# Rune Bentien > Rune Bentien is a seed investor at MOVE (London) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [MOVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/move-f81b) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Apr 2022 - Lead investor: 25% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/runebentien/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rbentien - Website: https://consensys.vc Rune Bentien is a seed investor at MOVE in London focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Rune Bentien is the Partner at MOVE. He attended Aarhus University during 2007-2009. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Blockchain | 2 | 50% | | Cryptocurrency | 2 | 50% | | Toys | 1 | 25% | | EdTech | 1 | 25% | | Bitcoin | 1 | 25% | 10 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 50% | | Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 50% | | France | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tonic | Tonic is building a permissionless decentralized protocol for fast and seamless trading of any asset on NEAR and Aurora. The platform will enable developers building on NEAR’s Layer 1 solution to integrate trading functionality into their applications. | $5M | Seed | Apr 26, 2022 | | | Quidli | Enabling remote teams to share real value with those who help create value via tokens of appreciation they can use anywhere in the world | | Pre-Seed | Mar 29, 2022 | | | Quidli | Enabling remote teams to share real value with those who help create value via tokens of appreciation they can use anywhere in the world | | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 | | | playDXTR | On a mission to help the World Embrace Play – DXTR Labs is creating the Worlds Smartest Building Blocks in an effort to digitise real world play and unlock the untapped potential of data captured through pure play.Play is the brains favourite way of learning and staying healthy, and that's why we're bringing Big Data into play.Webelieve that play is the key to both brain development, brain training, cognitive assessment, and stimulating neuro plasticity – but we don't believe in screens as the only medium for interacting with the digital world and capturing data.By embedding each single building block with sensors, battery, wireless communication, and lights, we are creating an interface for digital interaction, based on the most fundamental toy of them all; the building blocks.The first product being released, and currently in private beta, is playDXTR. Aimed at the smart milennial parent who already embraces technology, and who wants a greater insight into the development of their child – as well as an educational and developmental tool for schools, institutions, and organisations, who are ready to move beyond mobile. These institutions are ready for assessing children through something far more natural than standardised tests and exams – pure play!Play is natures way of teaching – so let's start learning! | $525K | Convertible Note | Sep 17, 2015 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Bonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Orange DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Visary Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visary-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [w3b.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w3b-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Bixin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bixin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About MOVE VC Fund 1 contacts available at MOVE. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Rune Bentien | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rune-bentien | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Rune Bentien invest in? Rune Bentien invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Toys startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Rune Bentien last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Rune Bentien closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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