Nicole Zhang
Executive Director @ YZi Labs
Nicole Zhang is a Partner at Lingfeng Innovation Fund. She is a former Executive Director at Binance Labs.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
Last updated:
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Industries Nicole Zhang invests in
Stages Nicole Zhang invests in
Countries Nicole Zhang invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 8 (57%)
- Cryptocurrency 4 (29%)
- Web3 3 (21%)
- Gaming 3 (21%)
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (64%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (21%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 5 (36%)
- Singapore 3 (21%)
- Vietnam 1 (7%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Oshi is an open animation platform that unites creators and fans to forge global anime hits within a blockchain-powered ecosystem. | $12.5M / Seed / Jan 18, 2025 | ||
| We're transforming 5 million developers into 500 million creators through ChatAndBuild.com—our AI-powered platform that removes technical barriers between imagination and implementation.What makes our approach revolutionary is connecting creative intent directly to economic value through our Bitcoin Productivity Stack. When someone buildswith ChatAndBuild, their productive activity generates yield for Bitcoin stakers, creating a flywheel where productivity fuels more productivity. Complemented by EarnTV, our Bloomberg collaboration, we're building the infrastructure for the intention economy—where value flows to creators and users, not platforms. | $2.5M / Seed / Nov 15, 2024 | ||
| Filament Finance develops a decentralized perpetual exchange specialized in liquidity efficiency and asset accessibility. It is an oracle-based Perpetual DEX, designed to help traders and liquidity providers extract the most out of perpetual trading. | $1.1M / Seed / Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| ARC is an app-based NFT membership private platform designed as a social space on which to connect and collaborate. ARC aims to bring together people into a high-trust environment to create collaborations and fun, engaging experiences together. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Crestal offers a decentralized platform that meets the objectives of Web3 applications through modular service architecture. The Crestal blockchain monitors and scores services using a Proof of Performance (PoP) consensus process. | $2M / Pre-Seed / May 03, 2024 | ||
| In order to match the top NFT IPS with leading brands and uncover growth opportunities and revenue models for both these brands and the NFT IP holders, Yoloyolo is developing new infrastructure. | $3.5M / Seed / Oct 17, 2022 | ||
| Sender Wallet is a NEAR ecological encrypted wallet. | Seed / Apr 11, 2022 | ||
| Ultiverse is working on connecting web3 with a VR-compatible virtual world that will be home to the first AAA blockchain game. | $5M / Seed / Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| Ultiverse is working on connecting web3 with a VR-compatible virtual world that will be home to the first AAA blockchain game. | $4.5M / Seed / Mar 18, 2022 | ||
| Manta Network is building a secure and interoperable future with Zero-Knowledge. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 17, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About YZi Labs
YZi Labs identifies, invests, and empowers viable blockchain entrepreneurs, startups, and communities, providing financing to industry projects that help grow the larger blockchain ecosystem.
YZi Labs Contacts
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Ella Zhang
Managing Partner, Head of YZi Labs
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Jane He
General Partner
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Jing Xiong
Investment Director
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Nicola Wang
Investment Director
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Yi He
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FAQ
What does Nicole Zhang invest in?
Nicole Zhang invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nicole Zhang invest in?
Nicole Zhang typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$13M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nicole Zhang's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nicole Zhang took part in.
How do I contact Nicole Zhang?
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When did Nicole Zhang last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nicole Zhang closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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