# Protofund

> Protofund is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Blockchain and Software. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/protofund/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/protofundvc
- Website: https://protofund.com/

Protofund is an early-stage venture fund founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We invest in passionate teams building blockchain/web3 and consumer products.

## Contacts

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $3M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $11M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 10 | 36% |
| Software | 8 | 29% |
| Cryptocurrency | 8 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 29% |
| FinTech | 5 | 18% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 36% |
| Series A | 9 | 32% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 54% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edward Moncada | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moncada-edward |
| Jonathan Chu | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-chu-4 |
| Naveen Molloy | Partner + VP Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naveen-molloy-870b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payman AI, Inc | Payman gives your AI Agents the ability to have access to capital so that they can pay humans for their expertise in completing specialized tasks they need done. | $3M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| tanX.fi | tanX.fi is a trading platform that provides access to trade multiple assets across multiple networks chains. | $16.5M | Series A | Sep 08, 2023 |  |
| Brine.fi | Gasless \| Instant Multi-Chain \| Secure Trustless. | $16.5M | Series A | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Cybever | Cybever is a metaverse content creation platform. |  | Series A | Jul 17, 2023 |  |
| Nestment | Nestment helps first-time homebuyers navigate the homebuying process with confidence through 1:1 support, a trusted network of agents and lenders, practical education, and AI-powered tools. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Spice Finance | Spice Finance specializes in the fields of financial services. | $1.7M |  | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Spice Finance | Spice Finance specializes in the fields of financial services. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Celestia | Celestia is a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable anyone to quickly deploy a decentralised blockchain without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. | $55M | Series A | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Magna | Magna develops a token vesting and DeFi investment management platform. The company's first product is Carta for Web3, where companies can manage their cap tables and distribute their token equity to employees, advisors, or investors. It aims to use locked tokens as composable building blocks to power collateralized lending, liquid secondarymarkets, and other DeFi applications. | $15.2M | Seed | Sep 15, 2022 |  |
| Mysten Labs | Mysten Labs develops tools that make web3 secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption. |  | Series B | Sep 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Quiet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quiet-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [The Spartan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-spartan-group-4202) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Protofund invest in?

Protofund invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 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 Protofund's check size?

Protofund typically joins rounds of $250k–$11M at Seed, $3M–$6.5M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$55M 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 Protofund participates in.

### How do I contact Protofund?

Public channels for Protofund 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 Protofund?

The team at Protofund includes Edward Moncada (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Jonathan Chu (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Naveen Molloy (Partner + VP Operations). 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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