# Sam Trabucco

> Sam Trabucco is a seed investor at Alameda Research backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-trabucco-79215263/

Sam Trabucco is a seed investor at Alameda Research focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. Sam Trabucco is the Co-CEO at Alameda Research. Sam Trabucco attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AscendEX | AscendEX is global operator of digital asset exchanges for diverse groups of clients from retail to institutions. | $50M | Series B | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Eden Network | Eden Network is an optional, non-consensus breaking transaction ordering protocol for Ethereum blocks which allows network participants to guarantee placement and protection from arbitrary reordering. | $17.4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Eden Network | Blockchain MEV protection protocol | $17.4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Jump Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Multicoin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/multicoin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wintermute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wintermute-trading) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acheron Trading](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acherontrading) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alameda Research

VC Fund · Central and Western, Hong Kong

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

4 contacts available at Alameda Research.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Ellison | Co-CEO & Trader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-ellison-2538 |
| Charles Yang | Principal, Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-yang-50e0 |
| Erik Litmanovich | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taiyang-zhang |
| Sam Trabucco | Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-trabucco |

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## FAQ

### What does Sam Trabucco invest in?

Sam Trabucco invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sam Trabucco last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sam Trabucco closed in Nov 2021. 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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