# Raj Gokal

> Raj Gokal is a seed investor at Solana (San Francisco) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Solana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solana-io)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajgokal
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/rajgokal
- Website: http://about.me/rajgokal
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rajgokal

Raj Gokal is a seed investor at Solana in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Raj leads operations, product, and finance. He has spent 10 years in product management and finance.He was a venture investor at General Catalyst, started the consumer medical device company Sano which attracted over $20m in investment, and led product management at Omada Health as it grew tenfold.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $800k–$5M |
| Series A | $8.3M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 16 | 42% |
| Cryptocurrency | 14 | 37% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 16% |
| Software | 5 | 13% |
| Web3 | 4 | 11% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 58% |
| Series A | 6 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 47% |
| India | 3 | 8% |
| Singapore | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Estonia | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| fomo | Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships. | $17M | Series A | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Circuit & Chisel | Circuit & Chisel is an agentic AI platform that enables agents to make transactions between autonomous agents. | $19.2M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| DataHive AI | DataHive delivers for AI companies hard-to-collect web data - collected, labeled, and ready for model training. If you are building in AI and need data for model training (text or multi-modal), check us out. We will deliver an initial pilot dataset for free - to ensure it is exactly what you need. Learn more and request your pilot dataset atwww.DataHive.ai | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| ego.tech | Ego is a protocol that seeks to transform personal data found on the Internet into a financial asset. | $800K | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| ZAR | ZAR establishes a connection between cash-based economies and the web3 framework, facilitating adoption of stablecoins. | $7M | Seed | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Raise | Raise is a digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers.Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com | $63M |  | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| fomo | Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| FrodoBots Lab | FrodoBots Lab is pioneering advancements in Embodied AI research at the intersection of crypto and gaming. | $6M | Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| TBD | TBD is a forecasting market system that analyzes individual attitudes through integrating verifiable online polls. | $800K | Angel | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Azura | Azura is a new all-in-one crypto application aggregation layer launched with the assistance of some of the most well-known cryptocurrency pioneers. The company's application and interfacing layer provides reliable access to DeFi assets, real-time market data, and full trade lifecycle support. | $6.9M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Solana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solana-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Solana

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Solana.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anatoly-yakovenko |
| Spencer Spinell | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spencer-spinell |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-pousaz |
| Austin Federa | Head of Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-federa |
| Caesar Chad | Rust Developer and Investor Relationship | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caesar-chad |

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## FAQ

### What does Raj Gokal invest in?

Raj Gokal invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 38 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 Raj Gokal's check size?

Raj Gokal typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$7M at Seed, $800k–$5M at Pre-Seed and $8.3M–$24M 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 Raj Gokal participates in.

### When did Raj Gokal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Raj Gokal closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 38 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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