# nChain Group

> nChain Group is a VC fund in London backing Blockchain and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 89%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nchain
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nchainglobal
- Website: http://nchain.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nChainGlobal

nChain Group is a VC fund in London focused on Blockchain and Software. nChain is a leading global provider of blockchain technology, IP licensing and consulting services. We serve clients globally to power several industries, including gaming, supply chain, and finance. nChain offers Web3 solutions provider defined by a purpose-driven team that has come together to address some of the global challenges and make asocial impact, transforming the world from Web2 to Web3. nChain currently has almost 2,800 granted and pending patents and is the developer behind the Bitcoin SV Node software, Teranode, Kensei and more. Recently voted one of the Top 100 most innovative firms in the world.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for nChain Group. Shizune tracks 9 team members at nChain Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nchain?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Virtual Reality | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| EBooks | 1 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 56% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Poland | 1 | 11% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christen Ager-Hanssen | Group CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christen-ager-hanssen |
| Craig Wright | Founder & Chief Scientist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-wright |
| Hakan Yuksel | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakan-yuksel |
| Peter Coulson | Group Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-coulson-8799 |
| Andy Moody | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-moody-5872 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Universal Plastic | Universal Plastic is tech platform to quantify, audit, and notorise data from plastic waste collections. | $2.2M | Corporate Round | Aug 08, 2023 | https://www.universalplastic.io/ |
| Planetary Metaverse | Planetary Metaverse is a modern mobile app that combines a metaverse platform with social networking layer. | $3.1M | Corporate Round | May 16, 2023 | https://planetary-partyverse.io/ |
| Asset Layer | Asset Layer operates as a digital asset platform powered by blockchain. | $600K | Corporate Round | May 05, 2023 | https://www.assetlayer.com/ |
| Transmira | Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions | $4M | Corporate Round | Apr 27, 2023 | http://www.transmira.com |
| Libraro | Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing sector. | $2.6M | Corporate Round | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Libraro | Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing sector. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| TradeWindow | TradeWindow is a DLT-powered network that provides businesses with a secure platform to establish trust and trade globally across interconnected networks. The TradeWindow platform provides a ‘single source of the truth’ for exporters and all other related parties in the supply chain to accelerate global trade. Backed by blockchain to provide anunbreakable trail of trust, TradeWindow provides high-integrity, innovative, and intelligent B2B and B2G solutions to leading exporters across Australasia. The company's modular applications for managing export operations include export documentation, compliance, risk management, track and trace, trade finance, and international payments. Using TradeWindow Cube, exporters can instantly share trusted data with permission from supply chain participants such as freight forwarders, shipping lines, ports, government agencies, banks, insurance companies, and importers. Headquartered in New Zealand, TradeWindow is committed to redefining trade and has a growing global footprint with offices in Australia and Singapore. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 30, 2023 | https://www.tradewindow.io/ |
| GeoSpock | GeoSpock enables data fusion for the connected world with GeoSpock DB – the space-time analytics database. GeoSpock DB is a unique, cloud-native database optimised for querying for real-world use cases, able to fuse multiple sources of Internet of Things (IoT) data together to unlock its full value, whilst simultaneously reducing complexity andcost. GeoSpock DB enables efficient storage, data fusion, and rapid programmatic access to data, and allows you to run ANSI SQL queries and connect to standard analytics tools via flexible JDBC/ODBC connectors. Users are able to perform deep analysis and share insights using familiar toolsets, with plug and play support for common BI tools (such as Tableau™, Amazon QuickSight™, and Microsoft Power BI™), and Data Science and Machine Learning environments (including Python Notebooks and Apache Spark). The database can also be integrated with proprietary applications, web services, and internal tools – with compatibility for open-source and customisable visualisation libraries such as Kepler and Cesium.js. | $5.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 02, 2020 | https://www.geospock.com/en/ |
| FYX Gaming | FYX Gaming is an eSports infrastructure and technology provider that develops and implements blockchain technologies. It uses the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain for players’ game records and cash rewards and says it has created a unique experience with advantages for players and developers. |  | Seed | May 02, 2019 | https://www.fyxgaming.com/ |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [31Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/31ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ballpark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballpark-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cambridge Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDDI Open Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi-open-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meltwind Advisory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meltwind-advisory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does nChain Group invest in?

nChain Group invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Virtual Reality startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact nChain Group?

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### Who are the partners at nChain Group?

The team at nChain Group includes Christen Ager-Hanssen (Group CEO), Craig Wright (Founder & Chief Scientist) and Hakan Yuksel (Chief Executive Officer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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