# Sebastien Couture

> Sebastien Couture is a seed investor at Interop backing Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Interop](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interop-43da)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/couturesebastien
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/seb3point0
- Website: https://x.com/seb3point0

Sebastien Couture is a seed investor at Interop in Paris focused on Financial Services and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Sebastien Couture is General Partner at Interop, a staking infrastructure provider and venture fund supporting protocols and primitives embracing the vision of sovereign, interoperable, proof-of-stake blockchains.In 2013, he co-founded Epicenter, the best tech podcast covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Epicenter has been heardover 10 million times and produced over 400 episodes of in-depth, enlightening interviews with crypto founders and builders.In 2015, he co-founded Stratumn, a VC-backed startup that provides document and process certification solutions to financial institutions.A passionate cryptocurrency enthusiast, he co-founded and was Communications Director of Adan from 2020 to 2021, an industry association that promotes the development of the French crypto asset and blockchain industry.In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, he organized Reset Everything, one of the first online conferences re-thinking old paradigms in times of crisis.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $7.2M |  | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Usual | Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| FortyTwo | FortyTo is developing UX frontend technology for decentralized finance, enhancing user experience, promoting diversified token baskets, better yields, and affordable swap rates in the interchain ecosystem. |  | Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| Morpho Labs | Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility | $18M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Triton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kraken-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LBANK Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lbank-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bing-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Breed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breed) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flowdesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flowdesk) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hypersphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hypersphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Interop

VC Fund

Interop is an investment firm.

1 contacts available at Interop.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastien Couture | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastien-couture |

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## FAQ

### What does Sebastien Couture invest in?

Sebastien Couture invests primarily in Financial Services, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sebastien Couture last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sebastien Couture closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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