# W. Scott Stornetta

> W. Scott Stornetta is a seed investor at Yugen Partners backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yugen Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yugen-partners)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-scott-stornetta-25186120/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/strangethingitl
- Website: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/authors/w-scott-stornetta/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottstornetta

W. Scott Stornetta is a seed investor at Yugen Partners focused on FinTech and Blockchain. W. Scott Stornetta is without a doubt, one of the founding fathers of blockchain technology. He is also a notable figure in the world of cryptography and distributed computing. The first mention of a blockchain architecture was from a publication he co-authored which described a digital hierarchy system known as a “block chain” that utilizeddigital time-stamps for ordering transactions.The concept of a block chain system was later adopted by Satoshi Nakamoto in developing the popular blockchain for Bitcoin. Together with his long-time colleague and collaborator, Stuart Haber, W. Scott Stornetta laid the foundation for the emergence of today’s blockchain technology revolution.Stornetta is touted as the co-inventor of the blockchain, together with Stuart Haber. Stornetta has spent decades contributing valuable research and published materials to the field of cryptography and distributed computing, and has consulted for several universities on the establishment of startup companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 100% |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ucrop.it | ucrop.it operates as a blockchain farming and crops traceability platform that delivers certainty across crop cycles. It connects medium-sized growers with corporate stakeholders from the agro value chain to agree on farming objectives for sustainable crop production, competitive financing, quality crops sourcing, amongst value drivers to achieveimproved gross margins for them all.The company was founded in 2018 by Diego Hoter, Matias O’Keefe and Marcos Botta. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| AIKON | Founded in 2017 by an encryption technology pioneer, a former political operative and a banking veteran, AIKON’s vision is to build technology products that decentralize and catalyze the global digital economy. AIKON believes that the world must become a decentralized global economy to facilitate worldwide collaboration and equal opportunityregardless of location, background, or easy access to banks or credit cards. AIKON has raised $2 million from Palo Alto-based OVO Fund and various angel investors from the U.S., Japan and Europe. | $10M | Series A | Sep 29, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha Edison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-edison) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Closed Loop Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/closed-loop-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GLOCAL LatAm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glocal-agtech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Harris Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harris-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hestia Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hestia-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yugen Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Yugen Partners is a blockchain-focused investment firm. Our disciplined approach provides institutional clients with access to the emerging blockchain space via commingled and customized portfolio solutions.

2 contacts available at Yugen Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Denning | Partner, CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-denning |
| W. Scott Stornetta | Partner, Chief Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-scott-stornetta-blockchain |

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## FAQ

### What does W. Scott Stornetta invest in?

W. Scott Stornetta invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did W. Scott Stornetta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for W. Scott Stornetta closed in Oct 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?

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