# Vandelay Ventures

> Vandelay Ventures is a VC fund backing Art, Big Data and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Vandelay Ventures is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exchange Art | Before the blockchain, digital art had been unable to accrue value due to the “copy and paste” problem that plagued digital work.The blockchain enables digital asset ownership through a publicly distributed immutable ledger that can track the provenance.The results have been explosive over the past 2 years. From 2021 to 2022, the digital artmarket exploded from a few million in sales to over 4.45 billion in volume.Exchange provides a home to creators of digital art worldwide. With users from over 150 countries we have been able to put more than $8.5M back in the hands of the creators. Together, we help change lives by giving creators the tools they need to create, manage, facilitate commerce and grow their audience.Join us in powering the creator economy in the digital world - are you ready? | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 | https://exchange.art |
| Hex Technologies | Hex is the platform for collaborative data science and analytics. It's all about empowering individuals to learn things, and organizations to know things, so they can make better decisions. Hex brings together SQL, Python, R, and no-code in powerful notebooks, and allows users to 1-click publish projects as interactive data apps that anyonecan use.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $16M | Series A | Oct 20, 2021 | https://hex.tech |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cultur3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultur3-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zero Prime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-community-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Operator Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vandelay Ventures invest in?

Vandelay Ventures invests primarily in Art, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Vandelay Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vandelay Ventures closed in Sep 2022. 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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