# Sean Judge

> Sean Judge is a seed investor at Castle Island Ventures backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-judge-b0030216/

Sean Judge is a General Partner at Castle Island Ventures and was a Principal at Highland Capital Partners. He attended Vanderbilt University and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 60% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 40% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Web3 | 1 | 10% |
| FinTech | 1 | 10% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Israel | 1 | 10% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cyclops.io | Cyclops.io is a team of serial entrepreneurs with backgrounds from Cisco, Nuance, Bessemer Venture Partners, MIT, Caltech and Harvard. They have an extensive background in online video and collaboration, machine vision and deep learning. Their mission is to replicate the feeling and collaborative richness of being in the same room. It could be usedinternally by distributed teams or by sales or customer service with customers or partners. Everything should be as simple as a click. They are constantly looking for ways to improve your experience. Stay tuned for new and exciting features. | $8M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Hata | Hata is a regulated platform where businesses & consumers can transact and access cryptocurrencies with fiat currency such as the US Dollar & Malaysia Ringgit. Our vision is to enable safe & effortless access to cryptocurrency for all. We're committed to achieve that by providing a reliable platform for all to accesscryptocurrency easily, through our commitment to customers and compliance with regulations. Hata is regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange & Digital Broker) , and the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Malaysia) as a Licensed Money Broker & Payment System Operator. Learn more at : https://hata.io | $4.2M | Seed | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Sendblocks | SendBlocks helps you cut the time to market from months to weeks and save up to 80% on development efforts. | $8.2M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| PYOR | PYOR has extensive expertise building in crypto and has played major roles in the creation of several large Indian unicorns, as well as extensive experience in global blue chip organisations. | $4M | Seed | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Fordefi | Fordefi is a technology company that specializes in providing decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions and services. The platform aims to empower users by offering innovative financial products and tools that leverage blockchain technology, enabling secure and transparent transactions.Fordefi focuses on creating an accessible ecosystem for users toengage in various financial activities, such as lending, borrowing, and trading cryptocurrencies. The platform is designed to provide users with greater control over their financial assets, eliminating the need for traditional intermediaries.In addition to its core DeFi offerings, Fordefi emphasizes user education and community engagement, helping users understand the benefits and risks associated with decentralized finance. By fostering a supportive environment, the company aims to promote the adoption of DeFi solutions. | $18M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Try Your Best | Try Your Best is a blockchain technology company. | $9.8M | Seed | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $35M | Series C | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Try Your Best | Try Your Best is a blockchain technology company. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $15M | Series B | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Coin Metrics | Coin Metrics is the provider of crypto financial intelligence, providing network data, market data, indexes, and network risk solutions to the most prestigious institutions touching crypto-assets. Coin Metrics is an open-source project to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. Today, we expand on that original purpose to empowerpeople and institutions to make informed crypto-financial decisions. | $6M | Series A | Mar 26, 2020 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avon-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cadenza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cadenza-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Communitas Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/communitas-asset-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Communitas Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/communitas-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Castle Island Ventures

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

They are a venture capital firm focused exclusively on public blockchains. They invest in infrastructure and application companies that will enable these transformative protocols to power services for the next billion users.

5 contacts available at Castle Island Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ria Bhutoria | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ria-bhutoria |
| Hunter Merghart | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-merghart |
| Matt Walsh | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-walsh-5103 |
| Nic Carter | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nic-carter |
| Sean Judge | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-judge-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sean Judge invest in?

Sean Judge invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sean Judge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sean Judge closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 10 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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