# Syntax Capital

> Syntax Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/syntaxcapital/
- Website: https://syntaxcapital.co/

Syntax Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm specializing in digital assets, with a focus on liquid and early-stage venture.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Syntax Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Syntax Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/syntax-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$6.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $250k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 8 | 57% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 50% |
| Sports | 2 | 14% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |
| Metaverse | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Peru | 2 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 14% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francis Berwa | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francis-berwa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IMUA | IMUA is a Layer 1 blockchain that provides shared security by combining decentralized security from well-known blockchains. | $5M | Seed | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| Flare Network | Flare Networks is a new blockchain network based on the Flare Consensus Protocol – the first Turing Complete Federated Byzantine Agreement protocol. | $35M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2024 |  |
| Orb Labs | Orb Labs is developing cross-chain messaging protocols and omnichain applications for both developers and consumers. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Simban | Simban is the first travel metaverse and gaming platform for internet users. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Spawn | Spawn enable college students to maintain a social connection and professional network for education and employment. |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2022 |  |
| Oort | Oort develops a decentralized data cloud designed to collect, process, and monetize AI-ready data. The company offers products such as Oort DataHub, Oort Storage, and plans to introduce Oort Compute, which together support decentralized data infrastructure and services. Oort’s platform leverages a global network of nodes and data contributors toenable distributed data management and sharing. This infrastructure supports AI companies, dataset marketplaces, and off-the-shelf datasets, aiming to facilitate secure and efficient access to diverse data sources. Oort also provides tools for hosting nodes and integrates protocols like Olympus to maintain decentralized operations. | $6.2M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Linka | Linka bridges fast global stablecoin rails and local fiat settlement across Latin America. The company settles in under 60 minutes for primary corridors, with institutional-grade compliance, USDT/USDC support, and live operations in Latina American countries— with presence in APAC. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Blocksport | Blocksport supports Esports and Sports clubs, streamers, influencers, federation and leagues with a dedicated white-label mobile app to access new revenue sources, to engage their fan community and to analyze the brand visibility and interaction of their sponsoring brands. | $500K | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| PUML Better Health | We gamify sports challenges and reward users for being healthy and active. Earn $PUMLx and Athlete NFTs when being active in sports or in the Metaverse |  | Seed | Jun 28, 2021 |  |
| Substrata | SubStrata is a novel developer of Interpersonal AI technology for Dealmakers & Negotiators | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aves Lair](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aves-lair) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KuCoin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kucoin) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [57Blocks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/57blocks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caladan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphalab-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Syntax Capital invest in?

Syntax Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 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 Syntax Capital's check size?

Syntax Capital typically joins rounds of $500k–$6.2M at Seed and $250k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Syntax Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Syntax Capital?

Public channels for Syntax Capital include LinkedIn 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 Syntax Capital?

The team at Syntax Capital includes Francis Berwa (Managing Partner). 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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