# Paperclip Ventures

> Paperclip Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paperclipvc
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/paperclipvc
- Website: http://paperclipventures.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paperclipvc

Paperclip Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. They helping seed stage companies become the next big thing. By connecting entrepreneurs with the tech, resources and network they need, They aim to develop viable and sustainable organizations.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talisman | Talisman is a community-owned wallet built for Polkadot, Kusama the Parachains. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| Tracer DAO | Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world. | $4.5M |  | Jun 26, 2021 |  |
| Mycelium | Mycelium is a market-leading technology company leveraging blockchain technology to make financial markets more efficient. We build financial market infrastructure on public blockchains that is open, transparent, and accessible. We specialise in data provision and financial smart contracts. Mycelium has two core products leveraging financial smartcontracts: Perpetual Swaps and Perpetual Pools.We believe that the growing use of blockchains in financial technology will benefit everyone, and are committed to realising this vision. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baires DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baires-dao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Efficient Frontier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efficient-frontier-efrontier-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Paperclip Ventures invest in?

Paperclip Ventures invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Paperclip Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$4.5M 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 Paperclip Ventures participates in.

### When did Paperclip Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paperclip Ventures closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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