# StarkWare Industries

> StarkWare Industries is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Netanya, Israel
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last fund: Feb 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/starkware
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd
- Website: http://www.starkware.co

StarkWare Industries is a VC fund in Netanya focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. StarkWare Industries uses Stark technology to develop a full proof stack in generating and verifying proofs of computational integrity.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$18M |
| Pre-Seed | $404k–$3M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$29M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 19 | 41% |
| Cryptocurrency | 19 | 41% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 22% |
| FinTech | 7 | 15% |
| Bitcoin | 4 | 9% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 48% |
| Series A | 6 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 24% |
| Israel | 5 | 11% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 4% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Sharma | Investor | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-s-494f |
| Eli Ben-Sasson | CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eli-ben-sasson |
| Oren Katz | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oren-katz-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paycrest | Paycrest decentralized payment routing protocol enabling secure conversion and settlement between stablecoins and fiat. | $404K | Pre-Seed | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Symbiotic | Symbiotic is a generalized shared security system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems. | $29M | Series A | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Gevulot | Gevulot is a blockchain technology solutions provider that focuses on zero-knowledge proofs. It allows developers to apply ZK proofs and delegate computing chores to a network of advanced hardware operators. |  | Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Cartridge | Cartridge's focus on verifiable on-chain games and autonomous worlds suggests they’re working at the intersection of blockchain technology and gaming. | $7.5M | Series A | Aug 04, 2024 |  |
| Sendblocks | SendBlocks helps you cut the time to market from months to weeks and save up to 80% on development efforts. | $8.2M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| Bring | Bring is a fintech-driven company bridging ecosystems to enable new partnerships and offer great value to all sides. It opens partnerships between web3 platforms and retailers. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| ZKX | ZKX is a permissionless protocol for derivatives built on StarkNet. | $7.6M | Seed | Jun 19, 2024 |  |
| Switchboard | Switchboard allows builders to unlock the power of solana by creating high-performance data feeds from any API. They will bring data on-chain that will enable developers to unlock the future of decentralized applications. They enable the SOL community to push any form of data on-chain. | $7.5M | Series A | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Focus Tree | Focus Tree is a web3 productivity software designed to combat social media addiction that pays users for putting down phones. | $2M | Seed | May 18, 2024 |  |
| Hylé | Hylé is the modular ZK stack's core layer, providing a secure, decentralized, and censorship-resistant settlement layer for all ZK proofs. | $800K | Pre-Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Crypto.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-com) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [The Spartan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-spartan-group-4202) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does StarkWare Industries invest in?

StarkWare Industries invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 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 StarkWare Industries's check size?

StarkWare Industries typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$18M at Seed, $404k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $7.5M–$29M 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 StarkWare Industries participates in.

### How do I contact StarkWare Industries?

Public channels for StarkWare Industries include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at StarkWare Industries?

The team at StarkWare Industries includes Ajay Sharma (Investor), Eli Ben-Sasson (CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board) and Oren Katz (COO). 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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