About Skynet Trading
Skynet Trading is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Hong Kong, China. As of Jun 2025, Skynet Trading has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Inference Labs A lot of funds co-invest with Skynet Trading, with names like Arrington Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Skynet Trading has team of 3 people.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Skynet Trading's List of Top Investments
Skynet Trading has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in RociFi and RazrFi.Their portfolio spans across United States, Singapore, Switzerland and 7 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Blockchain Technology, FinTech and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Skynet Trading:
1. Centrifuge
Provider of the decentralized platform to connect the financial supply chain. It allows businesses to transact on a network while maintaining ownership of their data, including validated company details, business relationships, and transactions. It also enables businesses to exchange financial documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and company data.
Key facts about Centrifuge
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $27.1M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Isomer Capital, Mosaic Ventures and 43 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of privacy-preserving smart contracts and confidential computing layer for Web3 and AI applications. It provides first mainnet blockchain with end-to-end encrypted smart contracts, enabling decentralized apps with institutional-grade data privacy through Trusted Execution Environments (TEE). It serves as Web3's confidential computing hub, supporting private tokens, bridges for token privacy across chains, scalable DeCC infrastructure, and emerging Secret AI layer for secure GPU/LLM workloads—featuring Merkle proofs, threshold encryption, EVM interoperability, and Cosmos SDK upgrades for cross-chain privacy applications.
Key facts about Secret Network
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $412M
- Investors: Fenbushi Capital, Alameda Research and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 19, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. SubQuery
Developer of decentralized data indexing infrastructure for blockchain network applications. The technology facilitates the organization and query of blockchain data to support the development of decentralized applications. It provides software development kits and managed services that allow developers to index and retrieve information across multiple blockchain protocols. The infrastructure enables the deployment of data agents and supports integration with various decentralized networks.
Key facts about SubQuery
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: New Zealand
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13.1M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Blockchain Coinvestors, Borderless Capital and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Jan 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. RazrFi
Multichain launchpad powered by AI. It uses AI technology to provide insights and a query engine for IDOs. It offers APY rewards for staking and has a whitelist for IDOs. Users can participate in upcoming IDOs by meeting the requirements based on the platform.
Key facts about RazrFi
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.5M
- Employee Count: 2 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: CMS Holdings, Moonrockcapital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Nov 10, 2021, $*****
5. zkLink
Blockchain infrastructure and rollup solutions platform. It enables users to provide liquidity for cross-chain pairs to earn transaction fees. It also offers solutions for liquidity transfer, cross-chain transactions, deposit and withdrawal of digital assets, blockchain rollups, and more.
Key facts about zkLink
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Singapore
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $18.5M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Orthogonal Thinker, OKX and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Jul 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Skynet Trading's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Skynet Trading has invested in 14 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Inference Labs.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Skynet Trading's Investments by Stage
Skynet Trading has made 10 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.09M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.8M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $11.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 10 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Skynet Trading's Investments by Sector
Skynet Trading has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, Blockchain - Industry Applications, High Tech, FinTech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 14 Blockchain companies, 14 Tech companies, 9 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 13 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 11 |
High Tech | 11 |
FinTech | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Skynet Trading's Investments by Geography
Skynet Trading has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Singapore where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Singapore | 2 |
Switzerland | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Cayman Islands | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Skynet Trading's recent investments
Skynet Trading has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Skynet Trading:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 26, 2025 | Canada | Seed | 1377 | ||
Apr 17, 2024 | United States | Series A | 1001 | [+18] | |
Dec 20, 2022 | Switzerland | Seed | 4973 | [+2] | |
Nov 17, 2022 | Switzerland | Seed | 8560 | [+4] | |
Apr 12, 2022 | United States | Seed | 9019 | [+3] |
Team profile of Skynet Trading
Skynet Trading has a team of 3 members located in China. Skynet Trading's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Skynet Trading
Over the past 5 years, 175 investors have co-invested in Skynet Trading's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Skynet Trading: Web3 Foundation, IOSG Ventures and 29 others have invested in rounds before Skynet Trading. There are 2 companies where Web3 Foundation has invested before Skynet Trading and 1 company where IOSG Ventures has invested before Skynet Trading.
- Top Co-investors of Skynet Trading: 128 investors entered a company along with Skynet Trading. These include investors like Arrington Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after Skynet Trading: A total of 16 investors have invested in Skynet Trading's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include DeFiance Capital (1 company), Alameda Research (1 company) and CoinFund (1 company).
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