About Focus Labs
Focus Labs is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of New York, United States. As of Apr 2024, Focus Labs has invested in 7 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Blockchain Technology to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Avalon Corp Overall, Focus Labs portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Divergence. A lot of funds co-invest with Focus Labs, with names like P2P Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Focus Labs has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Focus Labs' List of Top Investments
Focus Labs has a portfolio of 7 companies. Their most notable investmentis in MetaStreetTheir portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Singapore and 2 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by Focus Labs:
1. Mellow
Online platform providing liquidity management strategies and tools. The vault offered by the platform is a set of smart contracts that allows anyone to create a multi-ERC20 token vault and a strategy on top of different DeFi protocols like Uniswap, Yearn, and blockchains including Ethereum, Optimism, and more.
Key facts about Mellow
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Tortola (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.75M
- Investors: Robvc, P2P Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 29, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. MetaStreet
P2P liquidity platform for NFT collateral. It enables users to buy and sell digital assets. It also provides loans backed by non-fungible tokes digital assets. It also helps to increase the GDP of emerging NFT economies through abstracted capital participation on NFT collateralization platforms.
Key facts about MetaStreet
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $49.1M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Jan 05, 2026
- Investors: FinTech Collective, Digital Currency Group and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Parallel
Key facts about Parallel
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Canada
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $85M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Distributedglobal, VanEck and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 08, 2025, $*****
4. Divergence
Decentralized platform for volatility derivatives. It features volatility hedging and trading with blockchain-native assets. It provides solutions such as LP tokens, Defi farming, staking, and more.
Key facts about Divergence
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.9M
- Employee Count: 3 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: KR1, P2P Capital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Sep 28, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Avalon Corp
Key facts about Avalon Corp
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Orlando (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $23M
- Employee Count: 76 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Delphi Ventures, 6MV and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 15, 2024, $*****
Focus Labs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Focus Labs has invested in 7 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Avalon Corp and most recent follow-on round was in Parallel.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Focus Labs' Investments by Stage
Focus Labs has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $13.1M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $10M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focus Labs' Investments by Sector
Focus Labs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, Blockchain - Industry Applications, High Tech, FinTech and Business Services. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 5 Blockchain companies, 3 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 5 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 4 |
High Tech | 4 |
FinTech | 3 |
Business Services | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focus Labs' Investments by Geography
Focus Labs has made most investments in United States (3), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 3 |
Canada | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Focus Labs' recent investments
Focus Labs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Focus Labs:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 15, 2024 | United States | Series B | 6387 | [+17] | |
Mar 28, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 7917 | [+16] | |
Oct 13, 2022 | United States | Seed | 2816 | [+11] | |
Aug 29, 2022 | United Kingdom | Seed | 4417 | [+6] | |
Apr 20, 2022 | United States | Seed | 5142 | [+5] |
Acquired companies in Focus Labs' Portfolio
1 company from Focus Labs' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Divergence in Jul 2022 by PROOF.Here are Focus Labs' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 14, 2022 | Jun 09, 2021 | Seed | 5559 |
Team profile of Focus Labs
Focus Labs has a team of 1 member. Focus Labs' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Focus Labs
Over the past 6 years, 113 investors have co-invested in Focus Labs's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Focus Labs: DRAGONFLY, Nascent and 27 others have invested in rounds before Focus Labs. There is 1 company where DRAGONFLY has invested before Focus Labs and 1 company where Nascent has invested before Focus Labs.
- Top Co-investors of Focus Labs: 58 investors entered a company along with Focus Labs. These include investors like P2P Capital (2 companies).
- Invested after Focus Labs: A total of 26 investors have invested in Focus Labs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include DCF GOD (1 company), goodalexander (1 company) and MrBlock (1 company).
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NFT sci-fi card game Parallel raises at $500M valuation from ParadigmTechCrunch+•Oct 21, 2021•Parallel, Paradigm, Focus Labs, OSS Capital and 1 other
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NFT-Based Protocol BlockArt Raises $1 Million Seed Round Led by CoinFundBusiness Wire•Jul 20, 2021•EthBlock.art, CoinFund, Div, MetaCartel Ventures and 5 others
