# Protagonist

> Protagonist is a VC fund in Miami Beach backing Software and Blockchain. See 48 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami Beach, United States
- Total investments: 48
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/protagonist-xyz 
- Website: https://www.protagonist.co

Protagonist is an investment management company.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$20M |
| Series A | $5.2M–$55M |
| Series C | $14M–$62M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 21% |
| Blockchain | 10 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 19% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 13% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 29 | 60% |
| Series A | 9 | 19% |
| Series C | 2 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 52% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 2% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harry Hurst | Co-Founder | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-hurst |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Levl | Levl GmbH is a Swiss fintech company based in Zug, focused on cross-border payments and global payment infrastructure. It enables businesses to send and receive payments in over 100 countries via web app or API, with origins as a spin-out from Galaxy Digital. company's primary goal is building and securing approval for a DLT (DistributedLedger Technology) trading system, along with its operation. ​ | $7M | Seed | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Exowatt | Modular Full-Stack Renewable Energy Solutions for Commercial and Industrial Applications | $50M | Series A | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Temple Digital Group | Capital Markets Built On Canton. A privacy focused technical stack for trading digital assets. | $5M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| ZeroClick | ZeroClick weaves paid context directly into AI’s thinking to enrich answers. For AI developers – unlock monetization without breaking user trust. For advertisers – reach AI users with context that resonates. | $55M | Series A | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Mill City Venture III | Mill City Ventures III is a non-bank lender and specialty finance company. Mill City Ventures fund the client's operations whether it’s real estate bridge mortgages and loans, cash for operations, or general-purpose loans with sufficient collateral. | $450M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Blok | Blok models product changes, expedites decision-making, optimizes engineering resources, and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assist you in determining which product experiments should launch first. | $7.5M | Seed | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Arago | Arago develops a computing system that uses photonic technology to accelerate core operations in artificial intelligence and scientific computing. The company focuses on enhancing matrix multiplication performance, a key computational component in modern AI models, by using light-based processes rather than traditional electronic circuits. Itssystem integrates a PyTorch-based software stack with a multi-physics processor that handles tasks with cubic complexity, while a digital processor manages remaining operations with quadratic complexity. This hybrid approach maximizes memory transfer efficiency and processing capacity. The system supports industry-standard form factors, allowing for integration into existing hardware infrastructure without requiring significant changes. | $26M | Seed | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Silhouette Exchange | Silhouette is a privacy-focused decentralized trading protocol integrated with the Hyperliquid ecosystem. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| Momentum | Momentum is a move central liquidity engine with multi-sig treasury management, token vesting, and liquidity provisioning. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Vivrelle | Vivrelle is a membership club that provides access to a shared closet of designer handbags, jewelry, and diamonds for a monthly membership fee. | $62M | Series C | Jun 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 48 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Protagonist invest in?

Protagonist invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 48 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 Protagonist's check size?

Protagonist typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$20M at Seed, $5.2M–$55M at Series A and $14M–$62M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Protagonist participates in.

### How do I contact Protagonist?

Public channels for Protagonist include LinkedIn 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 Protagonist?

The team at Protagonist includes Harry Hurst (Co-Founder). 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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