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Hyperithm

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Tokyo · Seed–Series B · 17 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Hyperithm combines quantitative digital asset trading with venture investing across the Web3 ecosystem. As a self-described Web3 evangelist, it backs rising teams by offering strategic access to the Japanese and Korean markets. Its venture portfolio spans L1/L2 blockchains, infrastructure, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and emerging asset managers, all positioned to drive growth of the broader Web3 ecosystem. On the trading side, it applies algorithmic and high-frequency market-neutral strategies built on custom Rust infrastructure, using diversified arbitrage and rigorous risk management to pursue consistent returns while protecting capital.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
HQ
Tokyo, JP
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Tracked investments
98

Team · 17 people

from the firm's website
Ethan Gao· Head of Ecosystem Investmentin
Hirokazu Hasegawa· Advisor; Professor, Waseda Business School
Jeonghun Park· Lead Engineerin
Jonggu Lee· CIOin
Junha Ahn· Lead Engineerin
Junho Jang· CTOin
Michael Cho· Advisor; President, Korea Angel Investment Association
Sangwoo Kim· DeFi Project Leadin
Seungtaek Oh· Lead Engineerin
Sukyung Na· COOin
Toshiaki Mochizuki· Advisor; Advisor, Grameen Japan
Youngchan Lee· Lead Engineerin

What they invest in

from 35 of 98 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×30Fintech ×20AI & Machine Learning ×9Data & Infrastructure ×5Gaming ×5Deep Tech ×4Developer Tools ×4Consumer ×3

HQs:United States×7India×1Japan×1Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
4 of 8 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×1

Investments · 98 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 12020 · 12017 · 13 dated

AI-powered research platformkaito.ai

Kaito.ai is an AI-powered Web3 information platform combining crypto-native search, market intelligence and attention data.

Seattle, US

Yunzhong He(Founder)Yu Hu(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladan

Ammalgam

Ammalgam is a Singapore-based DeFi protocol combining lending and trading into a Decentralized Lending Exchange (DLEX).

Ammalgam DeFiammalgam.xyz𝕏

Ammalgam is a decentralized lending exchange (DLEX) that combines trading and lending in a single DeFi protocol, letting users lend, trade, and leverage any asset without oracles through Dual Purpose Pools.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsFactionMarin Digital Ventures

Bestinslot

Best in Slot builds open-source indexing and developer tooling for Bitcoin meta-protocols such as BRC-20.

Bestinslot Infrastructurebestinslot.xyz𝕏

Best in Slot is a Bitcoin data aggregator and open-source indexing platform for BRC20, BRC2.0, Runes and ordinals collections.

Co-investorsSora Ventures

Bezant Tech

Bezant Technologies is a New York investment management firm building AI/ML-driven, low-correlation digital asset trading strategies.

Bezant Tech CeFibezanttech.com

Bezant Technologies builds a trading platform that uses machine learning and data science to predict market behavior across multiple digital assets.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Nicolas Kseib(Co-founder & Managing Partner)Stephen Parlett(CIO)Dhruv Singh(Co-founder & Equity Partner)

BoomLand

BoomLand is a mobile game studio and blockchain gaming publisher whose first title is Hunters On-Chain on Polygon.

BoomLand Gamingboomland.ioDefunct

Blockchain gaming company behind Hunters On Chain and the BOOM token; announced its closure in January 2026.

Hannibal Soares(Founder)in

BSQ
BSQ CeFibsqcapital.com

BSQ Capital Partners is a multi-strategy alternative investment firm investing across private equity, credit, and real estate, with a focus on Asian and US markets.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintech

David(Founding Partner)Patrick(Founding Partner)Yong(Founding Partner)

Bunzzbunzz.dev𝕏

Bunzz provides a platform for developers to find, deploy, and manage reviewed smart contracts across EVM-compatible blockchains via a GUI, along with an AI-based smart contract audit service and LLM-powered contract documentation generation.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Co-investorsAPOLLO CAPITALDG Daiwa Venturesmint VCSpiral Ventures

BUTTER

Butter is a payments intelligence platform that helps subscription businesses recover revenue lost to accidental payment declines.

