# Yoann Turpin

> Yoann Turpin is a seed investor at Wintermute backing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wintermute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wintermute-trading)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoannturpin

Yoann Turpin is a seed investor at Wintermute in London focused on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and SaaS. Yoann Turpin is the Co-Founder & Head of BD at Wintermute. Yoann Turpin attended at EDHEC Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$6.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Web3 | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Turtle Club | Turtle Club is a protocol for an on-chain liquidity allocation platform that focuses on connecting LPs, protocols, and partners through sustainable and transparent incentives. | $6.2M | Seed | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Fragmetric | Fragmetric is a native liquid restaking mechanism for Solana that improve the Solana ecosystem's security and economic potential. |  | Angel | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Altitude | Altitude is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol offering a first-of-its-kind actively managed collateralized loan, which uses the volatility of the value of the collateral to repay itself over time. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Notchup | AI Agent, Productivity, Digital Talent, Marketplace, B2B SaaS | $130.3K | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chorus One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chorus-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evgeny Gokhberg & Alice Kletskaia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-gokhberg-alice-kletskaia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Selini Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selini-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Susquehanna International Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susquehanna-international-group-llp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Theia Blockchain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theia-blockchain) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wintermute

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic trading firm and one of the largest players in digital asset markets. With an average daily trading volume of over $5bn, Wintermute facilitates OTC trading of 350+ tokens and provides liquidity across 80+ centralized and decentralized exchanges. Wintermute is an active player in the ecosystem, and investsin early stage DeFi projects, provides liquidity provisioning services for high profile blockchain projects, and overall supports builders of decentralized finance.

2 contacts available at Wintermute.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evgeny Gaevoy | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-gaevoy |
| Yoann Turpin | Co-Founder & Head Of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoann-turpin |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoann Turpin invest in?

Yoann Turpin invests primarily in Decentralized Finance (DeFi), SaaS and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yoann Turpin's check size?

Yoann Turpin typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$6.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yoann Turpin participates in.

### When did Yoann Turpin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoann Turpin closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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