# Rocinante Research

> Rocinante Research is a VC fund backing Gaming, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocinanteresearch
- Website: https://rocinanteresearch.net

Rocinante Research is a dynamic quantitative trading firm that concentrates on cryptocurrency markets.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| tread.fi | Distributed trading infrastructure for digital assets | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| VELAR | VELAR is a Multi-Feature DeFi App with Bitcoin Finality. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Mon Studios | Mon Studios connects new consumers to new technologies through browser-based games. | $1.4M | Seed | Jan 26, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [32bit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/32bit-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aquanow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquanow) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Edge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-edge-capital-9b19) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BreederDAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breederdao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cogitent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogitent-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Rocinante Research invest in?

Rocinante Research invests primarily in Gaming, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cayman Islands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rocinante Research's check size?

Rocinante Research typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$3.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rocinante Research participates in.

### When did Rocinante Research last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rocinante Research closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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