# Newman Capital

> Newman Capital is a VC fund in Hong Kong backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newman-capital-vc/ 
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Newmancapitalvc
- Website: https://www.newmancapital.com/

Newman Capital is a proprietary venture capital firm headquartered in Hong Kong with a footprint across APAC and the United States. Our vast knowledge and network allow us to interconnect with diverse communities: East and West, Web2 and Web3, developed and emerging markets, and more.We seek aspirational founders and technology at the forefrontof Web3 and connect them with our top-tier network and resources to unlock new opportunities and access, enabling them to scale with true impact. We focus on investing in early-stage startups building pioneering technologies. Our core investment areas are in consumer applications, development enablers, and blockchain infrastructure.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$7M |
| Series A | $5M–$30M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $268k–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 12 | 38% |
| Cryptocurrency | 10 | 31% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 19% |
| Bitcoin | 5 | 16% |
| Web3 | 4 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 66% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 19% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 6% |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taproot Wizards | Taproot Wizards is a Bitcoin Ordinals project dedicated to expanding Bitcoin's potential. | $30M | Series A | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Hermetica | Hermetica is a crypto-native team with extensive financial technology experience, having worked with big organizations such as Kraken and State Street. Hermetica is dedicated to developing innovative financial products that capitalize on Bitcoin's security and transparency. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| TES AI | TES AI is a decentralized AI computing protocol that provides low-cost, high-quality computing power services in a decentralized way to enterprises | $5M | Series A | Jul 22, 2024 |  |
| Liquidium | Liquidium is a peer-to-peer lending solution that leverages the power of Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) and Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) to enable users to borrow and lend native Bitcoin against native Ordinals as collateral. Ordinal Inscriptions are a new form of digital assets created by inscribing data on Satoshis, the smallestunit of Bitcoin. Liquidium allows Ordinal owners to lock inscriptions as collateral to borrow Bitcoin, while retaining ownership and exposure to their Ordinal. The platform operates solely on the Bitcoin blockchain in a trust-minimal and custodian-free solution. The lending process is facilitated through PSBTs, and the loan outcomes are validated by DeepLake oracles. Liquidium is the biggest Bitcoin NFT lending protocol by volume on the Stacks blockchain for users to borrow against their Bitcoin NFTs. | $2.8M | Seed | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| Arch | Arch is a Blockchain Infrastructure Premier Bitcoin-Native Application Platform | $7M | Seed | May 09, 2024 |  |
| Blade of God X | Blade of God X provides cross-platform play as an optimum medium and way of interaction between people and the virtual world. |  | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Inference Labs | Inference Labs is advancing the use of zero-knowledge cryptography to guarantee the computational integrity of off-chain AI models. This approach enables AI operators to safeguard and conceal the Intellectual Property inherent in their Neural Networks, without disclosing the confidential weights and biases of their proprietary models. InferenceLabs is creating a network that aggregates verified intelligence (zk-VIN), offering a suite of tools for owners, users, and operators to efficiently integrate their artificial intelligence using zero-knowledge cryptography. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 15, 2024 |  |
| Inference Labs | Inference Labs is advancing the use of zero-knowledge cryptography to guarantee the computational integrity of off-chain AI models. This approach enables AI operators to safeguard and conceal the Intellectual Property inherent in their Neural Networks, without disclosing the confidential weights and biases of their proprietary models. InferenceLabs is creating a network that aggregates verified intelligence (zk-VIN), offering a suite of tools for owners, users, and operators to efficiently integrate their artificial intelligence using zero-knowledge cryptography. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2024 |  |
| BlockGames | BlockGames delivers a cross-game and decentralized player network driven by Universal Player Profiles. | $6M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| ZeroLend | ZeroLend is the largest lending protocol on zkSync and the third largest lending protocol on Manta, with a focus on DeFi, lending on RWAs, privacy and account abstraction. | $3M | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity-ventures-crypto) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [3Commas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3-commas) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chiron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiron-partners-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Newman Capital invest in?

Newman Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Newman Capital's check size?

Newman Capital typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$7M at Seed, $5M–$30M at Series A and $268k–$50M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Newman Capital participates in.

### When did Newman Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Newman Capital closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 32 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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