Origin Protocol
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Origin Protocol is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Origin is a protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. It empowers developers and businesses to build decentralized marketplaces on the blockchain. Its protocol makes it easy to create and manage listings for the fractional usage of assets and services.Origin allows buyers and sellers to discovereach other, browse listings, make bookings, leave ratings and reviews, and much more.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Origin Protocol invests in
Stages Origin Protocol invests in
Countries Origin Protocol invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$2.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 3 (50%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (33%)
- Financial Services 2 (33%)
- Web3 1 (17%)
- Bitcoin 1 (17%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 3 (50%)
- Bahamas 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Josh Fraser
Co-founder
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Co-founder | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Matthew Liu
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Coleman Maher
Partnerships
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Partnerships | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Cuong Do
Senior Engineer
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Senior Engineer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Segura
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orderly Network is a permissionless, decentralized exchange protocol built on NEAR.The company provides users with permissionless spot and future order book trading infrastructure. The company utilizes an on-chain orderbook to provide a platform complete with a risk engine, matching engine and shared asset pools for dApps to build on top of.Orderly Network was established in April, 2022 in Nassau, New Providence. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 15, 2024 | ||
| Mezo is a bitcoin economic layer network that provides fast and cheap bitcoin transactions to hold tokens while earning yield. | $7.5M / Series A / Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Spice Finance specializes in the fields of financial services. | $1.7M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Archimedes is a leverage protocol using the Ethereum blockchain and top protocols. It empowers decentralized actively managed funds on the blockchain. Its protocol makes it easy to use leverage in the DeFi ecosystem.Archimedes allows DeFi users to take leverage positions on top of the leading stable coin farming protocols. The company wasfounded in 2022 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Mar 16, 2022 | ||
| Webacy is a digital asset risk intelligence and monitoring company that helps financial institutions, fintechs, stablecoin issuers, digital asset firms, and government agencies manage security, compliance, and asset integrity across blockchain networks.The Webacy platform provides real-time risk intelligence for wallets, tokens, transactions,smart contracts, protocols, and stablecoins through APIs, agentic integrations, and enterprise applications. Organizations use Webacy to automate digital asset due diligence, monitor onchain risk, strengthen compliance programs, and continuously assess the security and integrity of digital assets throughout their lifecycle.Webacy combines blockchain analytics, behavioral intelligence, and continuous monitoring to help institutions make better risk decisions before, during, and after digital asset activity. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| See all 6 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Origin Protocol invest in?
Origin Protocol invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Origin Protocol's check size?
Origin Protocol typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.4M 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 Origin Protocol participates in.
How do I contact Origin Protocol?
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Who are the partners at Origin Protocol?
The team at Origin Protocol includes Josh Fraser (Co-founder), Matthew Liu (Co-Founder) and Coleman Maher (Partnerships), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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