# Michael Cotton

> Michael Cotton is a seed investor at Meld ventures (Brisbane) backing Internet and Blockchain. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Meld ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meld-ventures)
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cotton-aus/

Michael Cotton is a Co-Founder at Meld Ventures. He Attended The University of Queensland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swell | Swell is the restaking chain, powered by Proof of Restake. The protocol is backed by the industry's best venture capital firms and angels. | $3.8M | Seed | Mar 14, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crypto3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damo-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IOSG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iosg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Meld ventures

VC Fund · Hamilton, Australia

Meld Ventures is an Australian-based firm dedicated to backing the next wave of blockchain entrepreneurs.

1 contacts available at Meld ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Cotton | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cotton-52f0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Cotton invest in?

Michael Cotton invests primarily in Internet, Blockchain and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Cotton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Cotton closed in Mar 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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