# Stani Kulechov

> Stani Kulechov is a seed investor at Aave (Como) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 73 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aave](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethlend)
- Location: Como, Italy
- Total investments: 73
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislav-kulechov-361284132/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov
- Website: https://aave.com/

Stani Kulechov is a seed investor at Aave in Como focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $250k–$4.2M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 30 | 41% |
| Cryptocurrency | 23 | 32% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 21% |
| FinTech | 13 | 18% |
| Software | 13 | 18% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 49% |
| Series A | 11 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 29% |
| Australia | 5 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 3% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lemon Cash | Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America. | $20M | Series B | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| Bloom | Bloom is creating the social layer for modern finance, transforming your performance into social content that others can discover, replicate, and learn from. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| RISE Chain | RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $4M | Seed | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| RISE Chain | RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization | $3.2M | Seed | May 19, 2025 |  |
| Chronicle Labs | Evolving from the Oracle Core Unit at MakerDAO, Chronicle Protocol was created by the unit’s development team. Although the Oracles that underpinned Chronicle Protocol had been securing MakerDAO’s $10B+ collateral since 2016, the technology and its unique innovations weren’t available outside of Maker’s portfolio.In 2021, the team receivedsupport from MakerDAO to spin out the proprietary technology and form a new entity and brand. Chronicle Protocol was born.Chronicle continues to service MakerDAO and now, for the first time, is rolling out its on-chain Oracle services to support the wider Web3 world.Chronicle Protocol has been developed to solve many of the current pain points of on-chain Oracles and DeFi. On-chain Oracles, particularly on computationally expensive blockchains such as Ethereum, are bottlenecking the development of DeFi with an exorbitant cost of service and a lack of feasible scalability. Through developing a proprietary solution called Scribe, the team at Chronicle has built a blockchain-agnostic, ubiquitously accessible, scalable, end-to-end verifiable, and decentralized Oracle. The protocol’s unique architecture enables an ecosystem that delivers 100% decentralization and transparency. Every byte of data can be traced back to each Feed’s original data source queries, and new Oracles can be deployed (and updated) with the click of a button on the Chronicle Dashboard.Inspired by Ancient Greece’s Herodotus (the Father of History), Chronicle Protocol aims to be the world’s first open and verifiable data chronicler. Transparency, democracy, and accessibility are the columns on which Chronicle has built its temple, and industry-leading scalability, integration, and security are the features that power the protocol.Verifiable data, accessible to all - delivered securely and affordably. | $12M | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| kpk | kpk operates in the financial services sector, focusing on decentralized organizations. The company offers state-of-the-art risk management and trust-minimized DeFi treasury execution services. Their goal is to help these organizations preserve capital. They also engage in professional DAO treasury development and manage funds to fuel developmentregardless of overall economic conditions. Karpatkey is also involved in enhancing liquidity incentive strategies and has a non-custodial AUM. | $7M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| RISE Labs | RISE Labs is revolutionizing the Blockchain landscape with unprecedented performance. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| Fantom Foundation | FANTOM is the world's first DAG based smart contract platform. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| ether.fi | EtherFi is a non-custodial decentralized ETH staking method that distributes staking to node operators in exchange for rewards. | $27M | Series A | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Llama | Llama is an access control and governance architecture for smart contracts. Llama enables protocols to perform secure activities by utilizing on-chain policies and customized execution techniques. | $6M | Seed | Nov 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 73 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [The LAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-lao) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Zee Prime Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zee-prime-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

## About Aave

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Aave is an open source non-custodial protocol on Ethereum for decentralized lending and borrowing.

5 contacts available at Aave.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajit Tripathi | Head of Institutional Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajit-tripathi |
| Nader Dabit | Director of Developer Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nader-dabit |
| Daniel Martín Jiménez | Senior Software Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-martin-jimenez |
| Emilio Frangella | Head of smart contracts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilio-frangella |
| Jordan Lazaro Gustave | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-lazaro-gustave |

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## FAQ

### What does Stani Kulechov invest in?

Stani Kulechov invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 73 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 Stani Kulechov's check size?

Stani Kulechov typically joins rounds of $1M–$7M at Seed, $250k–$4.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.7M–$27M 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 Stani Kulechov participates in.

### When did Stani Kulechov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stani Kulechov closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 73 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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