# Origin Protocol

> Origin Protocol is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18260479/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/originprotocol
- Website: https://www.originprotocol.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originprotocol

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Origin Protocol. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Origin Protocol. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/originprotocol?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Web3 | 1 | 17% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Bahamas | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Fraser | Co-founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-fraser |
| Matthew Liu | Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-liu |
| Coleman Maher | Partnerships | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coleman-maher |
| Cuong Do | Senior Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cuong-do |
| David Segura | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-segura |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orderly Network | 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 | 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 | Spice Finance specializes in the fields of financial services. | $1.7M |  | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Spice Finance | Spice Finance specializes in the fields of financial services. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Archimedes | 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 | 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 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delta Blockchain Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-blockchain-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hypotenuse Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hypotenuse-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ledger Cathay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ledger-cathay-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mirana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirana) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund
- [Antalpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antalpha) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Investors in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-bahamas)
- [All VC Funds in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-bahamas)
- [Web3 Investors in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/web3-investors-bahamas)
- [Web3 VC Funds in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/web3-vc-funds-bahamas)
- [Financial Services VC Funds in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-vc-funds-bahamas)
- [Payments Investors in Bahamas](https://shizune.co/investors/payments-investors-bahamas)

## 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?

Public channels for Origin Protocol include LinkedIn, 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.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co