# Pascal Gauthier

> Pascal Gauthier is a seed investor at Kaiko (Paris) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kaiko](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaiko-2)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/pascalgauthier1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_pgauthier?
- Website: https://x.com/_pgauthier

Pascal Gauthier is a seed investor at Kaiko in Paris focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Pascal Gauthier is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the Chairman and CEO at Ledger. Pascal previously worked at Teemo as Advisor.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$18M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 8 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 27% |
| Web3 | 6 | 23% |
| FinTech | 4 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 15% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 42% |
| Series A | 6 | 23% |
| Angel | 4 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 12 | 46% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| expand.network | Expand.network offers a unified API for transacting and sourcing historical and real-time on-chain data. | $18M | Seed | Oct 23, 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 |  |
| Runes DEX | Runes DEX is the automated market maker for runes on the Bitcoin blockchain. Its platform allows users to create and trade meme-based tokens while also providing novel liquidity solutions and farming rewards. | $2M | Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Chateaushi | Chateaushi is a community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and cultural enthusiasts dedicated to preserving cultural heritage through modern technology and innovative financing. The company is launching a private members club in Paris in 2025 with culinary programming and educational offerings, while providing members with access to cultural andculinary institutions, exclusive events, and stays at historic properties worldwide. |  | Seed | Jan 20, 2024 |  |
| Golden Gate (GGX) | Golden Gate (GGX) is a blockchain services company. |  |  | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| Cross The Ages | Cross The Ages is a universe in which fantasy and science fiction come together. The two worlds share the single continent of Artellium. To the west lies Arkhante, masters of magic and summoning. To the east, the city-continent Mantris is home to ultra-connected multicultural people whose technology has invaded everyday life.The young Malkha,surrounded by her seven Primus, reigns from the capital, Babylonia. To the west, the city-continent Mantris is home to Neurotechs, an ultra-connected multicultural people whose technology has invaded everyday life. The Amortals, humans who have transferred their minds to super-AIs, run the corporations for which the citizen-shareholders of Mantris work. | $3.5M | Angel | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Swaap | We build the market neutral AMM protocol. | $4.6M | Seed | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| The O Circle | The Circle is a Paris based collective of exclusive restaurants, bar & nightlife ventures. Launched by Taylor Chiche, entrepreneur in the hospitality field. The group create entirely unique atmospheres of upscale dining, luxe decor, marquee entertainment and highly shareable moments.The Circle is a private company bringing together privateinvestors who take stakes in several Parisian establishments. |  | Seed | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| MetaFight | MetaFight is the development of a video game for collecting NFT cards of MMA fighters. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 24, 2023 |  |
| Flowdesk | Flowdesk is a regulated, full-service digital asset trading and technology firm that specializes in market making, OTC, and treasury management services. Company registered in France - no. 883604647Registered Digital Asset Service Provider with the AMF for digital assets custody, purchase/sale of digital assets for legal tender and tradingof digital assets for other digital assets number: E2021-019 | $30M | Series A | Jun 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CoinShares](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinshares) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kaiko

VC Fund · Paris, France

Kaiko is a digital assets market data provider, offering global data connectivity to more than 100 centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Our guiding mission is to bridge the gap between traditional and crypto finance by providing actionable financial data and services. Our four business units — Market Data, Quantitative Analytics,Indices and Research — empower use cases across the investment lifecycle.

5 contacts available at Kaiko.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ambre Soubiran | CEO and Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambre-soubiran |
| Bediss Cherif | Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bediss-cherif |
| Elodie Marchi | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elodie-marchi |
| Karamvir Singh | Chief Product Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karamvir-singh |
| Pascal Gauthier | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-gauthier |

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## FAQ

### What does Pascal Gauthier invest in?

Pascal Gauthier invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pascal Gauthier's check size?

Pascal Gauthier typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$18M at Seed and $7.5M–$30M 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 Pascal Gauthier participates in.

### When did Pascal Gauthier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pascal Gauthier closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 26 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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