# Michael Shaulov

> Michael Shaulov is a seed investor at Fireblocks (New York) backing Software and Blockchain. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fireblocks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireblocks)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsh/

Michael Shaulov is a seed investor at Fireblocks in New York focused on Software and Blockchain. Michael is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, a secure digital asset infrastructure company. Prior to Fireblocks, he co-founded Lacoon Mobile Security, which was acquired by Check Point, and was then appointed the Head of Products, Mobile and Cloud Security for Check Point. Michael is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur and investor. He is alsoa recognized industry speaker, delivering talks at RSA Conference, BlackHat and Infosec. Before his commercial endeavors, Michael pioneered the mobile security field in an elite military technological unit (8200), where he received the Israeli Presidential Excellency Honor for his contributions. He holds a BSc in Computer Sciences and Physics from Ben-Gurion University, Israel.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $818k–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 30% |
| SaaS | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 4 | 40% |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Germany | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Borderless.xyz | Borderless.xyz is a global payments infrastructure startup that enables transactions using internet-native money, such as stablecoins and real-world assets. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Chaos Labs | Chaos Labs is a fully automated on-chain economic security system that allows crypto protocols to optimize risk management and capital efficiency while safeguarding user funds. Chaos Labs offers a more secure and safe operating environment for crypto protocols. Chaos Labs uses technology and risk management expertise to help protocols navigate theoften volatile crypto markets and make informed decisions. The platform is currently available for protocols on the Ethereum network, with plans to expand to other blockchains such as Terra, NEAR, and Polygon in the future. | $55M | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| NOMINIS | Nominis is the first hybrid KYT platform built for crypto startups. We combine on-chain, off-chain, and behavioral intelligence in real time to uncover the full story behind every transaction, catching what legacy KYT tools miss. Trusted by law enforcement, powered by AI and built for speed, Nominis helps crypto companies stay compliant, avoidfines and scale with confidence. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 03, 2024 |  |
| Station70 | Station70 provides scalable and resilient disaster recovery solutions. | $5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Station70 | Station70 provides scalable and resilient disaster recovery solutions. | $5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Tres | Tres is a financial technology company that provides a platform for managing, accounting, and reporting on digital assets and Web3 financial operations. Its core offering aggregates transactional data across blockchains, exchanges, custodians, and financial systems into a unified financial data environment to support automation of reconciliation,audits, tax compliance, and reporting workflows. The platform enables finance teams, asset managers, and institutions to transform raw on-chain activity into structured, audit-ready financial information with real-time insights and integration into traditional accounting systems. Tres’s tools address challenges such as multi-network data fragmentation and complex digital asset transactions by normalizing and enriching data for consistent financial workflows. The company’s solutions support compliance-focused operations and enable organizations to monitor treasury activity, generate regulatory documentation, and automate ledger entries. | $7.6M | Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Cyanite | As one of Europe's leading and independent innovators in music AI, Cyanite's clients consist of a variety of high-profile and forward-thinking companies in the fields of music and audio.The mission of Cyanite is to support music companies in making the shift on their way to the age of AI without spending years and expensive resources oninnovation. Cyanite enables them to revolutionize their music databases with modern algorithms, optimize their workflows, and generate more revenues by bringing their long-tail strategies to life.The diverse team of engineers, data scientists, and music industry professionals come from backgrounds in music, either as musicians or passionate fans. With more than 20 years of combined experience in deep learning and music information retrieval, it’s their deepest motivation to help building and sustaining a diverse, culturally rich, and human-centered music industry. | $818.1K | Seed | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| Talon Cyber Security | Talon Cyber Security is a provider of cybersecurity solutions for the distributed workforce. A next-generation solution designed to protect against a new category of threats posed by distributed work, Talon enables workforce productivity and flexibility alongside rock-solid cybersecurity. It delivers the industry’s first secure browser designed tobring enterprise-grade security to managed and unmanaged devices, regardless of location, device type, or operating system. | $17M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Walnut | Walnut offers a failure-free, codeless, and 100% customizable platform that empowers every sales rep to own their successful sales demo experience. It aims to redefine inside sales in the new age. The first-of-its-kind codeless platform integrates with a company's CRMs and data sources, making the process of creating sales demos both automatedand customizable. Walnut's drag-and-drop solution eliminates the need for back-end teams and streamlines the demoing process by placing full control back in the hands of the sales team. To achieve a fail-proof experience, the demos are run live, even when the real product is offline. Founded in 2020 by serial entrepreneurs Yoav VIlner and Danni Friedland, Walnut is headquartered in New York City. | $35M | Series B | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Wing Security | Wing Security provides comprehensive, accessible and simple SaaS security for organizations anywhere. | $6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SCB 10X](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scb10x) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CoinShares](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinshares) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fireblocks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireblocks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Fireblocks

VC Fund · New York, United States

Fireblocks is a platform that protects digital assets in transit, focusing on protecting the transmission of customers' digital assets between exchanges, counter brokers, hot wallets, and cold stores.Fireblocks enables banks, fintech, exchanges, liquidity providers, OTCs, and hedge funds to securely manage digital assets across a wide rangeof products and services. The technology consists of the Fireblocks Network and MPC-based Wallet Infrastructure.

5 contacts available at Fireblocks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anitha Gopalan | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anitha-gopalan |
| Matthew Maloney | Senior Vice President Of Global Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-maloney |
| Michael Shaulov | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-shaulov |
| Nir Berman | Product Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nir-berman |
| Raghav Nath | Account Management MBA Intern | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raghav-nath |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Shaulov invest in?

Michael Shaulov invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Michael Shaulov typically joins rounds of $818k–$17M 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 Shaulov participates in.

### When did Michael Shaulov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Shaulov closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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