# NFT STARS

> NFT STARS is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Cryptocurrency and Gaming. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nft-stars/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nftstars1
- Website: https://nftstars.app
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nftstars1

NFT STARS is an Australian NFT marketplace that provides its users with a unique set of products and services. The marketplace follows a strict selection approach to artists. Every creator featured on the platform is chosen by the executive board. Thus, the NFT STARS team is able to provide truly special treatment to the chosen exclusive artists.The marketplace supports the free flow of ideas and enables artists to mint artwork as a team, via the collective NFT ownership feature and share the proceeds from its sale equally. Among other things, NFT STARS has launched its own NFT avatar collection - SIDUS: NFT Heroes - which features unique characters that can be used as social media avatars or be transformed into gaming characters in the SIDUS DAO metaverse.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for NFT STARS. Shizune tracks 4 team members at NFT STARS. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nft-stars?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$3.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 50% |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Panama | 1 | 25% |
| Grenada | 1 | 25% |
| Philippines | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anton Checo | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-checo |
| Antony Vasiliev | Chief Information Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antony-vasiliev |
| Dan Khomenko | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-khomenko-bfed |
| Vlad Henri | Chief Marketing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vlad-henri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CryptoTanks | CryptoTanks is a play-to-earn platform where every NFT is usable in a gamified DeFi ecosystem. With the tanks, the player earns money and plays games partially owned and operated by their players. Earn tank tokens by playing and use them to decide the future of the game. They offer design and prizes that come with gamified yield farming. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Astra Guild Ventures | Astra Guild Ventures is one of the world's play-to-earn gaming guilds. Astra Guild Ventures is bridging the gap between players and investors in order to capitalize on the growth of non-traditional games. | $3M | Series A | Nov 26, 2021 |  |
| ShoeFy | ShoeFy is a decentralized project that combines nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and fungible tokens (FTs) on one platform to add new utility layers to NFTs. | $3.7M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| ShoeFy | ShoeFy is a decentralized project that combines nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and fungible tokens (FTs) on one platform to add new utility layers to NFTs. | $3.7M |  | Oct 12, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avalon Wealth Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalon-wealth-club) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Basics Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basics-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Catena](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catena) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DuckDAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duckdao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dutch Crypto Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dutch-crypto-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does NFT STARS invest in?

NFT STARS invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Gaming and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Panama. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NFT STARS's check size?

NFT STARS typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.7M 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 NFT STARS participates in.

### How do I contact NFT STARS?

Public channels for NFT STARS include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at NFT STARS?

The team at NFT STARS includes Anton Checo (Chief Operating Officer), Antony Vasiliev (Chief Information Officer) and Dan Khomenko (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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