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Rushi Manche

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Rushi Manche is the co-founder of Movement Labs and was removed from office in May 2025 due to a scandal. He was previously an active developer of the Aptos ecosystem.

Education Experience

Investments

Tag
Ecosystem
Token Issuance
Region
Operating Status
Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Offline Protocol Offline Protocol
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.1 M
Mar 13
Ooga Booga Ooga Booga
Strategic -- $ 1.5 M
Jan 10
Rena Labs Rena Labs
Pre-Seed -- $ 3 M
Jan 09
Union Union
Series A -- $ 12 M
Dec 03, 2024
Axal Axal
Pre-Seed -- $ 2.5 M
Oct 31, 2024
Surge Surge
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.8 M
Oct 17, 2024
Infinex Infinex
-- -- $ 65.3 M
Sep 25, 2024
Puffpaw Puffpaw
Seed -- $ 6 M
Sep 05, 2024
nexio nexio
Pre-Seed -- $ 2.2 M
Aug 09, 2024
LYNC LYNC
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.5 M
Aug 07, 2024
jokerace jokerace
-- -- $ 3 M
Jul 31, 2024
Dora Dora
-- -- $ 5.5 M
Jul 09, 2024
NodeOps NodeOps
Seed -- $ 5 M
May 27, 2024
Shogun Shogun
Seed $ 69 M $ 6.9 M
May 15, 2024
MilkyWay MilkyWay
Seed -- $ 5 M
Apr 30, 2024
Aligned Aligned
Seed -- $ 2.6 M
Apr 15, 2024

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

5

Total rounds

16

Portfolio Numbers

16

Lead Investment

0

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