# SNZ Holding

> SNZ Holding is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 181 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 181
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/snzcapital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/snzholding
- Website: https://snzholding.com/

SNZ Holding is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. SNZ Holding was founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 58 | 32% |
| Cryptocurrency | 32 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 20 | 11% |
| Software | 18 | 10% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 8% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 73 | 40% |
| Series A | 18 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 2% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 4 | 2% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 16% |
| Singapore | 21 | 12% |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gavin Wang | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-wang-6ac1 |
| Gilles Shi | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-shi |
| Ke Chen | Managing Partner&Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ke-chen-6297 |
| Keith Chen | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-chen-c4cc |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EthSystems | EthSystems operates as an engineering and research company. EthSystems is a team that helps onboard institutions onto Ethereum with a focus on privacy needs being met in a performant, secure, usable, and accessible way. |  | Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Canopy Network | Canopy is a mesh security architecture and building framework for application developers and platform builders that removes the need for layered designs while ensuring sovereignty. It introduces a recursive blockchain framework that enables autoscaling, allowing a chain to offer and receive security. With this model, Canopy creates a sharedsecurity marketplace powered by capital-efficient re-staking, where validators can opt-in to secure “Nested Chains” using burnable collateral. Nested Chains can start under an umbrella of protection with Day 1 security, then progressively grow into sovereign L0/L1s - all while retaining the flexibility to scale up or down. Furthermore, Canopy's unique design introduces permissionless interoperability with external chains like Ethereum, enabling limitless connectivity with existing ecosystems. With Canopy, developers receive scalability, interoperability, and security without compromise. | $8.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Ethlabs | Ethlabs is a nonprofit research lab that develops core technology and standards to make Ethereum faster, more secure, and ready for institutional adoption. |  | Seed | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Trace Finance | Trace Finance empowers Payment Facilitators, Crypto & Cross-border companies with best in class FX, Non Resident accounts and cross-border payments. Companies such as Dlocal, Volt.io and Okx are processing their local and cross border payments with us. Our mission is to provide faster and better payments globally for enterprises. 40% ofpayments in stablecoins | $32M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Checker |  | $8M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Pharos | Pharos incorporates effective blockchain technology into real-world asset verticals and decentralized finance. Pharos Network is promoting trustless innovations that benefit asset markets and underprivileged communities, bolstering the global economy of the future and facilitating the widespread use of Web3 technologies. | $44M | Series A | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Magma Finance | Magma Finance operates as a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform focused on cryptocurrency trading and liquidity provision, in contrast to traditional NBFCs like Magma Fincorp. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Turtle Club | Turtle Club is a protocol for an on-chain liquidity allocation platform that focuses on connecting LPs, protocols, and partners through sustainable and transparent incentives. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| SHIFT | SHIFT is a platform for tokenized stocks and ETFs. | $2M | Seed | Sep 12, 2025 |  |
| Pointsville | Empowering businesses to efficiently create, manage and service digital assets and loyalty programs, driving innovation and inclusion. | $10M | Series A | Sep 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 181 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HashKey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey-capital-9c60) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [IOSG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iosg-ventures) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [The Spartan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-spartan-group-4202) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 14 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SNZ Holding invest in?

SNZ Holding invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 181 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact SNZ Holding?

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### Who are the partners at SNZ Holding?

The team at SNZ Holding includes Gavin Wang (Managing Partner), Gilles Shi (CEO) and Ke Chen (Managing Partner&Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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