Murtaza Akbar
Partner @ Liberty City Ventures
Murtaza Akbar is a seed investor at Liberty City Ventures focused on Software and Blockchain. Murtaza Akbar
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries Murtaza Akbar invests in
Stages Murtaza Akbar invests in
Countries Murtaza Akbar invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (30%)
- Blockchain 3 (30%)
- Apps 2 (20%)
- Developer Platform 2 (20%)
- News 1 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (30%)
- Series A 2 (20%)
- Series B 2 (20%)
- Series C 1 (10%)
- Series D 1 (10%)
Country
- United States 2 (20%)
- Germany 1 (10%)
- Pakistan 1 (10%)
- Hong Kong 1 (10%)
- New Zealand 1 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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mmERCH
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mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup. | $6.4M / Seed / Mar 14, 2024 | |
KresusLabs
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Kresus allows users to connect to their bank accounts and view their transactions, balances, and budgets.It supports a wide range of banks and financial institutions also allows users to categorize their expenses and view insights into their spending habits and uses end-to-end encryption to protect users | $25M / Series A / Mar 07, 2023 | |
OneFootball
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OneFootball is an app and platform that provides comprehensive coverage of over 100 international soccer leagues and competitions. It includes live scores, news, and video highlights. The app caters to soccer enthusiasts with features like fixtures, stats, and a calendar of all competitions worldwide, making it a must-have for fans. OneFootballpartners with various organizations, including Major League Soccer, to deliver content globally, ensuring fans stay updated on their favorite leagues. | $300M / Series D / Apr 26, 2022 | |
BlockApps
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BlockApps is a Blockchain as a Service company with customers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 organizations. Their mission is to drive the adoption of blockchain technology through its platform, BlockApps STRATO. BlockApps was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $41M / Series B / Apr 19, 2022 | |
Tiny Rebel Games
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We are Petaverse Network. Our aim is simple but robust - we are building an open standard for digital pets. An interoperable data solution for creating infinite virtual companions to be by your side, across the metaverse. Pets to bond with, who will learn, evolve, and behave based on their specific 'DNA' and the interactions you havewith them. Soon, we will be helping people to adopt their first digital pets and take them into the first of many experiences they will be able to have with virtual companion.Embracing the wonders of #web3 we invite partnership with other creators across the metaverse. | $7M / Seed / Mar 03, 2022 | |
Soul Machines
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Founded in 2016, Soul Machines is a pioneer in the humanization of AI. We use our ground-breaking Biological AI technology to create engaging, empathetic AI Assistants, powered by our patented Digital Brain™. Our revolutionary Soul Machines Studio tools allow anyone to reimagine customer engagement, drive deep interactivity, and create personalizeddigital experiences. Soul Machines is unique in delivering the full capabilities of human and machine collaboration in an ethical, responsive, and unprecedented way. | $70M / Series B / Feb 14, 2022 | |
Animoca Brands
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Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $358.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 18, 2022 | |
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Animoca Brands
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Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $358.9M / Series C / Jan 18, 2022 | |
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Animoca Brands
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Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $358.9M / Series A / Jan 18, 2022 | |
TAG
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TAG Innovation provides digital wallets and payment services. | $12M / Seed / Sep 22, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Liberty City Ventures
Liberty City Ventures is a seed-stage fund headquartered in New York City. They invest in startups that are innovating at the cross-sections of technology, media, and commerce. Liberty City Ventures began operations in the summer of 2012 and is led by experienced technology executives and investors.They start backing promising startups at anearly stage so they can provide value and resources throughout their lifetime and fuel further growth. They commit a percentage of each partner’s time to provide value-added services to their portfolio companies using our expertise in PR, marketing, management, and operations.In addition to its general fund, Liberty City Ventures also has a dedicated Digital Currency Fund with a focus on Bitcoin. They invest in and support companies that are building the infrastructure, products, and services that will become the foundation of a new digital currency.
Liberty City Ventures Contacts
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Emil Woods
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Charles Cascarilla
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Murtaza Akbar
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FAQ
What does Murtaza Akbar invest in?
Murtaza Akbar invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Murtaza Akbar last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Murtaza Akbar closed in Mar 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.
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