# Stakez Capital

> Stakez Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://stakez.capital/

Stakez Capital is a group of experienced blockchain investors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$9.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 29% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 29% |
| Gaming | 1 | 14% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 14% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 1 | 14% |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bitlight Labs | Bitlight Labs builds infrastructure using the RGB protocol and the Bitcoin Lightning Network. | $9.6M | Seed | Sep 19, 2025 |  |
| Folks Finance | Folks Finance is the leading algorithmic capital markets protocol for lending and borrowing built and operated on top of the Algorand blockchain. Through the lending operations, Folks users can deposit liquidity and start earning a continuous economic return instantly. Through the borrowing operation, the users can request crypto loans by lockingdeposited funds as collateral. Folks Finance is the result of extensive research and engineering conducted by Blockchain Italia, a blockchain software house strongly focused on Algorand. The protocol innovations include a disruptive economic lending model designed for the soundness and security of the users, and the introduction of unique features such as staking of rewards, safety margins for cryptocurrency pairs, and an innovative liquidity provision system. | $3.2M | Series A | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Faith Tribe | Faith Tribe is a open- source fashion design platform that focuses on NFT minting, P2P transactions. |  | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Forward Protocol | Forward Protocol is a pioneer of a new education model based on blockchain that connects the #EdTech sector; designed to become the WordPress for EdTech.5 core smart contracts will be available in Forward Protocol:1. Proof of Value-Delivered \| 2. Proof of Value \| 3. Distributed Reward & Revenue Sharing \| 4. Proof of Ownership \| 5. InitialKnowledgeOffering (IKO) | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Forward Protocol | Forward Protocol is a pioneer of a new education model based on blockchain that connects the #EdTech sector; designed to become the WordPress for EdTech.5 core smart contracts will be available in Forward Protocol:1. Proof of Value-Delivered \| 2. Proof of Value \| 3. Distributed Reward & Revenue Sharing \| 4. Proof of Ownership \| 5. InitialKnowledgeOffering (IKO) | $1.3M |  | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Forward Protocol | Forward Protocol is a pioneer of a new education model based on blockchain that connects the #EdTech sector; designed to become the WordPress for EdTech.5 core smart contracts will be available in Forward Protocol:1. Proof of Value-Delivered \| 2. Proof of Value \| 3. Distributed Reward & Revenue Sharing \| 4. Proof of Ownership \| 5. InitialKnowledgeOffering (IKO) | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Enjinstarter | Enjinstarter is a blockchain gaming launchpad focused on growing the Enjin ecosystem and the metaverse. | $5M | Seed | Oct 31, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Basics Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basics-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Stakez Capital invest in?

Stakez Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Stakez Capital's check size?

Stakez Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$9.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stakez Capital participates in.

### When did Stakez Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stakez Capital closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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