# Trent Barnes

> Trent Barnes is a startup investor at Primal Capital (Melbourne). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Primal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primal-capital-48b8)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentbarnes/
- Website: https://www.primalcapital.com

Trent Barnes is a startup investor at Primal Capital in Melbourne. Trent co-founded Primal Capital in 2022, a Web3 venture capital fund led by a team of proven entrepreneurs, accomplished fund managers and Crypto leaders across Australia, Asia and the UAE. Trent is one of the General Partners and focuses on partnerships, deal flow along with research and insights. With a global focus, Primal has become anin-demand investor and advisor to Web3 projects across the thematics of gaming, AI, infrastructure, security, developer tools, finance (CeFi & DeFi).Trent also co-founded Zerocap in 2017, a crypto and digital asset crypto bank and led innovation there as the chief innovation officer for many years. Now Trent is on the Board and remains a director. Zerocap is well-known throughout Asia-Pac and is focused on execution, insured custody and trading services for institutional and wholesale clients.

## About Primal Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Primal Capital is an early stage and growth investor in Web3 and emerging technology companies. Our current portfolio consists of 50+ investments in Web3 & blockchain applications focused on consumer and enterprise adoption.

1 contacts available at Primal Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trent Barnes | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trent-barnes |

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