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Portal

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17 people tracked

Find your way into Portal

160 people in our graph share verified history with the Portal team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Taku Murahwiunlockedknows Anna Godfrey · together at Saint Mary's University (overlapped)
knows the team · via Saint Mary's University
×6knows the team · via Animoca Brands
×2knows the team · via New Jersey Institute of Technology
knows the team · via Meetup
knows the team · via SCB 10X
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Investment thesis

Portal is a technology company, not an investment firm, focused on building Bitcoin-native financial infrastructure. Its stated mission is to accelerate Bitcoin adoption ('hyperbitcoinization') by creating peer-to-peer, serverless, web-scale tooling that preserves trust minimization, financial sovereignty, and freedom to transact. Its BitScaler product aims to make Bitcoin the settlement layer for millions of markets, and the team is developing wallets, cross-chain DeFi integrations, and related infrastructure for a self-sovereign global economy.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Tracked investments
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Team · 17 people

from the firm's website & curated
Manoj Duggirala· Co-founder and CTO
Abbas Lokhandwala· Wallet and Extension Engineer
Abhinav Sinha· Head of AI
Alexey Melnichenko· Senior Ethereum/EVM Engineer
Alyssa Hertig· Lightning Engineer
Casey Bowman· Senior Bitcoin/Lightning Engineer
Farid Azizov· iOS Engineer
Heath Thomas· Compliance Officer
Ian Byrne· CMO
Robin Frey· Head of BD
Sabir Shaik· Network Design & Modeling
Sean Gilligan· Sr. Bitcoin R&D
Srishti Chaudhary· Fullstack Developer

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Portal went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 3 of 4 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Developer Tools ×2Biotech ×1Healthtech ×1

HQs:United States×2

Investments · 4 tracked

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CrossBridge Biocrossbridgebio.comOct 2024

CrossBridge Bio, launched in 2023, develops next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to address a range of cancer indications.

BiotechHealthtechHouston, US

Kyoji Tsuchikama(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Torres(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardWilliam F. McKeon(Director)Damir Illich(Director)Patrick James Crutcher(Director)

Co-investorsPortal InnovationsTMC Venture Fund

Rome Protocolrome.builders𝕏

Rome is blockchain infrastructure that runs sovereign EVM chains on Solana, providing shared security, atomic composability, and standard Ethereum tooling.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsWestlake Village, US

Sattvik Kansal(Founder)in

Co-investorsTRGCHack VCHashkey CapitalLBANK LabsPortal Ventures

Rome Protocolromeprotocol.com𝕏

Rome Protocol runs an EVM environment inside Solana, letting developers deploy Solidity contracts (such as Compound v3 and Aave v3) and connect them to Solana's liquidity and state.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsLBANK LabsBankless VenturesHack VCHashkey CapitalPortal Ventures

Satorisatori.financeDefunct

Satori Finance was a decentralized perpetual futures exchange that shut down in 2026 after raising $10M in 2022.

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesB Capital GroupEvolution Equity PartnersJump CryptoYL Ventures

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What sectors does Portal focus on?
Portal focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.

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