# Oriole Ventures

> Oriole Ventures is a VC fund in Zürich backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oriole-vc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Oriole_Ventures
- Website: https://www.oriole.ventures

Oriole Ventures is an investment fund dedicated to supporting blockchain projects in the WEB 3.0 space. In addition to the capital injection, Oriole Ventures helps projects via its expertise & connections with crypto-influencers, media, and marketing from all over the world.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 41% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 35% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 24% |
| Gaming | 3 | 18% |
| Web3 | 2 | 12% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 82% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| Serbia | 1 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 6% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SYNTHR | SYNTHR is redefining instant and slippage-free asset movement across chains | $50K | Seed | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Starfish Finance | Starfish Finance is the Operator of a gamified defi platform intended to be the web3 entertainment-fi brand. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Zone | Zone is a community-driven GameFi ecosystem built on Algorand blockchain. The ZONE ecosystem is cross-compatible with other blockchains and offers a gamefi bot for Discord that enables on-chain gaming challenges and fantasy sports. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Corite | Corite is a fan-funding platform where fans invest in the music they love. | $50K | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Corite | Corite is a fan-funding platform where fans invest in the music they love. | $6.2M | Initial Coin Offering | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| MADworld | MADworld is an NFT platform for both real-world and digital collectibles. | $6M | Series A | Dec 23, 2021 |  |
| Unique Venture Clubs | Unique Venture Clubs is a secure web3 investment club creation platform which allows people to curate and join crypto-investment clubs. Our platform helps people gather resources to purchase and manage digital assets as a community. The goal is to bridge the gap between people who have expertise in digital asset markets and those that are lookingto invest but are lacking the expertise or time. Clubs are fully flexible and tailored to specific needs.They are set up to your preferences regarding governance structure, treasury management, currency denomination and other parameters. Communities are managed with the help of Solana’s SPL governance program so that there is a precise way of determining the right outcomes. Capital is deposited into a shared pools of funds and digital assets are held and managed from one or multiple vaults. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Forward Protocol | Forward Protocol is a pioneer of a new education model based on blockchain that connects the #EdTech sector; designed to become the WordPress for EdTech.5 core smart contracts will be available in Forward Protocol:1. Proof of Value-Delivered \| 2. Proof of Value \| 3. Distributed Reward & Revenue Sharing \| 4. Proof of Ownership \| 5. InitialKnowledgeOffering (IKO) | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Nitro League | Nitro League is a decentralized play-to-earn racing game where the community can earn tokens by racing futuristic cars competitively. | $5M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| PlatoFarm | PlatoFarm is a multichain blockchain game from Second Space that integrates a decentralized wallet, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), a decentralized exchange, and social features to enhance user experience and lower barriers to entry.PlatoFarm will also introduce a unique decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance model that combines thetraditional token asset model with a time-of-play model, where players in the community can also participate in DAO governance based on their time spent playing PlatoFarm. This unique DAO governance model provides a new solution for blockchain games, and even for the entire blockchain industry. | $1.8M | Seed | Dec 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ZBS CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zbs-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [IVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity-ventures-crypto) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kyros Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyros-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Parachain Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parachain-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Oriole Ventures invest in?

Oriole Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Oriole Ventures's check size?

Oriole Ventures typically joins rounds of $50k–$5M 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 Oriole Ventures participates in.

### When did Oriole Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Oriole Ventures closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 17 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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