# Republic

> Republic is a VC fund in New York backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 110 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 110
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last fund: May 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/republic.co
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic
- Website: http://republic.co
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joinrepublic

Republic is a VC fund in New York focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$8.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$1.5M |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $98k–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 23 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 18 | 16% |
| FinTech | 17 | 15% |
| Cryptocurrency | 15 | 14% |
| Software | 11 | 10% |

137 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 35% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 21 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 12% |
| Series A | 10 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 6% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 54 | 49% |
| Singapore | 4 | 4% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kendrick Nguyen | Co-Founder and CEO | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kendrick-nguyen |
| Kinsa Durst | Director of Marketing | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kinsa-durst-656d |
| Matt Melbourne | Head of Investment Team & Business Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-melbourne |
| Shrina Kurani | Vice President Business | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shrina-kurani |
| Zhen Cao | Partner, Asia | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhen-cao |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hemi Labs | Hemi (https://hemi.xyz) is a modular protocol that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum to amplify and extend the core capabilities of the two leading blockchain networks. This offers a novel perspective on blockchain interoperability and scaling by approaching Bitcoin and Ethereum as components of a single supernetwork. The result providessecurity that exceeds that of Bitcoin (“superfinality”) and new levels of blockchain programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi was co-founded by Jeff Garzik (former Bitcoin core developer) and Max Sanchez (inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol), and is surrounded by a team of renowned blockchain engineers, strategic partners and investors. | $15M | Seed | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| XTAO | XTAO's objective is to accelerate the development and use of decentralized AI. | $22.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Bitmine Immersion Technologies | Bitmine Immersion Technologies operates in the digital asset and blockchain technology sector by providing infrastructure and services for cryptocurrency mining and related activities. The company uses immersion cooling methods to host and operate mining hardware for Bitcoin and supports third-party equipment hosting, infrastructure management andequipment sales. Bitmine also engages in self-mining of digital assets and offers advisory services tied to digital asset treasury strategies and has expanded its focus to include broader crypto ecosystem services. Its data center offerings encompass power, rack space, environmental management systems, connectivity and monitoring software for mining operations. The company’s business integrates infrastructure support with asset accumulation and consulting for clients navigating cryptocurrency networks and mining markets. | $250M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Digital Asset | Digital Asset develops distributed ledger technology intended to build distributed, encrypted straight-through processing tools.The company builds platform, developer tools, and leverages modern infrastructure providers to change how businesses interact. Its service offering is Daml, an application platform unconstrained by organizationalboundaries where companies can create new multi-party solutions that transform disparate silos into synchronized networks, eradicating latency and errors by guaranteeing consistent data. The company works with organizations in financial services, healthcare, and insurance, including 5 of the top 10 stock exchanges.In 2014, the New York, New York-based company was established by Don Wilson, Eric Saraniecki, Sunil Hirani, and Yuval Rooz. Digital Asset is backed by strategic investors, including 7RIDGE, Eldridge, Salesforce, Samsung, VMware, Accenture, Citi, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and J.P. Morgan. | $135M | Series E | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| SharpLink | SharpLink is an online technology company that works with sports leagues, fantasy sports sites, and sports media companies. | $425M | Post-IPO Equity | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Decant Group | Decant Group is a London-headquartered collective of specialised “houses” dedicated to fine wine and spirits. Founded on 4 December 2019, it has quickly grown into a platform with more than 40,000 members and over £100 million in trades and assets under management. Through its five integrated units—Decant Index (trading marketplace), House ofDecant (online retail), Whisky Partners (bulk cask trading), Decant Bond (bonded storage) and Decant Ventures (brand incubation)—the group delivers a 360° service that spans acquisition, secure storage, and brand development. Operations are anchored by a flagship tasting lounge at 105 Piccadilly in London and bonded warehouse facilities in Alloa, Scotland, positioning Decant Group as a trusted, end-to-end partner for collectors and investors alike. | $1.2M | Series A | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Sogni AI | Sogni AI functions as a platform for decentralized creative AI. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Prodigy.Fi | Prodigy.Fi is a decentralized platform dedicated to facilitating income generation through on-chain dual investment trading strategies. | $5M | Seed | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Tide Ocean | Tide Ocean is a Swiss company giving waste a value and turning 100% ocean-bound plastic into safe, useful products. From 100% plastic waste to powerful productsEvery year, more than eight million tons of plastic trash land in the ocean and on coastlines. #tide has teamed up with multiple organisations to collect and pull what already exists andproduce an award-winning material that can be used in a range of sustainable products.Our versatile granular material is made completely from plastic collected from the ocean – all kinds of plastic, not just PET bottles. Hard plastics like shampoo bottles and plastic containers can be used to recreate new plastic products such as watches, furniture and electronic devices, or in the interior of a car; PET bottles can be used for fabric that becomes a watch strap, clothing or carpet.The granular material is tested and produced in partnership with the Institute for Materials Technology and Plastics Processing (IWK), a branch of the University of Applied Science (Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil) in Rapperswil, Switzerland.We believe it is our duty to take action where it is most desperately needed. We give plastic waste a value. | $621.5K | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 27, 2025 |  |
| Reality Games | Reality Games is a product company divided into two sectors: Mobile Gaming and Big Data. We are one of the first movers on the market - creating a new genre of mobile games – games based on Big Data as content. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |

10 of 110 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Republic invest in?

Republic invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 110 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 Republic's check size?

Republic typically joins rounds of $200k–$8.5M at Seed, $200k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $98k–$2.1M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Republic participates in.

### How do I contact Republic?

Public channels for Republic 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 Republic?

The team at Republic includes Kendrick Nguyen (Co-Founder and CEO), Kinsa Durst (Director of Marketing) and Matt Melbourne (Head of Investment Team & Business Development), among 32 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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