# Smrti Lab

> Smrti Lab is a VC fund in Chicago backing Blockchain, Gaming and Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smrti-lab/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/smrti_lab
- Website: https://smrtilab.xyz/

Smrti Lab is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Blockchain and Gaming. Smrti Lab operates as a venture studio and investment fund.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$10M |
| Series A | $10M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 9 | 56% |
| Gaming | 3 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 19% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 19% |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 13% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 75% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 38% |
| Singapore | 2 | 13% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JOJO | JOJO is an on-chain derivatives trading platform that offers decentralized trading solutions and financial instruments over the blockchain. |  | Seed | Jul 19, 2024 |  |
| Ion Protocol | Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others). | $2M | Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| Ion Protocol | Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others). | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| zkLink | zkLink Labs is solving Ethereum fragmentation through its aggregated rollup solutions, zkLinkNova and zkLinkX. By leveraging Ethereum's security features, zkLink unifies tokens and liquidity across Ethereum Layer 2s. The platform enables developers to deploy app-specific rollups with a highly customizable architecture, allowing them tooptimize cost and performance efficiency. | $10M | Seed | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Curio | Curio Research is focusing on building games that create rich and expansive social interactions through the composability of crypto and the power of smart contracts. | $2.9M | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Celestia | Celestia is a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable anyone to quickly deploy a decentralised blockchain without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. | $55M | Series A | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Sender Wallet | Sender Wallet is a NEAR ecological encrypted wallet. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Kaito | AI-powered research platform for digital assets, backed by Dragonfly, Sequoia and Jane Street | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Kaito | AI-powered research platform for digital assets, backed by Dragonfly, Sequoia and Jane Street | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| ReadON | ReadON's mission is to reshape digital reading behaviors in Web3 and Crypto through the use of Game-Fi mechanisms and systems. | $2M | Seed | Aug 11, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SevenX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sevenx-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Mirana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirana-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Sky9 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sky9-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mask Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-293e) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Dragonfly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-partners-eed4) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Smrti Lab invest in?

Smrti Lab invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 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 Smrti Lab's check size?

Smrti Lab typically joins rounds of $2M–$10M at Seed and $10M–$55M 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 Smrti Lab participates in.

### When did Smrti Lab last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Smrti Lab closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 16 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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