# Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

> Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ is a seed investor backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TheOnlyNom
- Website: https://x.com/TheOnlyNom

Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ is a seed investor focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Nom is the CEO and Co-Founder of MonkeDAO.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 33% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 3 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 44% |
| Singapore | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vanish Trade | Vanish Trade is a Solana-based trading platform focused on anonymity. | $1M | Seed | Aug 22, 2025 | https://x.com/vanishTrade |
| Ranger Finance | Ranger Finance is perpetual DEX aggregator that offers deep aggregated liquidity, smart order routing, and comprehensive data insight. | $1.9M | Seed | Jan 24, 2025 | https://x.com/ranger_finance |
| Elmnts | Elmnts is a blockchain-based tokenized commodity ecosystem for oil & gas royalties, it offers fewer intermediaries, lower fees, and higher liquidity. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 05, 2024 | https://www.elmnts.io |
| aPriori | aPriori is a monad-native MEV infrastructure and liquid staking mechanism developed for parallel executions. | $8M | Seed | Jul 23, 2024 | https://x.com/aprmev |
| Solayer | Solayer is a shared validator network that protects other Solana-enabled systems. |  | Angel | Jul 01, 2024 | https://x.com/solayer_labs |
| GolfN | GolfN is a cutting-edge platform that rewards real-world golf play with digital benefits. Players gain points for their on-course achievements and involvement. Additionally, GolfN introduces digital trade cards, which provide a collectible and interactive element. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 25, 2024 | https://www.golfn.com |
| Zeta Markets | Zeta Markets is an under-collateralized DeFi derivatives platform that offers liquid derivatives trading to both individuals and institutions. Zeta Markets offers DeFi derivatives, allowing anyone to hedge, speculate, and take positions on an infinite number of market movements. Zeta Markets uses Solana's censorship-resistant infrastructure tooffer users pricing updates, liquidations, the capacity to execute trades, and the ability to settle positions in less than a second for less than one cent in gas costs. | $5M | Initial Coin Offering | May 14, 2024 | https://zeta.markets/ |
| Sphere | Better cross-border payments through beautiful interfaces for businesses to buy, sell, send and manage stablecoins. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 27, 2024 | https://spherepay.co/ |
| Saturn | Saturn is a decentralized Bitcoin exchange that enhances peer-to-peer non-custodial orderbooks and provides a secure trading experience. | $800K | Seed | Feb 26, 2024 | https://www.saturnbtc.io |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Selini Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selini-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flow Traders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flow-traders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Solana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solana-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABCDE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abcde) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ invest in?

Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎'s check size?

Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ typically joins rounds of $800k–$8M at Seed and $1.3M–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ participates in.

### How do I contact Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎?

Public channels for Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ include 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.

### When did Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nom ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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