# Pluto Digital

> Pluto Digital is a VC fund in London backing Blockchain and Gaming. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pluto-digital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pluto_digital
- Website: http://www.plutodigital.com

Pluto Digital is a VC fund in London focused on Blockchain and Gaming. Pluto Digital PLC (Pluto) is a crypto technology and operations company that makes Web 3.0 Decentralised Finance (DeFi) more accessible to all.Pluto is making DeFi available to everyone through products and services created by Pluto’s software development Labs division, new yield farming strategies through Pluto’s Yield division and collaboratingwith emerging DeFi projects and the NFT metaverse through Pluto’s Ventures division.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $720k–$12M |
| Series A | $4.7M–$8.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 39% |
| Gaming | 6 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 22% |
| Internet | 3 | 17% |
| Software | 3 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 17% |
| Israel | 2 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Estonia | 1 | 6% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian K. | Co-Founder & Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kinane-2773 |
| Asa Hutchinson | AI Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asa-hutchinson-424d |
| Atif Yaqub | Founder & Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atif-yaqub |
| Blake Finucane | Head of NFTs | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-finucane |
| Brian Kinane | Co-Founder & Investor | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-k-135f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balthazar NFT Gaming | Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining, | $2M | Initial Coin Offering | Dec 09, 2022 |  |
| Horizon Land | Horizon Land is the infrastructure platform that empowers builders to construct their own open and accessible virtual worlds; and to scale in a complete ecosystem of Games, Education, Entertainment, Social networks, … | $720K | Seed | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| IQ Labs | IQ Protocol develops a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. It enables digital asset owners to earn passive income by safely lending their NFTs & Fungible Tokens. | $12M | Seed | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| AdaSwap | AdaSwap is a platform that swaps, bridges & trades between Cardano-based tokens and stablecoins within seconds. | $2.6M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| KnownOrigin | KnownOrigin is an artist-driven NFT platform that makes it easy for creators to authenticate, showcase and sell the digital artwork they produce. | $4.7M | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Emergent Games | Emergent Games is a metaverse and blockchain games studio. Emergent is a joint venture between the London-based digital entertainment studio Maze Theory and crypto technology and operations business Pluto Digital. | $5.4M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Colizeum | Colizeum is a gaming platform that will house a variety of games and applications and operate as a user funnel similar to Steam. The company aims to be the first blockchain mass adoption in mobile gaming. Colizeum was founded in 2021 and is located in Zug, Switzerland. | $8.4M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Colizeum | Colizeum is a gaming platform that will house a variety of games and applications and operate as a user funnel similar to Steam. The company aims to be the first blockchain mass adoption in mobile gaming. Colizeum was founded in 2021 and is located in Zug, Switzerland. | $8.4M |  | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Colizeum | Colizeum is a gaming platform that will house a variety of games and applications and operate as a user funnel similar to Steam. The company aims to be the first blockchain mass adoption in mobile gaming. Colizeum was founded in 2021 and is located in Zug, Switzerland. | $8.4M | Series A | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Vmates | Vmates is a social Meta-verse game based on virtual pets developed by NFT. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Axia8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axia8-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Genblock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genblock-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SevenX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sevenx-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Pluto Digital invest in?

Pluto Digital invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pluto Digital's check size?

Pluto Digital typically joins rounds of $720k–$12M at Seed and $4.7M–$8.4M 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 Pluto Digital participates in.

### How do I contact Pluto Digital?

Public channels for Pluto Digital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Pluto Digital?

The team at Pluto Digital includes Brian K. (Co-Founder & Investor), Asa Hutchinson (AI Specialist) and Atif Yaqub (Founder & Investor), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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