Roham Gharegozlou
CEO @ Dapper Labs
San Francisco, United States
Roham Gharegozlou is a seed investor at Dapper Labs in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Software. Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas
- Total investments:
- 50
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
Last updated:
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Industries Roham Gharegozlou invests in
Stages Roham Gharegozlou invests in
Countries Roham Gharegozlou invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $890k–$17M
- Pre-Seed
- $470k–$19M
- Series A
- $4M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 12 (24%)
- Software 11 (22%)
- Cryptocurrency 11 (22%)
- Internet 6 (12%)
- Apps 5 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 28 (56%)
- Series A 10 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (4%)
- Series B 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 24 (48%)
- Canada 4 (8%)
- Italy 1 (2%)
- Poland 1 (2%)
- Taiwan 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Folks Finance is the leading algorithmic capital markets protocol for lending and borrowing built and operated on top of the Algorand blockchain. Through the lending operations, Folks users can deposit liquidity and start earning a continuous economic return instantly. Through the borrowing operation, the users can request crypto loans by lockingdeposited funds as collateral. Folks Finance is the result of extensive research and engineering conducted by Blockchain Italia, a blockchain software house strongly focused on Algorand. The protocol innovations include a disruptive economic lending model designed for the soundness and security of the users, and the introduction of unique features such as staking of rewards, safety margins for cryptocurrency pairs, and an innovative liquidity provision system. | $3.2M / Series A / Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Open Social is a firm that focuses on creating a decentralized and sustainable ecosystem for creators, protocol developers, and Dapp developers. | $5M / Seed / May 28, 2024 | ||
| Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide. | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 06, 2024 | ||
| Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers. | $25M / Seed / Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos | $25M / Series A / Sep 06, 2023 | ||
| Cymbal is a blockchain technology company. It specializes in analyzing and processing more than a hundred million data points on the Ethereum blockchain. | Jul 19, 2023 | ||
| Cymbal is a blockchain technology company. It specializes in analyzing and processing more than a hundred million data points on the Ethereum blockchain. | $18.5M / Pre-Seed / Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing. | $5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 08, 2022 | ||
| Empowering web3 organizations in crypto accounting through: revenue recognition, NFT collection management, cap gain/loss calculations, audit compliant reports and more. | $8.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectable combat role-playing games for core gamers. Azra Games is led by Mark Otero, a world-renowned online strategy game developer whose most recent game generated over $1 billion in sales. Their crew has over 70 years of combined gaming industry expertise. They are now providing the core gamingexperience that core gamers desire to Web3. Azra Games is headquartered in Sacramento, United States. | $15M / Seed / May 19, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Dapper Labs
Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves.
Dapper Labs Contacts
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Kara Weber
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Kerry Fischer
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FAQ
What does Roham Gharegozlou invest in?
Roham Gharegozlou invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Roham Gharegozlou invest in?
Roham Gharegozlou typically joins rounds of $890k–$17M at Seed, $470k–$19M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Roham Gharegozlou's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Roham Gharegozlou took part in.
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When did Roham Gharegozlou last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Roham Gharegozlou closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 50 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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