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Ryan Selkis

North America, New York, United States, New York

Description

Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitc...

Investor Profile

Ryan Selkis has made 35 investments, with 3 in the past 12 months and 0% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (57%)
  • Series A (29%)
  • Pre Seed (11%)
  • Series Unknown (3%)

Country Focus

  • United States (74%)
  • Singapore (11%)
  • Philippines (3%)
  • France (3%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Canada (3%)

Industry Focus

  • Cryptocurrency
  • Blockchain
  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Information Technology
  • Web3
  • Web Development
  • Internet
  • Finance
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FAQ

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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Ryan Selkis frequently co-invest with?

Semantic Ventures
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 3
IC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Coinbase Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 9
Distributed Global
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Co-Investments: 3
C
North America, Oregon, United States, Eugene
Co-Investments: 3
6th Man Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 5
Jump Crypto
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 4
Animoca Brands
Asia, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Cyberport
Co-Investments: 3
Reciprocal Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 3
Sound Ventures
North America, California, United States, Beverly Hills
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Ryan Selkis often collaborate with?

PM
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 3
Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 12
RG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
AS
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
SK
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 5
Kain Warwick
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Shared Deals: 4
MD
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 5
Dan Romero
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 4
DM
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 3
JL
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Shared Deals: 4

What are some of recent deals done by Ryan Selkis?

0xPPL

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

0xPPL is a social networking platform for the cryptocurrency community.

BlockchainCryptocurrencySocial Network
SeedSep 3, 2024
StripChain

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability standard that enables chain abstraction.

BlockchainCryptocurrency
Series UnknownMay 22, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000

Agora operates as a cross-chain governance platform.

Information TechnologySoftware
SeedMay 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Bitlayer

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.

BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrency
SeedMar 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Acctual

New York, New York, United States

AP / AR for fiat and digital assets

AccountingCryptocurrencyFinanceFinTechPayments
SeedNov 29, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,850,000
Ion Protocol

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset.

BlockchainLending
Pre SeedJul 14, 2023
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
Demox Labs

Walnut Creek, California, United States

Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source.

Data Center AutomationInformation TechnologySmart ContractsWeb DevelopmentWeb3
Pre SeedJun 1, 2023
Amount Raised: $4,500,000
Gateway

New York, New York, United States

Gateway is a decentralized protocol for creating, consuming, and displaying verifiable credentials.

Information TechnologyInternet
SeedJan 19, 2023
Amount Raised: $4,200,000
WalletConnect

Newark, Delaware, United States

WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile wallets using end-to-end encryption by scanning a QR code.

CryptocurrencyEthereumInternet
Series ANov 3, 2022
Amount Raised: $12,500,000
Nxyz

Mountain View, California, United States

Nxyz mission to empower a new generation of builders and creators to build a better internet for all.

Blockchain
Series AOct 12, 2022
Amount Raised: $40,000,000