Top 5 Web3 Angel Investors in Portugal (October 2023)

I am a philosopher, concept generator, and innovator with a deep fascination for technology, simplicity, and innovation, stemming from my software engineering journey that began in 2002. I have a profound curiosity in diverse domains such as algorithms, space exploration, blockchain technology, virtual and augmented reality, artificialintelligence, emerging energy sources, and new material sciences. My holistic and interdisciplinary approach propels me towards harnessing technology and innovation to conceive and create a future that surpasses the conventional boundaries of imagination

Investment focus

Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Internet
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Portugal, Australia, Gibraltar

Investor stats

Total investments: 10
Round size: Seed $3.3M–$5M
Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zerion — Zerion is an investing app that enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to access a suite of new financial products and services built on the backbone of decentralized finance (DeFi). Simple, user-centered design is combined with a powerful tech stack that aggregates across every major decentralized exchange, offering users a single point of entryfor managing their digital assets with ease. Zerion is non-custodial, which means users never delegate their funds to the platform. This agile approach mitigates centralization risk and has allowed Zerion to operate globally since inception.
Gnosis — Safe is the most trusted platform to manage digital assets on Ethereum
Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.

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After graduating with a degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business, Arthur lived in Hong Kong as an equity derivatives trader. He was the market-maker for Deutsche Bank and Citibank’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) businesses. He also has extensive experience trading equity index futures, forwards, and swaps as well as non-deliverable FXforwards. Arthur brings a deep understanding of how to structure and trade financial derivatives.

Investment focus

Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Singapore, United States, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

NF3 — NF3 is a community focused NFT swaps and finance market.
Elixir — Elixir is a decentralized protocol that enables full composability for integrations by providing computationally secure, algorithmic market-making across CEXs and DEXs.
Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

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Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 164
Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $125k–$4.2M; Series A $1.7M–$18M
Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
Parallax — Receive money as if you were abroad. Save big with best rates and lowest fees. Withdraw instantly.
Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.

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Crypto Dog

Investment focus

Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Exchanges
Stage:Seed
Geography: Portugal, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Nametag — Nametag is a digital collector lens to search the internet for collectors, view their NFTs and Nokens, and badges.
Light Protocol — Light allows developers to build Private Solana Programs. Build on-chain games, encrypted order books or fast payments. Custom-built for Solana.
Syndicate — Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network.

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