# Michael Kong

> Michael Kong is a seed investor at Fantom Foundation (Sydney) backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fantom Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fantom-foundation)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-kong-89817544/

Michael Kong is a seed investor at Fantom Foundation in Sydney focused on FinTech and Blockchain. Michael Kong

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$5.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 33% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balthazar NFT Gaming | Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining, | $2M | Initial Coin Offering | Dec 09, 2022 |  |
| Request Finance | Request Finance provides a financial management platform for businesses to handle cryptocurrency invoicing, payroll, and expenses. The platform enables users to send and receive invoices in various cryptocurrencies, automate payments, and track financial transactions. It supports compliance with tax regulations and integrates with accountingsystems for streamlined reporting. Request Finance serves companies, freelancers, and DAOs by simplifying digital asset payments and financial operations. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| TiTi Protocol | TiTi Protocol always monitors changes in the total value of reserve to calculate the average price of TiUSD in circulation and adjusts the market-making peg price of TiUSD in the primary market through the ReOrders mechanism. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 11, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [0xb1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/0xb1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agnostic Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agnostic-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DeFi Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance-6b14) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fantom Foundation

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

FANTOM is the world's first DAG based smart contract platform.

3 contacts available at Fantom Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Tucker | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-tucker |
| Michael Kong | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-kong-7ba3 |
| Quan Nguyen | Chief Technology Officer, Head Researcher and Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quan-nguyen-1024 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Kong invest in?

Michael Kong invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Kong's check size?

Michael Kong typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$5.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Kong participates in.

### When did Michael Kong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Kong closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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