# Nader Al-Naji

> Nader Al-Naji is a seed investor in New York backing Blockchain and Apps. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nader-al-naji-86b14a3a/
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/nadertheory

Nader Al-Naji is a seed investor in New York focused on Blockchain and Apps. Nader Al-Naji is the creator of the DeSo blockchain, a new layer-1 blockchain designed to decentralize social media, and scale storage-heavy infinite-state applications to one billion users.Today, DeSo has over 1.5 million wallets, can be accessed via apps like Diamond (diamondapp.com), OpenProsper (openprosper.com), NFTz (nftz.com), and DAODAO(daodao.io), and it has raised over $200 million in funding from backers including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, and many others.Prior to working on DeSo, Nader was a pioneer in the decentralized stablecoin space with a company called Basis, which raised $140 million in funding.Prior to founding Basis, Nader was an engineer at Google and a quant at D. E. Shaw & Co. Nader attended Princeton University where he graduated summa cum laude in Computer Science in 2013 with one year of advanced standing.Nader got his start in crypto in college where he met Mark Karpeles on a trip to Japan (the former CEO of Mt. Gox) and managed to mine a full 24 Bitcoin on free campus electricity.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Credit | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Messaging | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gondi | Gondi is a non-custodial decentralized NFT lending protocol designed to build the most effective NFT credit market. The protocol allows for ongoing underwriting and full and partial refinancing of all outstanding loans, resulting in a more dynamic and liquid market. | $5.4M | Seed | Jul 11, 2023 | https://www.gondi.xyz/ |
| Salsa (prev. Pearl) | Salsa is a mobile app for brands looking for a crypto-native way to engage their audiences. Salsa is launching its app in partnership with POAP, a “Proof of Attendance Protocol” that lets users mint memories like event attendance as digital collectibles. | $2M | Seed | Feb 27, 2023 | https://salsa.me/ |
| Salsa (prev. Pearl) | Salsa is a mobile app for brands looking for a crypto-native way to engage their audiences. Salsa is launching its app in partnership with POAP, a “Proof of Attendance Protocol” that lets users mint memories like event attendance as digital collectibles. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 16, 2023 | https://salsa.me/ |
| OpenProsper | Open Prosper turns large volumes of data into simple, actionable insights, and helps businesses grow in the digital era. |  | Seed | Dec 22, 2021 | https://www.openprosper.com |
| Yup | Yup is a crypto-backed social media platform. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 12, 2021 | https://yup.io |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IDEO CoLab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideo-colab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inflection](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-c0a7) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Superscrypt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superscrypt) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dapper Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dapper-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DeSo Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deso-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nader Al-Naji invest in?

Nader Al-Naji invests primarily in Blockchain, Apps and Credit startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Nader Al-Naji last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nader Al-Naji closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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