# Origin Capital

> Origin Capital is a VC fund in Dublin backing Software and Blockchain. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/origin-capital/
- Website: https://www.origincapital.ie/

Origin Capital is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Software and Blockchain. Origin Capital provides a real alternative to traditional funding options in the Irish commercial real estate market and is actively providing senior debt funding for investment transactions in excess of €3m. The company offers its clients the opportunity to deal directly with the decision-makers, who take a flexible approach to lending grounded incommercial common sense.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$4.7M |
| Series A | $2.9M–$9.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 21% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 21% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 6 | 43% |
| Singapore | 2 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ross Metcalfe | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ross-metcalfe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fuel Labs | Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contractprogramming language research. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Pendle Finance | Pendle Finance is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields. | $3.7M | Seed | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Fuel Labs | Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contractprogramming language research. | $1.5M | Non-equity Assistance | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| ViaNautis | Precision Solutions | $2.9M | Series A | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| ETHA Labs | ETHA Lend interacts with multiple DeFi ecosystems to expose liquidity providers to optimal yield. | $1.6M | Seed | Mar 05, 2021 |  |
| Tradeteq | Tradeteq is the intelligent trade finance distribution platform providing powerful tools and services that enable investors to understand, access, and execute trade finance investment. Tradeteq opens trade finance to the global capital markets, empowering banks to distribute trade finance assets, similar to other asset classes. Banks andinstitutional investors can join Tradeteq’s platform to efficiently connect, interact, and transact. | $9.4M | Series A | Jan 21, 2021 |  |
| Razor Network | Razor is live on rinkeby and is serving price of ETH/USD. Query the price easily by calling our contract as shown below. Currently querying the oracle is free of cost. | $3.7M | Seed | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| Kira Core | KIRA is a financial hub connecting decentralized Web3 applications. As an integral part of the Web3 stack KIRA enables value settlement between dApps and largest interconnected networks in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Thanks to uncapped value at stake originating from both real world and interchain space KIRA provides secure Layer 1 platform fordeploying decentralized applications and issuing digital assets. | $4.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 19, 2020 |  |
| Wonton | A new generation of e-cigarette brands created by elite teams from Apple, Music and BAT. The main product is the "electronic cigarette" of the closed replaceable cartridge. |  | Angel | Apr 24, 2019 |  |
| Rock Bear | Rock Bear is a China Based Media & Entertainment Start Up. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 20, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BTC12 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btc12-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [QF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qf-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Origin Capital invest in?

Origin Capital invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Origin Capital's check size?

Origin Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.7M at Seed and $2.9M–$9.4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Origin Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Origin Capital?

Public channels for Origin Capital include LinkedIn 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 Capital?

The team at Origin Capital includes Ross Metcalfe (CEO). 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.

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