# Portal Ventures

> Portal Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last fund: Jul 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portalvc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hiPortalVC
- Website: https://portal.vc/

Portal Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Portal is an early-stage investment firm partnering with the innovators that will define the next generation of economy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$17M |
| Series A | $13M–$73M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 11 | 30% |
| Cryptocurrency | 8 | 22% |
| Bitcoin | 7 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 19% |
| Software | 5 | 14% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 49% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 35% |
| Series A | 4 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 5% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Fisher | Founder and Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-fisher-3b8f |
| Evan Fisher | Founder and Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-fisher-1c3f |
| Catrina Wang | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catrina-wang-5669 |
| Dave Leyrer | LPAC | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-leyrer |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Utexo | Utexo develops payment infrastructure that enables stablecoin transactions to settle directly on the Bitcoin network. The platform provides an API and related tools that allow payment operators, exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms to process USDT transfers through Bitcoin-based rails. Its system integrates technologies such as the LightningNetwork and the RGB protocol to support instant settlement, encrypted transaction execution, and predictable transaction costs. Utexo also offers cloud infrastructure and developer tools that manage routing, liquidity, and node operations required for stablecoin payments on Bitcoin. These services allow organizations to integrate Bitcoin-based stablecoin settlement into existing applications without operating or maintaining underlying blockchain infrastructure. | $7.5M | Seed | Mar 06, 2026 |  |
| Inversion | Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology. | $26.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Blueprint Finance | Blueprint Finance develops protocols and infrastructure to advance on-chain financing. | $9.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| Asigna | Asigna project started in late 2022, was established with full decentralization in mind, akin to Bitcoin's original vision. There has always been a pressing need in the Bitcoin community for a personal multi-sig that would offer peace of mind to all its holders. Moreover, Asigna is introducing itself to the rising player in the ecosystem: theStacks ecosystem, which operates as a layer 2 on top of Bitcoin.Asigna employs a native multisig solution. This makes it the safest multi-sig available since user privacy remains unaffected.Asigna digital vault offers a robust channel for storing, transmitting, and collecting various currencies such as BTC, Stacks, BRC20, and Ordinals. Additionally, it supports batch transactions. Soon to be added to the roadmap are Unisat, sBTC integration. Notably, Asigna integration with other Stacks dApps are flawless, allowing users to stake STX or directly acquire ordinals. | $3M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |
| T-Rex | T-Rex is a new blockchain ecosystem intended specifically for consumer-facing applications, with the goal of transforming the Web3 attention layer via its revolutionary Proof of Engagement (PoE). | $17M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2025 |  |
| Arch | Arch is a Blockchain Infrastructure Premier Bitcoin-Native Application Platform | $13M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Offline Protocol | Offline Protocol is a novel infrastructure and consumer censorship-resistant technology stack created to enable communication, peer-to-peer payments, and information dissemination in the absolute absence of internet and telecom connectivity. By leveraging innovative offline networking, cryptographic processes, and localised computing, OfflineProtocol aims to bridge the gap in digital accessibility and financial divide among underserved communities globally, as well as provide critical services to people affected by natural disasters, stuck at sporting events, concerts, and parades, or any other situations where traditional forms of connectivity are disrupted. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Uranium Digital | Uranium Digital is astartup that uses tokenization to target the uranium market. The business represents uranium ore with blockchain tokens, facilitating smooth transactions in this highly regulated and initially underfunded industry. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 13, 2024 |  |
| Agridex | Agridex offers a blockchain-based supply chain platform for the digital agriculture industry. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Asigna | Asigna project started in late 2022, was established with full decentralization in mind, akin to Bitcoin's original vision. There has always been a pressing need in the Bitcoin community for a personal multi-sig that would offer peace of mind to all its holders. Moreover, Asigna is introducing itself to the rising player in the ecosystem: theStacks ecosystem, which operates as a layer 2 on top of Bitcoin.Asigna employs a native multisig solution. This makes it the safest multi-sig available since user privacy remains unaffected.Asigna digital vault offers a robust channel for storing, transmitting, and collecting various currencies such as BTC, Stacks, BRC20, and Ordinals. Additionally, it supports batch transactions. Soon to be added to the roadmap are Unisat, sBTC integration. Notably, Asigna integration with other Stacks dApps are flawless, allowing users to stake STX or directly acquire ordinals. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okx-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Portal Ventures invest in?

Portal Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 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 Portal Ventures's check size?

Portal Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$10M at Seed, $1M–$17M at Pre-Seed and $13M–$73M 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 Portal Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Portal Ventures?

Public channels for Portal Ventures 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 Portal Ventures?

The team at Portal Ventures includes Evan Fisher (Founder and Managing Partner), Evan Fisher (Founder and Managing Partner) and Catrina Wang (Partner). 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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