# Tyler Winklevoss

> Tyler Winklevoss is a seed investor at Gemini (New York) backing Bitcoin and Blockchain. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gemini](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemini-99b2)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tyler-winklevoss/0/aaa/327
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tylerwinklevoss
- Website: https://x.com/tyler
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/twinklevoss

Tyler Winklevoss is a seed investor at Gemini in New York focused on Bitcoin and Blockchain. Tyler Winklevoss is based out of New York, New York, and is the Co-founder and CEO of Gemini. Tyler previously served as the Co-Founder at ConnectU.com. Tyler Winklevoss attended Harvard University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 20% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| Metaverse | 2 | 13% |
| Nutrition | 2 | 13% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 27% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 53% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Treasury | Treasury is a pioneering euro-denominated Bitcoin treasury enterprise that connects traditional finance with the future of digital capital. Bitcoin serves as the impetus and standard for digital gold, providing a transparent, liquid, and institutional-grade vehicle for Bitcoin structure. | $146.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| American Bitcoin | American Bitcoin is a mining company focusing on industrial-scale Bitcoin mining and strategic Bitcoin reserve development. |  |  | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Octane | Octane is a developer-focused platform that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence to battle-test smart contracts. | $6.8M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Azura | Azura is a new all-in-one crypto application aggregation layer launched with the assistance of some of the most well-known cryptocurrency pioneers. The company's application and interfacing layer provides reliable access to DeFi assets, real-time market data, and full trade lifecycle support. | $6.9M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Real Bedford FC | Real Bedford is a Bedford-based football club in the South Midlands Premier League. | $4.5M | Initial Coin Offering | Apr 12, 2024 |  |
| Superpower | The world's most comprehensive and convenient platform to manage your health, for life. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2024 |  |
| Toku | Toku is an all-in-one global solution for token compensation and tax compliance. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| KresusLabs | Kresus allows users to connect to their bank accounts and view their transactions, balances, and budgets.It supports a wide range of banks and financial institutions also allows users to categorize their expenses and view insights into their spending habits and uses end-to-end encryption to protect users | $25M | Series A | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $358.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 18, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Liberty City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-city-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kingsway Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kingsway-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Smile Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smile-group-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [50T Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10t-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [C Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Gemini

VC Fund · New York, United States

Gemini is a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, and store digital assets. The company was founded in 2014, by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, to build a bridge to the future of money. Its goal to build a world-class digital asset exchange and custodian based in the United States.

5 contacts available at Gemini.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Candres | Director, Institutional Support | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-candres |
| Michael Breu | Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-breu |
| Mike Oppenheim | Team Lead, Threat Detection & Response - Threat Analysis Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-oppenheim |
| Patrick McLaren | Chief Operating Officer, Nifty Gateway | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-mclaren-3f74 |
| Robert Cornish | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-cornish-4e66 |

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## FAQ

### What does Tyler Winklevoss invest in?

Tyler Winklevoss invests primarily in Bitcoin, Blockchain and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 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 Tyler Winklevoss last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tyler Winklevoss closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 15 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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