Internet. MatterBlock invests in and supports leading Web 3, Blockchain, Crypto & DeFi projects. We build success through capital, convergence, community & coverage.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 78% |
| Internet | 4 | 44% |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 22% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 78% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 22% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Norway | 1 | 11% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erhan Korhaliller | General Partner & Co Founder | 0 | — |
| Zia Word | Co-Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| API3 | API3 data feeds, dAPIs, aggregate data from first-party oracles, operated by some of the world’s premier API providers. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2024 |  |
| Kasu | Kasu is a distributed platform that connects DeFi Liquidity Providers with Real World Yield Providers. | $3M | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 |  |
| SuperFarm | SuperFarm is an internet service-based company. That provides a cross-chain Defi protocol that allows users to deploy crypto and NFT farms with no code required. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Music Protocol | Music Protocol is a blockchain services provider that uses the blockchain to tokenize music rights and royalties into RWA. The company specializes in tokenized music royalties, investment pools, risk-sharing pools, consistent yield generation, liquidity flexibility, and diversified asset classes. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Ocean Protocol | Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange protocol that lets people share and monetize data while... | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2022 |  |
| NFT3 | NFT3 is the first Unified Decentralized Identity and Credit Network for Web3 and Your Portal to the Metaverse. | $7.5M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Polkadot | Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validity of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability bycreating a general environment for multiple state machines. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| StackOS | StackOS is an open protocol that allows individuals to collectively offer a decentralized cloud |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Nahmii | Nahmii protocol was designed to solve a fundamental problem. The need for a high-performance, low-cost scaling solution. Enables a far greater number of transactions per second. Across the network, Nahmii has no limit to the number of transactions per second, with performance comparable to an optimized database. Reduces the time it takes fortransactions to be processed and gives users immediate feedback. Latency on Nahmii is measured in milliseconds. Provides general viability to all use cases, including micro-transactions. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cypher Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cypher-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delta Blockchain Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-blockchain-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Advanced Blockchain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advanced-blockchain) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caladan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphalab-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andromeda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andromeda-capital-3c3c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matterblock invest in?

Matterblock invests primarily in Blockchain, Internet and Software startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Matterblock?

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### Who are the partners at Matterblock?

The team at Matterblock includes Erhan Korhaliller (General Partner & Co Founder) and Zia Word (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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