# Polkastarter

> Polkastarter is a VC fund in Lisbon backing Blockchain and Gaming. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polkastarter
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/polkastarter
- Website: https://www.polkastarter.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polkastarter/

Polkastarter is a DEX built for cross-chain token pools and auctions, enabling projects to raise capital on a decentralized, permissionless and interoperable environment based on Polkadot.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Polkastarter. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Polkastarter. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/polkastarter?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$15M |
| Initial Coin Offering | $2.4M–$11M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.3M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 47% |
| Gaming | 6 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 20% |
| Metaverse | 2 | 13% |
| Video Games | 2 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 47% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 27% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| China | 1 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Andorra | 1 | 7% |
| Estonia | 1 | 7% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Miguel Leite | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miguel-leite |
| Tiago Martins | Co-Founder & CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiago-martins-2 |
| Yan Ketelers | CMO; CMO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yan-ketelers-20b4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glacier Network | Glacier Network is constructing a modular, composable, and scalable L2 data network for large-scale Dapps. Glacier enables decentralized applications (DApp) to be built on decentralized databases (DDB). It offers programmable data composability backed by L2 rollup solutions for handling datasets with NoSQL GlacierDB on top of Arweave, Filecoin, BNBGreenfield, and others. | $8M | Seed | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Cookie3 | Cookie3 is a pioneer in the field of behavioral analytics on the blockchain. We focus on interpreting customer profiles based on the individuals' wallet history. Our ultimate goal is domination in the behavioral analytics market on the blockchain, including Metaverse, Gaming, NFTs, DeFi, and the entire Web3 ecosystem. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Lympid | We believe that anyone should have access to the amazing opportunities found on the blockchain, from DeFi protocols (aave, compound, yearn…) to Crypto Indexes, there's so much to discover! At Lympid you will be able to do it all easily in the same app, and directly through EUR. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Planet Mojo | Planet Mojo is a player vs. player (PvP) cross-platform auto chess game reinvented for blockchain, allowing players to own their game characters (as NFTs) and play-to-earn in ongoing tournaments. Players will have the option to use their customized game characters and assets across an upcoming suite of games set inside the Planet Mojo universe. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Aether Games | Aether Games are the creative talent behind both of the widely expected NFT-based game titles: Gates of Ethernity and Cards of Ethernity. In addition, the studio's creative efforts are up to be represented by the CGI mini-series "Aether" and many more. | $4.5M | Seed | May 07, 2023 |  |
| Blocklords | Blocklords is a team of gamers ourselves, we love creating memorable experiences that can be shared together with others. | $15M | Seed | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Deliq Finance | Deliq Finance is a decentralized liquidity provisioning protocol that provides outsourcing services for the Avalanche ecosystem. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Galaxy Fight Club | Galaxy Fight Club is a cross-IP, cross-platform PvP fighting game for different NFT collectors to battle with each other to earn rewards. | $7M | Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Whydah | Whydah is a company applying block-chain for studio games. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| DOMI Online | DOMI Online is an online game that enables its players to search for treasure, gold, experience, and $DOMI tokens. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SkyVision Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyvision-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Signum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signum-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [The Spartan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-spartan-group-4202) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bixin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bixin-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Polkastarter invest in?

Polkastarter invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Polkastarter's check size?

Polkastarter typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$15M at Seed, $2.4M–$11M at Initial Coin Offering and $1.3M–$25M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Polkastarter participates in.

### How do I contact Polkastarter?

Public channels for Polkastarter 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 Polkastarter?

The team at Polkastarter includes Miguel Leite (Co-founder), Tiago Martins (Co-Founder & CTO) and Yan Ketelers (CMO; CMO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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