# Philip Gasslander

> Philip Gasslander is a seed investor at Pioneer Fund backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipgasslander
- Website: https://x.com/philgasslander

Philip Gasslander is a Co-Founder at Gattaca. He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Fudan University, University of the Arts London.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Altitude | Altitude is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol offering a first-of-its-kind actively managed collateralized loan, which uses the volatility of the value of the collateral to repay itself over time. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evgeny Gokhberg & Alice Kletskaia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-gokhberg-alice-kletskaia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pioneer Fund

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Pioneer Fund is a fund of 420+ Y Combinator alumni, investing in the top Y Combinator startups.

5 contacts available at Pioneer Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philip Gasslander | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-gasslander |
| Tim Suzman | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-suzman |
| Alexander Girau | Senior Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-girau |
| Bryant Chou | Senior Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryant-chou |
| Daniel Lenton | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-lenton |

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## FAQ

### What does Philip Gasslander invest in?

Philip Gasslander invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Gibraltar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Philip Gasslander last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Philip Gasslander closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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