Campcampnetwork.xyz𝕏

Camp Network is a Layer-1 blockchain for intellectual property infrastructure, providing a global IP registry that lets users own and monetize their IP and enables AI agents to train on user-owned IP.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

James Chi(Founder)inNirav Murthy(Founder)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockchain CapitalEterna CapitalMarin Digital VenturesOnePiece Labs+6 more

Canza Financecanza.ioin𝕏Jan 2024 · $2.3M

Canza Finance is a Web3 company combining DeFi, crypto-assets, and traditional financial infrastructure to provide financial products for individuals and businesses in Africa and other emerging markets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Pascal Ntsama IV(Co-founder & CEO)Oyedeji Oluwoye(Co-founder & CMO)

Co-investorsAdaverseFenbushi CapitalFlori VenturesMapleblock CapitalStratified CapitalBixin Ventures+3 more

cap
Cap Labscap.app

Cap is a three-sided onchain platform for USD yield, private credit and financial guarantees, headquartered in New York.

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalBreedCaladanFlowdeskFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Paper Ventures+5 more

Cascade

Cascade is an AI platform that predicts upcoming construction projects and matches AEC firms to work they can win.

Cascade Infrastructurecascadelive.co

UK-registered company whose stated line of business is the construction of water projects.

Concrete Protocol

Multi-chain DeFi protocol from Blueprint Finance offering yield vaults, lending aggregation, and liquidation protection.

Concrete Protocol DeFiconcrete.xyz𝕏

Concrete provides on-chain financial infrastructure that generates yield on crypto assets across multiple blockchains, using automated vault strategies that allocate, rebalance, and compound returns across DeFi opportunities.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsHypersphere VenturesPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)

Cork Protocol

Cork Protocol is a DeFi risk layer that tokenizes depeg risk for stablecoins, LSTs and other pegged assets.

Cork Protocol DeFicork.techin𝕏

Cork provides an onchain programmable risk primitive that lets AI agents underwrite, price, and deploy risk across crypto assets, offering tokenized coverage against illiquidity and depeg events.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Etherfi Grand Cayman, Cayman Islandsether.fiin𝕏

ether.fi offers non-custodial crypto financial products, including staking, DeFi strategy vaults for ETH, BTC, and stablecoins, and a cashback debit card usable at over 100 million locations with no credit checks.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Rok Kopp(Founder)inMike Silagadze(Founder)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalChapter OneCoinFundCollider VenturesDraper DragonFjor Founders+14 more

FLock.io AI Infrastructureflock.io

FLock.io operates a decentralized AI training platform combining federated learning and blockchain for privacy-preserving model development.

Jiahao Sun(Founder)in

Co-investorsARKN venturesCandaq Fintech GroupDigital Currency GroupFactionInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)TRGC

FNCY
FNCY Entertainmentfncy.world
GAM3S.GG Gaminggam3s.gg

Cross-platform gaming discovery platform offering game guides, reviews, news, deals and player rewards through one unified profile.

Mostafa Salem(Founder)in

Co-investorsWWVentures

GLUON

Gluon Solutions builds IoT and SaaS platforms for fuel stations, vehicle fleets and auto parts data.

GLUON Infrastructuregluon.zonein𝕏

Gluon is a blockchain protocol that splits yield-bearing assets into separate yield and principal components, and offers an AMM designed for yield trading with concentrated liquidity and a dual fee structure.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

GoPlus Security

Permissionless, user-driven security service platform.

Co-investorsPuzzle Ventures

GoPlus Security Infrastructuregopluslabs.io𝕏

GoPlus Security builds a decentralized security layer for Web3, integrating with blockchains and projects to run risk analysis and protect users across their on-chain transactions.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity

Co-investorsCatcherVCPuzzle VenturesCrypto com Capital

INTMAX

INTMAX is a stateless, privacy-focused Ethereum Layer 2 for low-fee payments, developed by Switzerland-based Ryodan Systems AG.

INTMAX Infrastructureintmax.ioin𝕏

INTMAX is a stateless Layer 2 protocol on Ethereum that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable confidential, low-cost, and scalable payments while keeping user data off-chain and preserving self-custody.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAPOLLO CAPITALTRGC

JPYCjpyc.co.jp

JPYC Inc. is a Tokyo-based issuer of a regulated Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin used for payments and settlement.

Noritaka Okabe(Founder)in

Co-investorsCanal VenturesGlobal BrainIyogin CapitalJR WEST INNOVATIONS

JPYC RWAjpyc.jp

Issues 'JPYC', a Japanese-yen-denominated stablecoin using blockchain.

Noritaka Okabe(Founder)in

Co-investorsi-nest capital

Kemet

Kemet builds institutional infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading across CeFi and DeFi venues.

Kemet Trading Infrastructurekemettrading.comin

Kemet builds a portfolio, execution and risk management platform for institutional trading firms operating in digital asset derivatives.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Ash ‎Ashmawy(Co-founder)inChris(Co-founder)

Co-investorsFlow TradersFurther Ventures

Kino Entertainmentkino.studioDec 2020

Interactive streaming platform bridging the gap between actors, filmmakers and Hollywood.

