# Optic Capital

> Optic Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optic-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/OpticCapital
- Website: https://optic.capital

Optic Capital is a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 25% |
| Web3 | 2 | 17% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 17% |
| iOS | 1 | 8% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rover | Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC. | $4.1M | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Neptune Protocol | Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform. It enhances capital efficiency by enabling customers to obtain liquidity in a secure manner. | $3.9M | Seed | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Flappy Bird | Flappy Bird Foundation is to uphold the Flappy Bird intellectual property and further the Flappy Bird heritage. The Foundation accurately restores our vintage and nostalgic gameplay while adding new features to give back to the worldwide fan base that started the craze. | $2M | Seed | Oct 14, 2024 |  |
| Nodepay | Nodepay is a network infrastructure that offers decentralized bandwidth for AI training. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Legion | Legion makes on-chain fundraising accessible to ordinary investors by ensuring regulatory compliance and investor accountability. | $2M | Seed | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Rivalz Network | An AI-Driven DePIN RollApp | $9M | Seed | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| ZKEX | ZKEX appears to be a decentralized exchange (DEX) operating on Layer 2 (L2) technology, which aims to enhance transaction speeds and reduce costs compared to traditional Layer 1 solutions like Ethereum | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 19, 2024 |  |
| Satoshi Protocol | Satoshi Protocol is the first stablecoin on bitcoin. It intends to support DeFi and make BTC more usable by providing a CDP-style stablecoin. | $2M | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| VELAR | VELAR is a Multi-Feature DeFi App with Bitcoin Finality. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Kasu | Kasu is a distributed platform that connects DeFi Liquidity Providers with Real World Yield Providers. | $3M | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Optic Capital invest in?

Optic Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Optic Capital's check size?

Optic Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$9M 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 Optic Capital participates in.

### When did Optic Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Optic Capital closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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