# Peer Ventures

> Peer Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Cryptocurrency, Web3 and FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peerventurepartners/
- Website: https://www.peer.vc

Peer Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Cryptocurrency and Web3. PEER is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage opportunities in peer-to-peer assets, marketplaces, and technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 25% |
| Web3 | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 17% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Kenya | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cork Protocol | Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset. | $5.5M | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Veda | Veda operates as a vault infrastructure platform
in DeFi. | $18M | Series A | Jun 22, 2025 |  |
| ShredSpots APP | Social Map App Of Hidden Street Sports Art | $600K | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Perle AI | Kiva AI is a platform designed to supply high-quality and compliant data solutions at scale to create specialized AI applications in domains such as healthcare, finance, and law. | $7M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Hinkal | Hinkal is a self-service dApp and SDK that allows liquid funds, institutions, whales, and consumers to run their strategies privately on their favorite dApps. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 26, 2024 |  |
| Midas | Midas is a cryptocurrency application that allows users to sell and invest in cryptocurrency and tokens. | $8.8M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Masa | Masa Finance seeks to disrupt traditional centralized credit infrastructure by providing individuals, businesses, and developers with the tools to access credit and enable untapped wealth creation for 4.95B people globally. | $5.4M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Hinkal | Hinkal is a self-service dApp and SDK that allows liquid funds, institutions, whales, and consumers to run their strategies privately on their favorite dApps. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| Kotani Pay | Kotani Pay is a technology stack that enables blockchain protocols, dapps, and blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly to local payment channels providing them with a reliable on ramp and off ramp service to reach a wider customer base in Africa. | $575K | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2023 |  |
| Guardian Labs | Complete protection across Web3. Guardian is the ultimate interoperable solution to dynamically protect Web3 Users, Assets and Businesses. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Draper Dragon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-dragon) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Peer Ventures invest in?

Peer Ventures invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Web3 and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Peer Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peer Ventures closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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