Redmond, US

Mahak Garg(Director)Karan Varshney(Director)Saumya Yadav(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsA100X VenturesBlockchain Founders CapitalLightning CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund

Klay Kingdoms

Klay Kingdoms is a GameFi/MetaFi project on the Klaytn/Kaia chain combining a strategic RPG with a DEX and NFT assets.

Klay Kingdoms Gamingklaykingdoms.com
Lighterlighter.xyz𝕏

Lighter is a zero-knowledge rollup built on Ethereum that enables high-speed, low-cost onchain trading through cryptographic proofs of order matching and liquidations.

Crypto & Web3FintechCambridge, US

Vladimir Novakovski(Founder & CEO)Alexis Fox(Executive Officer, Director)Micah Risk(Executive Officer)Ronald Pastore(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSusan E Vitka(Director)Lisa Feria(Director)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntiChapter OneCleo CapitalCoatue Management+13 more

Liqhtworks
Liqhtworks AI Infrastructureliqhtworks.xyz
LOCK ON
LOCK ON DeFilockon.financein𝕏

LOCKON is a crypto investment product that builds automated, on-chain index tokens by analyzing over 1 billion wallet addresses and tracking the best-performing ones, with frequent automated rebalancing.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Midas DeFimidas.app

Turkish investment app offering commission-free Turkish equity trading plus US equities, funds and crypto to 3.5m+ users.

Co-investors6th Man VenturesCathay InnovationCoinbase VenturesLattice CapitalNIVRRE Ventures

MLTECH

ML Tech is a Miami-based non-custodial digital asset investment management platform offering institutions automated crypto trading strategies.

MLTECH CeFimltech.ai

Leo Mindyuk(Founder)in

Co-investorsArctic Digital

MyShellmyshell.aiin𝕏

MyShell is an AI platform for creating images, portraits, filters, and short videos, including a product called MyShell Art with a graphical interface aimed at casual users and digital creators.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator Economy

Co-investorsBankless VenturesChronos VenturesD1 VenturesINCE CapitalInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)Maven 11+3 more

Mythic Protocol

Singapore-based entertainment company building games, media and blockchain platforms around "Collaborative Entertainment."

Co-investorsArcane Group

Mythic Protocol Gamingmythicprotocol.com𝕏

The page describes "Fict One Occultical," presented as the first universe built on a "Collaborative Entertainment" formula intended to scale and evolve.

GamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsArcane GroupSaison Capital

Oasys Layer 1oasys.gamesin𝕏

Oasys is a gaming-focused blockchain built by gaming industry veterans, designed with user experience at its core through features like zero gas fees and fast transaction finality.

Crypto & Web3Deep TechGaming

Co-investorsCeras VenturesDigital Finance GroupFenbushi CapitalNonagonSerafund1984 Ventures Management, Llc+5 more

OMEGA

Washington-based advanced nuclear recycling company turning spent nuclear fuel into power sources and critical nuclear materials.

Omnichain & BTC DeFiomega.xyz

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalBitDAOBorderless VentureCaladanFactionMantle Network+2 more

Openfabric Layer 1openfabric.aiin𝕏

Openfabric AI is building a decentralized platform for AI services, aimed at connecting AI agents and letting network participants contribute computing power for AI execution and training.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech

Pacific Meta
Pacific Meta Marketing/Consultingpacific-meta.co.jpin𝕏

Pacific Meta is a Japanese consulting group that supports companies with Web3 and blockchain business development, from strategy design through development and operations.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechTokyo, JP

Kousei Sho(Co-Founder)Kazuhito Azechi(Co-Founder)Kousei Sho (Hongcheng Shao)(Founder)inShota Iwasaki(代表取締役 (Representative Director / CEO))Yusuke Miyake(Co-Founder)

Co-investors15th RockDIMENSIONEast Ventures

Paima Studio

Blockchain development company behind the Paima Engine, a Web3 framework for building games and decentralized applications.

Paima Studio Gamingpaimastudios.com𝕏

Paima Studios builds onchain games and the Paima Engine, a framework for developing fully on-chain Web3 games and "Stateful NFTs" where game state lives on the blockchain.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGaming

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Hyperithm made?
Hyperithm has 100 tracked investments.
What stage does Hyperithm invest at?
Hyperithm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What sectors does Hyperithm focus on?
Hyperithm focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Gaming.
Where is Hyperithm located?
Hyperithm is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
Who does Hyperithm co-invest with?
Hyperithm most often shares deals with AlphaLab Capital, Caladan, Faction, among 167 tracked co-investors.

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