Roham Gharegozlou

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune, Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
13
Roham Gharegozlou has made 13 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 1, 2016, when Teampay raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Dec 8, 2022 Metagood Pre-seed $5M Cryptocurrency Detail
May 19, 2022 Azra Games Seed $15M Blockchain Detail
May 18, 2022 Tally Labs Seed $12M Blockchain Detail
Apr 22, 2022 Flowty Seed $4.50M Blockchain Detail
Mar 30, 2022 Battlebound Seed $4.80M Blockchain Detail
Jan 28, 2022 Unblocked Seed $10M Blockchain Detail
Nov 24, 2021 Blockade Games Seed $5M Blockchain Detail
Aug 31, 2021 XMTP Series A $20M Communications Infrastructure Detail
Jun 2, 2021 Ramp Seed $10.11M Blockchain Detail
May 5, 2021 XMTP Seed $5M Communications Infrastructure Detail
May 3, 2021 Underdog Fantasy Series A $10M Fantasy Sports Detail
Jan 1, 2020 Matrix Pre-seed $470K Cryptocurrency Detail
Nov 1, 2016 Teampay Pre-seed FinTech Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
3
Roham Gharegozlou has 3 current jobs including CEO at Dapper Labs , Kitty Business at CryptoKitties and CEO at Flow Blockchain .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Dapper Labs CEO Mar 1, 2018 Detail
CryptoKitties Kitty Business Nov 1, 2017 Detail
Flow Blockchain CEO Detail