Sandeep Nailwal
Co-Founder @ Polygon
Mumbai, India
Sandeep Nailwal is a seed investor at Polygon in Mumbai focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.
- Total investments:
- 195
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Sandeep Nailwal invests in
Stages Sandeep Nailwal invests in
Countries Sandeep Nailwal invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$9.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $450k–$6M
- Series A
- $8M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 85 (44%)
- Cryptocurrency 58 (30%)
- Financial Services 26 (13%)
- Software 23 (12%)
- Web3 21 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 114 (58%)
- Pre-Seed 32 (16%)
- Series A 15 (8%)
- Angel 7 (4%)
- Funding Round 6 (3%)
Country
- United States 48 (25%)
- India 21 (11%)
- Singapore 19 (10%)
- United Kingdom 6 (3%)
- United Arab Emirates 6 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Self Protocol
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Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information. | $9M / Seed / Nov 13, 2025 | |
Tria
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Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3. | $12M / Pre-Seed / Oct 14, 2025 | |
SuperGaming
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SuperGaming is a video game developer that creates and publishes mobile games. The company has developed titles in various genres, including battle royale and hero shooters. SuperGaming also offers a platform for hyperscaling multiplayer games. | $15M / Series B / Aug 06, 2025 | |
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SuperGaming
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SuperGaming is a video game developer that creates and publishes mobile games. The company has developed titles in various genres, including battle royale and hero shooters. SuperGaming also offers a platform for hyperscaling multiplayer games. | $15M / Series B / Aug 06, 2025 | |
Veda
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Veda operates as a vault infrastructure platform in DeFi. | $18M / Series A / Jun 22, 2025 | |
Defx
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Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon. | $2.5M / Seed / Jun 12, 2025 | |
RISE Chain
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RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $4M / Seed / Jun 09, 2025 | |
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RISE Chain
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RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $3.2M / Seed / May 19, 2025 | |
SpaceComputer
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SpaceComputer uses satellites to create a secure blockchain system that resists cyberattacks and physical tampering. | Pre-Seed / May 13, 2025 | |
Lattica
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Lattica enables privacy-preserving machine learning inference in the cloud. Built entirely on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), the platform ensures that user queries remain encrypted throughout the entire process – keeping data secure from the AI provider, cloud infrastructure, and any intermediaries. | $3.3M / Pre-Seed / Apr 23, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
About Polygon
Polygon is a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development and web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more.Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 7,000+ applications hosted, 1B+ total transactions processed, ~130M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured.
Polygon Contacts
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Sandeep Nailwal
Co-Founder
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Bobbin Threadbare
Founder
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Dalip Tyagi
SVP and Head, Developer Relations
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Daniel Lubarov
Co-Founder, Polygon Zero
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David Schwartz
Co-Founder and Polygon zkEVM Project Lead, Polygon ID & Polygon Hermez
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FAQ
What does Sandeep Nailwal invest in?
Sandeep Nailwal invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 195 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 Sandeep Nailwal's check size?
Sandeep Nailwal typically joins rounds of $1M–$9.5M at Seed, $450k–$6M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$40M 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 Sandeep Nailwal participates in.
When did Sandeep Nailwal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sandeep Nailwal closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 195 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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