# Metapurse

> Metapurse is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.metapurse.fund/

Metapurse is a crypto-exclusive fund that specializes in identifying early-stage projects.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Metapurse. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Metapurse. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/metapurse?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.7M–$16M |
| Pre-Seed | $5M–$7M |
| Series A | $11M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 23% |
| Apps | 2 | 15% |
| EdTech | 2 | 15% |
| Internet | 2 | 15% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 31% |
| Series A | 4 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 31% |
| Singapore | 3 | 23% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 15% |
| Israel | 1 | 8% |
| Turkey | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Venkateshwaran | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-venkateshwaran |
| Vignesh Sundaresan | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vignesh-sundaresan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metagood | Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| TRLab | TR Lab is a blank slate platform for discovering and collecting NFT art from the artists. The company offers NFT works to collectors and art lovers. TR Lab was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Hong Kong. | $4.2M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Wilder World | Wilder World is a community-owned, fully decentralized, liquid NFT market and social platform. | $30M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| JADU | Jadu AR Inc. is an augmented reality company building immersive mobile games powered by custom technology that brings high-fidelity spatial gameplay to mobile devices.The studio has released two titles: Jadu: Fight in AR, a real-time PvP game, and PANIC AR, a story-driven wave shooter. PANIC, currently in development, features hundreds ofconcurrently simulated enemies, 3D projectiles, and advanced post-processing effects. The result is a level of immersion not previously possible on mobile.Jadu’s generative authoring and scene understanding tools enable character-driven scenarios that stay responsive to player actions and physical context. Both games have received strong player enthusiasm, with a 4.9-star average rating across 400,000 installs.Founded in 2019, Jadu began with a fascination for how virtual characters interacting with physical spaces could shape culture. The company rose to prominence when its AR-enabled Web3 assets saw over $30 million in secondary trading. Over the years, the team has collaborated with cultural icons including Elton John, GRIMES, Lewis Hamilton, Lil Nas X, Michael Bay, Serena Williams, and Snoop Dogg.Jadu has raised $42 million from investors including Bain Capital, General Catalyst, LG Tech Ventures, and Com2Us. | $7M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| NFTrade | NFTrade is a decentralized cross-chain NFT platform allowing users to unlock the full value of the NFT ecosystem. They aggregate all NFT marketplaces and host the entire NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across multiple blockchains. Anyone can use NFTrade to gain access to the entirety of their NFT,thereby unlocking the total value of the NFT market. | $3.7M | Seed | Sep 24, 2021 |  |
| Alethea AI | Alethea AI is a decentralized protocol to create intelligent and interactive NFTs powered by GPT-3. We are originators of the iNFT standard and are on the cutting edge of embedding AI animation, interaction, and generative AI capabilities into NFTs. | $16M | Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| Nas Company (Formerly Nas Academy) | The great irony is that people don’t enjoy education, but they love learning.We believe that Creators can fix that gap with better technology and world-class learning experiences.How?1. We have some of the world’s most engaging teachers 2. We have unmatched learning experiences 3. We are the subject matter experts in the creator economySounds exciting? Join us in building the platform for creators, by creators. | $11M | Series A | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Nas.com | Nas.io helps anyone go from idea to revenue in 1 minute with AI. Create digital products, build engaged communities, and automate marketing—all in one intuitive platform. Nas.io puts community first. Challenges, events, social feed, and memberships drive revenue growth for your business. Join 200k+ entrepreneurs and build your dream digitalbusiness with AI in 1 minute, no technical skills required. | $11M | Series A | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Mintable | Mintable is an NFT marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell digital items for the easiest way to earn and get started with crypto and NFTs. | $13M | Series A | Jul 03, 2021 |  |
| Mintable | Mintable is an NFT marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell digital items for the easiest way to earn and get started with crypto and NFTs. | $13M | Series A | Jul 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Metapurse invest in?

Metapurse invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Metapurse's check size?

Metapurse typically joins rounds of $3.7M–$16M at Seed, $5M–$7M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Metapurse participates in.

### How do I contact Metapurse?

Public channels for Metapurse include 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 Metapurse?

The team at Metapurse includes Anand Venkateshwaran (Founder) and Vignesh Sundaresan (Founder). 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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