# Travis Scher

> Travis Scher is a seed investor at North Island Ventures backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [North Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-island-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 81%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-scher-74799420
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TravisScher
- Website: https://x.com/TravisScher

Travis Scher is a seed investor at North Island Ventures in New York focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Travis Scher is the Managing Partner and Co-founder at North Island Ventures. Travis Scherattended the University of Michigan Law School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 9 | 43% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| FinTech | 2 | 10% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 5% |
| Argentina | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Squid | Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click. | $6M |  | May 22, 2026 |  |
| DePay | DePay is an Argentina-based real-time payments infrastructure startup. | $4M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Blueprint Bryan Johnson | Blueprint is Bryan Johnson’s protocol made accessible to everyone. Everything from measurements to protocols and therapies. | $60M | Angel | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Limited | Limited offers a global self-custodial experience, allowing global customers to spend, save, invest, and transact globally. | $7M | Seed | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| T-Rex | T-Rex is a new blockchain ecosystem intended specifically for consumer-facing applications, with the goal of transforming the Web3 attention layer via its revolutionary Proof of Engagement (PoE). |  |  | May 08, 2025 |  |
| T-Rex | T-Rex is a new blockchain ecosystem intended specifically for consumer-facing applications, with the goal of transforming the Web3 attention layer via its revolutionary Proof of Engagement (PoE). | $17M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2025 |  |
| YeagerAI | YeagerAI is a pioneering AI research lab focused on developing technology that promotes sovereignty, transparency, and decentralization. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| GenLayer | GenLayer is a platform that focuses on intelligent contracts. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Edgen | Open Social is a firm that focuses on creating a decentralized and sustainable ecosystem for creators, protocol developers, and Dapp developers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Firewall | Firewall is constructing the safety rails that will allow the average person to use the next era of the Internet. | $3.7M | Pre-Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Node Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/node-capital-c83d) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Arche Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arche-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Chapter One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapter-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maelstrom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maelstrom) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About North Island Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

North Island Ventures is a cryptocurrency investment company. The company believes that the emergence of new enabling technologies creates the best technology investment opportunities. Enabling technologies are innovation platforms; they provide a set of new capabilities that entrepreneurs can use and combine to create applications and experiencesthat did not previously exist.

4 contacts available at North Island Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Glenn Hutchins | Co-Founder and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glenn-hutchins |
| Travis Scher | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/travis-scher |
| James Hutchins | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-hutchins-aaf5 |
| Jeremy Henderson | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-henderson |

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## FAQ

### What does Travis Scher invest in?

Travis Scher invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 21 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 Travis Scher last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Travis Scher closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 21 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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