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Nick Chong

Head of Strategy at Ethena

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Nick Chong is Head of Strategy at Ethena and was previously an analyst at ParaFi Capital and Hex Capital.

Investments

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Token Issuance
Region
Operating Status
Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Cabal Cabal
-- -- $ 3 M
2月 11
Initia Initia
Series A $ 350 M $ 14 M
9月 25, 2024
Thruster Thruster
-- -- --
1月 16, 2024
Phi Phi
Seed -- $ 2 M
2月 17, 2023
Chibi Clash Chibi Clash
Private -- $ 3 M
5月 31, 2022
Retrograde Retrograde
Seed -- --
4月 15, 2022
Bastion Bastion
Seed -- --
3月 23, 2022
AFAR AFAR
-- -- $ 10 M
3月 17, 2022
Hubble Exchange Hubble Exchange
Seed -- $ 3.3 M
3月 11, 2022
Galleon Galleon
Seed -- $ 1 M
1月 31, 2022
Ancient8 Ancient8
Seed -- $ 4 M
1月 19, 2022
Vesta Finance Vesta Finance
Angel -- --
1月 04, 2022
Lemma Finance Lemma Finance
-- -- --
12月 01, 2021
Thales Thales
Strategic $ 33 M $ 2.5 M
7月 14, 2021
Holograph Holograph
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.7 M
7月 13, 2021
Babylon Finance Babylon Finance
Seed $ 10 M $ 1.9 M
3月 05, 2021

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

1

Total rounds

16

Portfolio Numbers

16

Lead Investment

0

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