# Vaibhav Chellani

> Vaibhav Chellani is a seed investor at Socket backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Socket](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/socket-e40e)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhavchellani
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vaibhavchellani
- Website: https://x.com/vaibhavchellani

Vaibhav Chellani is a seed investor at Socket focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Vaibhav Chellani is the Founder and CEO of Socket. He previously worked at Matic Network as a Protocol Head. Vaibhav Chellani attended Bharati Vidyapeeth College Of Engineering,New Delhi.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 67% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 67% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 33% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 33% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fireplace | Fireplace is a trading terminal platform that combines marketplaces, pricing, and execution by using real-time data, graphing and trade processing. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| OneBalance | OneBalance is a new framework for credible accounts - combining chain abstraction, gas abstraction and permission management to solve the fragmented Web3 user experience. | $5M | Angel | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| Superform Labs | Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain. | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 08, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelDAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angeldao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlackPine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackpine-private-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlockTower Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blocktower-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Curved Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curved-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Socket

VC Fund

Socket, which acts as a meta-layer that connects all chains, enables unified, multichain applications with shared liquidity and state across chains.

1 contacts available at Socket.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vaibhav Chellani | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaibhav-chellani-b154 |

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## FAQ

### What does Vaibhav Chellani invest in?

Vaibhav Chellani invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vaibhav Chellani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vaibhav Chellani closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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