# Spartan

> Spartan is a VC fund in Alexandria backing Blockchain and Gaming. See 13 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alexandria, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spartan-b-t
- Website: https://www.spartanbt.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SpartanBusinessAndTechnologyServices

Spartan is a VC fund in Alexandria focused on Blockchain and Gaming. Spartan focuses on IT management, IT infrastructure, project management, logistics, professional development and training services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 54% |
| Gaming | 4 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 31% |
| Software | 3 | 23% |
| Web3 | 2 | 15% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 62% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| South Korea | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lorenzo Downing | CEO & President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorenzo-downing |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sentient Labs | We are a global autonomous org developing the future of AI x Blockchain. | $85M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| GOMBLE | GOMBLE creates blockchain-based casual games that focus on the game's core fun rather than just playing for the money. | $9.9M | Series A | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Sophon | Sophon is a developer of a gaming and AI platform that aims to have an impact on communities. The company has enabled consumers to make an impact on web3. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2024 |  |
| Anoma | A sovereign, proof-of-stake blockchain protocol that enables private, asset-agnostic cash and private bartering among any number of parties. | $25M | Series C | May 30, 2023 |  |
| Fuel Labs | Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contractprogramming language research. | $80M | Seed | Sep 06, 2022 |  |
| NFT Genius | NFT Genius is a digital experience and marketplace technology company. They provide services for storytellers and innovators. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $10.5M | Series A | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Gunzilla Games | Gunzilla Games is an independent, innovative, and player-focused developer of AAA games. | $46M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 09, 2022 |  |
| Ready Maker | Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides acreative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR. | $3M | Initial Coin Offering | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Shrapnel | Shrapnel is an AAA Extraction FPS powered by next-gen community-driven tools, built on the blockchain to offer true ownership. |  | Initial Coin Offering | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Rebase | Rebase develops a lifestyle application that enables users to explore, collect, and redeem exclusive digital rewards in real life. | $8M | Seed | Jan 22, 2022 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Three Arrows Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/three-arrows-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Spartan invest in?

Spartan invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 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 Spartan?

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### Who are the partners at Spartan?

The team at Spartan includes Lorenzo Downing (CEO & President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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