# Yugen Partners

> Yugen Partners is a VC fund in New York backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yugen-partners/
- Website: http://yugenpartners.com

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Yugen Partners. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Yugen Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/yugen-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 50% |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Denning | Partner, CIO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-denning |
| W. Scott Stornetta | Partner, Chief Scientist | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-scott-stornetta-blockchain |

## 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 |  |
| 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. | $3.1M | Seed | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| 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. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 28, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GLOCAL LatAm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glocal-agtech) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The Yield Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-yield-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Yield Lab LATAM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-yield-lab-latin-america) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Yugen Partners invest in?

Yugen Partners invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yugen Partners's check size?

Yugen Partners typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.5M 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 Yugen Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Yugen Partners?

Public channels for Yugen Partners include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Yugen Partners?

The team at Yugen Partners includes Matthew Denning (Partner, CIO) and W. Scott Stornetta (Partner, Chief Scientist). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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