# Supernova

> Supernova is a VC fund backing Blockchain, FinTech and Marketplace. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://supernova.fund/

Supernova is a VC fund focused on Blockchain and FinTech. Supernova drives an expanding shock wave into the crypto space to trigger the formation of new DeFi stars.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $835k–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 25% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ariadne | Ariadne is a cross-chain DeFi marketplace that is lowering the fees to enter/exit farms on multiple blockchains and saves swaps and bridges costs for both EVM and non-EVM chains. Ariadne enables users of any supported chain to enter/exit yield farms on a multitude of blockchains, with virtually no lower limit of investment, and withouthaving to deal with bridges, swaps and slippage, transaction costs on receiving blockchains etc. | $835K | Seed | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| NearPad | NearPad Launchpad & DeFi hub for the NEAR ecosystem | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| Tracer DAO | Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world. | $4.5M |  | Jun 26, 2021 |  |
| Mycelium | Mycelium is a market-leading technology company leveraging blockchain technology to make financial markets more efficient. We build financial market infrastructure on public blockchains that is open, transparent, and accessible. We specialise in data provision and financial smart contracts. Mycelium has two core products leveraging financial smartcontracts: Perpetual Swaps and Perpetual Pools.We believe that the growing use of blockchains in financial technology will benefit everyone, and are committed to realising this vision. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baires DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baires-dao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Efficient Frontier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efficient-frontier-efrontier-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Supernova invest in?

Supernova invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Supernova's check size?

Supernova typically joins rounds of $835k–$4.5M 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 Supernova participates in.

### When did Supernova last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Supernova closed in Nov 2021. 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?

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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