# Yossi Hasson

> Yossi Hasson is a seed investor at 2048 Ventures backing Financial Services and Blockchain. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yossi-hasson-a64b415
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yossihasson?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/yossihasson

Yossi Hasson is a seed investor at 2048 Ventures in Cape Town focused on Financial Services and Blockchain. Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$551k |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$230k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 7 | 24% |
| Blockchain | 6 | 21% |
| Payments | 4 | 14% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 14% |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 21% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 7 | 24% |
| United States | 6 | 21% |
| Ghana | 2 | 7% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Embleema | We empower patients to reclaim ownership of their medical data, connect directly with research studies, and be compensated for sharing their data. We are setting the standard for Real World Evidence, an achievement that will substantially reduce the amount of time and costs for new life-saving drugs to reach patients with rare diseases. Byimproving the collection, quality and sharing of RWE, we enable the healthcare system to move away from the current linear process of drug approvals to a new iterative model where trustworthy digital health data is shared in real time between patients, manufacturers and regulators.Want to find out more? Get in touch! | $3.7M | Series A | Feb 06, 2019 |  |
| Gilded | Gilded’s mission is to empower a more global, connected workforce through the adoption of web3 technology. Gilded helps organizations scale with an end-to-end decentralized operations solution that eliminates the complexity of crypto payments and financial reporting. Founded in 2018, Gilded’s 130 customers include crypto startups, NFT marketplaces,P2E guilds, DAOs, miners, and accounting firms. | $765K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Paperstreet | Engage your investors, advisors, and users through beautiful company updates. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Paperstreet | Engage your investors, advisors, and users through beautiful company updates. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Blockade Games | Blockade Games is an indie studio with a focus on blockchain based video games. We are currently in production of Neon District, a cyberpunk RPG, with plans to release our MVP by December of this year. Blockade Games is officially located in Austin Texas, though all positions are work from home/remote. | $120K | Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Blockade Games | Blockade Games is an indie studio with a focus on blockchain based video games. We are currently in production of Neon District, a cyberpunk RPG, with plans to release our MVP by December of this year. Blockade Games is officially located in Austin Texas, though all positions are work from home/remote. | $120K | Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Anyl | Passwordless authentication for Internet of Things devices. Powered by blockchain technology. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Anyl | Passwordless authentication for Internet of Things devices. Powered by blockchain technology. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Alkemi | Decentralized Finance for Institutions | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 04, 2019 |  |
| Paperchain | Paperchain is an instant payments card for online creators. Paperchain makes it possible to be paid as fast as your content is streamed by simply connecting your streaming channels to your personal Paperchain card. When you stream, you get paid. Spend it, withdraw it, or earn interest on it. No more loans, no more advances or credit cards. Yourdigital content revenue, paid every day. Paperchain powers the creator economy with a web3 layer that makes content interoperable with digital assets and community monetization models.The internet of goods meets the internet of money.Go to www.paperchain.io | $230K | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2019 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-blockchain-techstars-accelerator) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Barclays Accelerator Powered by Techstars - Cape Town](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-accelerator-powered-by-techstars-cape-town) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Boost VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Network Society Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/network-society-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 2048 Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

We back visionary founders who are building technologies of the future.2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven earliest stage venture capital firm. We are founders, experienced operators, nerds and dreamers obsessed with the future. We've backed over 200 startups and have the experience and conviction to lead your pre-seed or seed round.We getyou and your vision before others.We are systems thinkers, engineers, and product junkies. We think about the future non-stop and are ready to understand and back you before anyone else. When we decide to invest, we write you a check and then help you close the rest of the round. We lead rounds with high conviction, and write $500K - $2M checks.

5 contacts available at 2048 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Iskold | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-iskold |
| Julie Wolf | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-wolf-7a2b |
| Leonard Wossnig | Venture Network Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonard-wossnig |
| Minda Brusse | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minda-brusse |
| Rachel Lyubovitzky | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-lyubovitzky |

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## FAQ

### What does Yossi Hasson invest in?

Yossi Hasson invests primarily in Financial Services, Blockchain and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yossi Hasson's check size?

Yossi Hasson typically joins rounds of $120k–$551k at Seed and $120k–$230k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yossi Hasson participates in.

### When did Yossi Hasson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yossi Hasson closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 29 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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