# Richard F. Dulude

> Richard F. Dulude is a seed investor at Underscore VC (Cambridge) backing Software and FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Underscore VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/underscore-vc)
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dulude
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/richdulude
- Website: https://underscore.vc/

Richard F. Dulude is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Underscore VC. He attended Harvard Business School and Cornell University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.5M–$7M |
| Series A | $24M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 13% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hue | Hue is a software as a service platform that finds and incorporates real video evaluations into the marketing channels and websites of e-commerce companies.Hue enables businesses and retailers to incorporate TikTok-style shoppable films on their e-commerce websites, giving customers confidence to add to cart. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Cenoa | Cenoa is a borderless superwallet that improves access to dollar-based products in emerging countries. It enables users to buy dollars at real exchance rates and earn a fair yield - easily, securely and with zero fees. | $7M | Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| Kaiko | Kaiko is a digital assets market data provider, offering global data connectivity to more than 100 centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Our guiding mission is to bridge the gap between traditional and crypto finance by providing actionable financial data and services. Our four business units — Market Data, Quantitative Analytics,Indices and Research — empower use cases across the investment lifecycle. | $53M | Series B | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Kaiko | Kaiko is a digital assets market data provider, offering global data connectivity to more than 100 centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Our guiding mission is to bridge the gap between traditional and crypto finance by providing actionable financial data and services. Our four business units — Market Data, Quantitative Analytics,Indices and Research — empower use cases across the investment lifecycle. | $24M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Kaiko | Kaiko is a digital assets market data provider, offering global data connectivity to more than 100 centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Our guiding mission is to bridge the gap between traditional and crypto finance by providing actionable financial data and services. Our four business units — Market Data, Quantitative Analytics,Indices and Research — empower use cases across the investment lifecycle. | $24M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Arwen | Arwen gives protection while trade on cryptocurrency exchanges. They are a team of seasoned experts in cryptography, network and cloud security. Arwen aims to be the most secure standard of trading as a technology built for centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Their protocol and system has been developed by a team with over a decade of expertisein cryptographic standards and network security. They are building better crypto trading infrastructure and have the best team in the business. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 05, 2020 |  |
| Chainlink | Chainlink is a web3 services platform that connects people, businesses, and data to the blockchain. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2017 |  |
| Chainlink | Chainlink is a web3 services platform that connects people, businesses, and data to the blockchain. |  | Seed | Aug 22, 2017 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acrew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrew-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AlphaCoin Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphacoin-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Underscore VC

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Underscore VC is an early-stage, Boston-based venture capital firm backing bold entrepreneurs with an aligned community designed to fit each startup's unique needs.

5 contacts available at Underscore VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Pearce | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-pearce-2 |
| Brian Devaney | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-devaney |
| Chris Gardner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-gardner |
| Chris Reisig | Core Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-reisig |
| Devin Nash | Marketing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devin-nash |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard F. Dulude invest in?

Richard F. Dulude invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Richard F. Dulude's check size?

Richard F. Dulude typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$7M at Seed and $24M–$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 Richard F. Dulude participates in.

### When did Richard F. Dulude last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard F. Dulude closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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