# Metric Ventures

> Metric Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Gaming, Privacy and Big Data. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Metric Ventures is a principal investment firm based in Palo Alto, California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Privacy | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ARPA Network | ARPA Network is a decentralized computing network designed to improve the fairness, security, and privacy of blockchain technology. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2024 |  |
| ARPA | ARPA is a network that provides secure computation, which enables data to be shared and used without disclosing the raw data to anyone during data-at-use. The correctness of computation is verifiable even under majority malicious condition using Information-theoretic MAC and Zero- Knowledge Proof. By using state-of-the-art Multi-party Computationalong with innovative node communication scheme, our privacy-preserving computation protocol enables a new way of data monetization called Data Renting. | $6M |  | May 30, 2024 |  |
| IoTeX | IoTeX is the leading decentralized network powering the future of web3 and machine economy (MachineFi). The platform is built for developers to connect billions of machines with web3 infrastructure, to create innovative products including DeFi, NFT, DAO, Metaverse, and MachineFi applications. Founded in 2017 with a team of alumni from Google,Facebook, Uber, Bosch, and Intel, IoTeX has launched a high-performance public blockchain with off-chain computing for devices and machines, cross-chain bridges, wallet, and the MachineFi marketplace. The IoTeX network has grown rapidly with >$2B in assets on-chain, >300K on-chain users, and >10k devices connected across hundreds of dapps. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Castle of Blackwater | Castle of Blackwater is a social deduction game that plays to betray. | $1M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 15, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ArkStream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkstream-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Laser Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laser-digital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trinito](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trinito) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3Commas Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3commas-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Metric Ventures invest in?

Metric Ventures invests primarily in Gaming, Privacy and Big Data startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Metric Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Metric Ventures closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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