# Russell Verbeeten

> Russell Verbeeten is a seed investor at ConsenSys (Toronto) backing Cryptocurrency and Social. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellverbeeten

Russell Verbeeten is a seed investor at ConsenSys in Toronto focused on Cryptocurrency and Social. As Multiple Roles for ConsenSys Canada, Russell Verbeeten is a foremost expert on blockchain and decentralized computing tech. ConsenSys is a global organization of technologists and entrepreneurs building applications based on Ethereum technology as well as offering labs, training, and access to capital.With an undergraduate degree in electricaland computer engineering from the University of Toronto and successful exits at startups where he played the roles of CTO and founder, Verbeeten joined the Ethereum project in March of 2014 after completing a Master in Social Science of the Internet at Oxford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 100% |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| Lending | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Myco | Myco lets people build digital communities which are co-owned by their members. We make it easy to manage an all-in-one community space for any niche or project, by merging fun social experiences with powerful business tools that can help large groups of people coordinate together online. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Feb 10, 2021 |  |
| Atomic Loans | Atomic Loans is a protocol for bitcoin and crypto-backed loans on your terms, without middlemen. By extending atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans enables users to interact with trustless, cross-chain debt agreements. We use the functionality of the native Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to enable lending without requiring customers to delegatetrust to centralized custodians, ensuring their funds will never be stolen or seized. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morgan Creek Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-creek-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Senary Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senary-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Takoma Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-takoma-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ConsenSys

VC Fund · Zug, Switzerland

ConsenSys is an Ethereum software web3 company. ConsenSys enables developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. ConsenSys' product suite, composed of Infura, Quorum, Truffle, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligence, serves millions ofusers, supports billions of blockchain-based queries for its clients, and has handled billions of dollars in digital assets. Ethereum is a programmable blockchain in the world, business adoption, developer community, and DeFi activity. On this trusted, open-source foundation, ConsenSys is building the digital economy of tomorrow.

5 contacts available at ConsenSys.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Millar | Chief Of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-millar-2 |
| Russell Verbeeten | Multiple Roles | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-verbeeten |
| Becky Moody | Senior Manager, HR Technology & Analytics | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/becky-moody |
| Didier Le Floch | Codefi CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/didier-le-floch |
| Emmanuel Marchal | Global Head of Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmanuel-marchal |

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## FAQ

### What does Russell Verbeeten invest in?

Russell Verbeeten invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Social and Lending startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Russell Verbeeten last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Russell Verbeeten closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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