# Nick Tomaino

> Nick Tomaino is a seed investor at 1confirmation (San Francisco) backing Blockchain and Finance. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-tomaino-99157823
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/NTMoney
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ntomaino

Nick Tomaino is a seed investor at 1confirmation in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Finance. Nick Tomaino is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation. Prior to that, he was the Principal at Runa Capital. He attended Yale School of Management and Bowdoin College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 55% |
| Finance | 2 | 18% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| Apps | 1 | 9% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 55% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Limitless Labs | Limitless Labs is a research and development network focused on innovation in prediction markets, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence. By leveraging cutting-edge research and collaborative efforts, it aims to create advanced solutions that enhance decision-making, transparency, and efficiency across various industries. | $10M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Limitless Labs | Limitless Labs is a research and development network focused on innovation in prediction markets, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence. By leveraging cutting-edge research and collaborative efforts, it aims to create advanced solutions that enhance decision-making, transparency, and efficiency across various industries. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Polymarket | fka Union.market | $45M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Metahood | Metahood offers services for discovering, purchasing, and selling land in the open metaverse. | $3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| Saga.xyz | Saga.xyz gives visionaries the high-end tools and support they need to turn their blockchain dreams into reality. | $6.5M | Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Saga | Saga is a Web3 protocol designed to automate the deployment of application-specific blockchains. | $6.5M | Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Saga.xyz | Saga.xyz gives visionaries the high-end tools and support they need to turn their blockchain dreams into reality. | $6.5M | Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Drip | Drip provides the thrill of live commerce to NFTs, and physical collectibles. | $23M | Series A | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Polymarket | fka Union.market | $4M | Seed | Oct 19, 2020 |  |
| dYdX | dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange built by developers on a mission to build open, secure, and powerful financial products. dYdX runs on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, which eliminates the need to trust a central exchange while trading. We combine the security and transparency of a decentralized exchange, with the speed and usability ofa centralized exchange.Founded back in 2017 from ex-Coinbase and Uber engineer, Antonio Juliano, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow / lend pools on Ethereum. Users can earn interest or take loans for a nominal fee as well as trade on margin with custom leverage.Trade your crypto, the safe and secure way, with dYdX | $10M | Series A | Oct 19, 2018 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Beam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merit-circle) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tess Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tess-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 1confirmation

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Supporting teams fueling the decentralization of the web and society

5 contacts available at 1confirmation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Hourigan | Partner, Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-hourigan-16d9 |
| Kofi Kufuor | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kofi-kufuor-ee75 |
| Mike Tomaino | PARTNER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-tomaino-d883 |
| Nick Tomaino | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-tomaino |
| Richard Chen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-chen-76dc |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Tomaino invest in?

Nick Tomaino invests primarily in Blockchain, Finance and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick Tomaino last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Tomaino closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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