# Ryan Selkis

> Ryan Selkis is a seed investor at Messari (New York) backing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Messari](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/messari)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanselkis
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/twobitidiot
- Website: http://www.good-benefits.com

Ryan Selkis is a seed investor at Messari in New York focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $850k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 19 | 46% |
| Blockchain | 18 | 44% |
| FinTech | 8 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 20% |
| Software | 6 | 15% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 51% |
| Series A | 10 | 24% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 51% |
| Singapore | 3 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 0xPPL | 0xPPL brings together people who have similar interests in cryptocurrencies, providing an ecosystem where users can track crypto assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) traded by those they follow. |  | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| StripChain | Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability standard that enables chain abstraction. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Agora | Agora operates as a cross-chain governance platform. | $5M | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Bitlayer | Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer. | $5M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Acctual | Run a seamless AP/AR process for every bill, from one place - crypto and fiat. Synced to your accounting system. | $3.9M | Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Ion Protocol | Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others). | $2M | Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| Ion Protocol | Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others). | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| Demox Labs | Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source. The company's data bridge from web2 to web3 unlocks all online data for smart contract development. Demox Labs was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Gateway | Gateway is a decentralized protocol for creating, consuming, and displaying verifiable credentials. | $4.2M | Seed | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| Reown | WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code. It is a simple infrastructure that can be setup by any developer. Using a Bridge server to relay the messages without having access to any of its contents. The contents are encrypted using the session datashared by the QR code between the desktop and mobile. | $12.5M |  | Nov 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Hypersphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hypersphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Jump Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-crypto) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About Messari

VC Fund · New York, United States

Messari is the leading provider of market intelligence products that help professionals navigate crypto with confidence. For individuals and institutions alike, Messari combines deep analysis, data, news and powerful tools to improve industry transparency and drive smarter participation in crypto. Learn more at messari.io.

5 contacts available at Messari.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dan McArdle | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-mcardle |
| Emily Coleman | VP, Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-coleman |
| Peter Bordes | Head of Events & Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-bordes-2 |
| Ryan Selkis | CEO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-selkis-2 |
| Sami Tannir | Research Hub Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sami-0xsami |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Selkis invest in?

Ryan Selkis invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 41 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 Ryan Selkis's check size?

Ryan Selkis typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$14M at Seed, $850k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $7.5M–$30M 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 Ryan Selkis participates in.

### When did Ryan Selkis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Selkis closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 41 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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