# Parallel Ventures

> Parallel Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Email. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Parallel Ventures is a VC fund focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Crypto investment fund

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 67% |
| Email | 1 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 33% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahjong Meta | Mahjong Meta is a Web3 gaming platform on Ethereum, providing Mahjong lovers with an innovative gaming experience. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 03, 2023 | https://www.mjmeta.io/en/ |
| Dmail | Dmail Network is a decentralized mailbox that provides a safe and private environment for users' communication, storage, tokens, and NFTs. The company was founded by Mittal S. and Lucas L. in 2021. |  | Seed | Nov 30, 2021 | https://dmail.ai/ |
| Babel Finance | Babel Finance is a global leading cryptocur- rency financial institution dedicated to serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients worldwide with professional crypto financial services including 3 core businesses: crypto lending, crypto asset management, and crypto prime financing. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2020 | https://www.babel.finance/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dragonfly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-partners-eed4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Dragon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-dragon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emoote](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emoote) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FBG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fbg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Find Satoshi Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/find-satoshi-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Folius Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/folius-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Parallel Ventures invest in?

Parallel Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Email startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Parallel Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Parallel Ventures closed in Aug 2023. 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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