# Sandeep Nailwal

> Sandeep Nailwal is a seed investor at Polygon (Mumbai) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 195 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Polygon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polygontechnology)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 195
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-nailwal-60709a33/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal
- Website: https://www.livetvmesh.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandeep.nailwal

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $450k–$6M |
| Series A | $8M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 85 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 58 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 26 | 13% |
| Software | 23 | 12% |
| Web3 | 21 | 11% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 114 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 32 | 16% |
| Series A | 15 | 8% |
| Angel | 7 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 48 | 25% |
| India | 21 | 11% |
| Singapore | 19 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 3% |

24 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Self Protocol | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| SuperGaming | 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 | Veda operates as a vault infrastructure platform
in DeFi. | $18M | Series A | Jun 22, 2025 |  |
| Defx | 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 | 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 |  |
| RISE Chain | 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 | SpaceComputer uses satellites to create a secure blockchain system that resists cyberattacks and physical tampering. |  | Pre-Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Lattica | 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 |  |

10 of 195 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Genblock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genblock-capital) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [MH Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mh-ventures) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

## About Polygon

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

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.

5 contacts available at Polygon.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sandeep Nailwal | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-nailwal |
| Bobbin Threadbare | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobbin-threadbare |
| Dalip Tyagi | SVP and Head, Developer Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dalip-tyagi |
| Daniel Lubarov | Co-Founder, Polygon Zero | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-lubarov |
| David Schwartz | Co-Founder and Polygon zkEVM Project Lead, Polygon ID & Polygon Hermez | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schwartz-a9d5 |

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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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