# Nick Plante

> Nick Plante is a seed investor at dlab (New York) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [dlab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dlabvc)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zapnap
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/zapnap
- Website: https://x.com/zapnap
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zapnap

Nick Plante is a product developer and software architect, with experience bringing dozens of web, mobile, and crypto products to market over his career as an entrepreneur and consultant. An advisor to HAX since its founding in 2012, Nick joined SOSV full-time in 2015 and founded dlab in 2018 to explore new topics in data decentralization andblockchain technology applications.Prior to joining SOSV, Nick co-founded several companies, including Mogotest and Wefunder, and consulted for a variety of businesses ranging from small product startups to Fortune 500 companies. He has made significant contributions in the areas of developer tools and infrastructure (Mogotest), open source (Docmeta), e-commerce (Wantful), and crowdfunding (Wefunder and the US JOBS Act, shaping the future of equity crowdfunding). He also created the RumbleX hackathon series, the largest online development competition of its kind. Nick was an early believer in Bitcoin (ran a small scale mining operation in 2011), and is passionate about open source, open governance, the democratization of finance, and urban / local sustainability.Nick holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 80% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 60% |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daler Trading | Daler is an algorithmic trading firm and crypto market maker specializing in options and futures. We provide liquidity and market-making services for the cryptocurrency ecosystem and Real-World Assets (RWA) across over 30 centralized (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX). |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 02, 2024 |  |
| dcSpark | DcSpark is a product-based blockchain company that builds products and solutions for crypto projects in the space.The company builds critical infrastructure to support layer 1 Blockchains and their smart contract layers, enabling clients to adopt and implement decentralized technology within their ecosystem.It was founded in 2021 in Austin,Texas by Nicolás Arqueros, Sebastien Guillemot, and Robert Kornacki. |  | Seed | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| dcSpark | DcSpark is a product-based blockchain company that builds products and solutions for crypto projects in the space.The company builds critical infrastructure to support layer 1 Blockchains and their smart contract layers, enabling clients to adopt and implement decentralized technology within their ecosystem.It was founded in 2021 in Austin,Texas by Nicolás Arqueros, Sebastien Guillemot, and Robert Kornacki. |  | Seed | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| API3 | API3 data feeds, dAPIs, aggregate data from first-party oracles, operated by some of the world’s premier API providers. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2019 |  |
| Credmark | Credmark is a financial modeling platform for DeFi, powered by verifiable on-chain data. It provides the infrastructure necessary to build models, and an API to consume the output of these models.Our modeling tools are the most flexible and robust available today. The Credmark Model Framework streamlines prototyping and deployment. Communitymembers are then incentivized to build and improve models. As a result, users benefit from verifiable data and best-in-class analyses.Credmark is a decentralized project. Our community participates in governance, provides research, and develops models. Become a member of Credmark to advance the next-generation financial system. |  | Seed | Oct 24, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [cFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cfund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Double Peak Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-peak-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wave Digital Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-digital-assets) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wave Digital Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-financial-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About dlab

VC Fund · New York, United States

Early-stage venture capital and resources for startups exploring new frontiers in web3, decentralization, and blockchain technology.

3 contacts available at dlab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Plante | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-plante |
| Paul Saint-Donat | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-saint-donat |
| Shawn Broderick | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-broderick |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Plante invest in?

Nick Plante invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Gibraltar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick Plante last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Plante closed in Aug 2024. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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