# Steven Becker

> Steven Becker is a seed investor at UDHC (Mountain View) backing Trading Platform and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UDHC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/udhc)
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-becker/

Steven Becker is a seed investor at UDHC in Mountain View focused on Trading Platform and FinTech. Steven Becker is the Chief Executive Officer at UDHC. He previously worked as the President and COO of the MakerDAO Foundation. MakerDAO is a unique dApp that generates Dai, the world’s first decentralized stablecoin that facilitates economic growth on the blockchain and economic empowerment with the blockchain. Steven is responsible for thestrategic business operations, risk management, partnerships, and marketing. An alternative investment professional with 20 years of experience. Steven is Chartered as an Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) by the CAIA Association and certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and is a member of both associations.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 25% |
| Insurance | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keyring Network | Keyring equips financial service providers with permissioning tools for compliant transactions on-chain, powered by zero-knowledge privacy. The company operates at the intersection of traditional and blockchain-based finance, serving as an institutional-grade gateway to channel assets, capital, and users on-chain. | $6M | Seed | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Nayms | Nayms is a marketplace for crypto-native insurance, a bridge between alternative capital and uninsured risk in the rapidly evolving digital assets’ space. We provide the technical and legal infrastructure over which stakeholders come together to capitalise and transfer risk on-chain. At Nayms, all insurance, from limits and premiums to claims andreserving, is conducted entirely in a cryptocurrency of choice, whether a general token, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, or a stablecoin. By matching assets with liabilities, we reduce or eliminate currency risk on blockchain exposures; and by matching demand with much-needed supply, we bolster growth and stability within the blockchain ecosystem. We afford our customers – insurers, insureds, intermediaries, and investors – many other advantages of blockchain technology, including its efficiency, immutability, transparency, and composability. Whitepaper: https://docsend.com/view/2nswpepqqaun96yn | $3.5M | Initial Coin Offering | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Keyring Network | Keyring equips financial service providers with permissioning tools for compliant transactions on-chain, powered by zero-knowledge privacy. The company operates at the intersection of traditional and blockchain-based finance, serving as an institutional-grade gateway to channel assets, capital, and users on-chain. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Oasis Pro Markets | Oasis Pro Markets is an alternate trading platform that provides trading of digital securities, digital equity, and investments in IPOs. Oasis Pro Markets provides a streamlined platform for initial issuance as well as connectivity for buyers and sellers to transact in a secondary market. | $27M | Series A | May 12, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eberg-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-cryptos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenfield](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenfield-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About UDHC

VC Fund

UDHC is to bring DeFi to the mainstream.

1 contacts available at UDHC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steven Becker | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-becker |

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## FAQ

### What does Steven Becker invest in?

Steven Becker invests primarily in Trading Platform, FinTech and InsurTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Steven Becker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steven Becker closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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