# YONATAN BEN SHIMON

> YONATAN BEN SHIMON is a seed investor backing Blockchain and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonatan-ben-shimon-84993668/

YONATAN BEN SHIMON is a seed investor focused on Blockchain and Software. YONATAN BEN SHIMON - Co-Founder & CEO @ Matchpool

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 100% |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HeyElsa | Harness the power of AI in Crypto with Elsa, your crypto co-pilot. Uncover opportunities, trade smarter, and maximize returns, all with unparalleled ease and safety. | $3M | Seed | Jun 05, 2025 | https://x.com/HeyElsaAI |
| Nous Research | Nous Research is a decentralized AI startup that focuses on developing open-source, human-centric artificial intelligence models and tools. Its work encompasses large language model architecture, data synthesis, fine-tuning, and reasoning, aiming to align AI systems with real-world user experiences. In addition to model development, theorganization emphasizes decentralized AI training. It utilizes blockchain technology, specifically the Solana network, to coordinate and incentivize global participation in training its AI models. This approach allows individuals worldwide to contribute idle computing power for AI training, promoting a more distributed and collaborative development process. | $20M | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 | https://x.com/nousresearch |
| Nansen | Nansen is a blockchain analytics platform that enriches on-chain data with millions of wallets labels. Crypto investors use Nansen to discover opportunities, perform due diligence and defend their portfolios with its real-time dashboards and alerts. | $12M | Series A | Jun 29, 2021 | https://nansen.ai |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Absoluta Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/absoluta-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Base Ecosystem Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-ecosystem-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BitScale](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitscale-4998) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does YONATAN BEN SHIMON invest in?

YONATAN BEN SHIMON invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did YONATAN BEN SHIMON last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for YONATAN BEN SHIMON closed in Jun 2025. 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.

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