# Erik Litmanovich

> Erik Litmanovich is a seed investor at Alameda Research backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taiyangzhang/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bftzhang

Erik Litmanovich is a seed investor at Alameda Research focused on Blockchain and Financial Services. Erik Litmanovich

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ardana | Ardana is an on-chain asset backed stablecoin protocol and decentralized exchange stable asset liquidity pool built on Cardano. The stablecoin is overcollateralized with on-chain Cardano native assets facilitating borrowing and the decentralized exchange allows for highly capital efficient trading between stablecoins and identical assets with lowrisk income from fees for liquidity providers. | $6.6M |  | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| Pendle Finance | Pendle Finance is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields. | $3.7M | Seed | May 04, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascensive Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascensive-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bitlink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitlink-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BitScale](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitscale-4998) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [cFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alameda Research

VC Fund · Central and Western, Hong Kong

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

4 contacts available at Alameda Research.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Ellison | Co-CEO & Trader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-ellison-2538 |
| Charles Yang | Principal, Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-yang-50e0 |
| Erik Litmanovich | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taiyang-zhang |
| Sam Trabucco | Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-trabucco |

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## FAQ

### What does Erik Litmanovich invest in?

Erik Litmanovich invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Erik Litmanovich last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erik Litmanovich closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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