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Individual Investor

Gavin Wood

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 8
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
  • Primary Job Title Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Polkadot Logo
    Polkadot
  • Investor Type 
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Gavin Wood is based out of London, England and is the Founder of Polkadot. Gavin Wood attended the University of York.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 9
Gavin Wood has made 9 investments. Their latest investment was Venture Round - Acurast on
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Acurast Logo
Acurast
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Venture Round - Acurast Logo
Venture Round - Acurast
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Minimize Influence Logo
Minimize Influence
No
Pre Seed Round - Minimize Influence Logo
Pre Seed Round - Minimize Influence
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Redpill AI Logo
Redpill AI
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Seed Round - Redpill AI Logo
Seed Round - Redpill AI
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Zama Logo
Zama
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Series A - Zama Logo
Series A - Zama
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Music Protocol Logo
Music Protocol
No
Venture Round - Music Protocol Logo
Venture Round - Music Protocol
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AltLayer Logo
AltLayer
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Seed Round - AltLayer Logo
Seed Round - AltLayer
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Redpill AI Logo
Redpill AI
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Seed Round - Redpill AI Logo
Seed Round - Redpill AI
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Satori Logo
Satori
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Seed Round - Satori Logo
Seed Round - Satori
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Astar Network Logo
Astar Network
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Venture Round - Astar Network Logo
Venture Round - Astar Network
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Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 5
Number of Past Jobs 2
Gavin Wood has 5 current jobs including Founder at Kusama, Founder, CEO and Lead Developer at Parity Technologies, and Founder at Web3 Foundation. Additionally, Gavin Wood has had 2 past jobs including Founder & CTO at Ethereum Foundation.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Ethereum Foundation Logo
Ethereum Foundation
Founder & CTO20132015
ID2020 Logo
ID2020
Advisory2015—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
Gavin Wood holds 5 board and advisor roles including Advisor at Orchid Labs, ICO Advisor at Matchpool, and ICO Advisor at Omise.

Related Hubs

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Hub Name  
CB Rank (Hub)  
Internet Seed Stage Companies With More Than 50 Employees Logo
Internet Seed Stage Companies With More Than 50 Employees
64,777
SNZ Holding Portfolio Companies Logo
SNZ Holding Portfolio Companies
90,858
Publishing Companies With More Than 100 Employees Logo
Publishing Companies With More Than 100 Employees
7,963
Publishing Companies with Seed Funding Logo
Publishing Companies with Seed Funding
51,143
Publishing Companies With More Than 500 Employees Logo
Publishing Companies With More Than 500 Employees
11,456
Ethereum Foundation Alumni Founded Companies Logo
Ethereum Foundation Alumni Founded Companies
97,722
Blockchain Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees Logo
Blockchain Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees
28,097
Karatage Portfolio Companies Logo
Karatage Portfolio Companies
79,969
Pantera Capital Portfolio Companies Logo
Pantera Capital Portfolio Companies
76,012
Publishing Companies With More Than 50 Employees Logo
Publishing Companies With More Than 50 Employees
4,224

Education

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Gavin Wood studied at University of York and  University of York.

Events

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Number of Events 4
Gavin Wood has participated in 4 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Blockchain Future of Trust Summit 2021 on Sep 28, 2021.

Recent News and Activity

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Number of News Articles 29
Funding Round•Nov 13, 2025
Acurast raised
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from CoinList and 9 other investors
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Funding Round•Sep 10, 2024
Minimize Influence raised
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from Gavin Wood
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Funding Round•Jul 24, 2024
Redpill AI raised
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from Animoca Brands and 15 other investors
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News•Mar 26, 2024
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Funding Round•Mar 7, 2024
Zama raised
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from Anatoly Yakovenko and 12 other investors
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News•Jan 25, 2023
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Funding Round•Dec 12, 2022
Music Protocol raised
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from Ewald Hesse and 4 other investors
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Funding Round•Jul 1, 2022
AltLayer raised
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from Balaji Srinivasan and 12 other investors
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Funding Round•Jul 1, 2022
Redpill AI raised
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from Derek Yoo and 14 other investors
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Funding Round•May 12, 2022
Satori raised
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from Acala Network and 9 other investors
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