At Tioga we focus on being the best European long-term partner for exceptional Web3 entrepreneurs.
Our beliefs
Individual Sovereignty
We invest in the great awakening of the sovereign individual and the potential of peer to peer distributed networks to reshape the nature of reality.
Data Ownership
In Web2 data was “the new oil” – in Web3 data is open and abundant, allowing developers and creators to break up the Web2 data monopolies.
Open Finance
Permissionless blockchains allow for interoperability and give developers and users alike access to financial products at a global scale, from day one.
Privacy
True sovereignty comes with privacy, a fundamental human right to protect the minority from the majority.
investment mandate
We focus on the ‘picks and shovels’ with a particular interest in DeFi infrastructure, NFT infrastructure, compliance, and applications that benefit from Web3’s composability features.
We have the flexibility to hold both equity as well as crypto assets on the balance sheet.
When it comes to token investments, we strongly believe in aligning incentives between entrepreneurs, the community, and investors.
We invest from Pre-Seed to Series B stages
Europe has over 20x less dedicated capital available than in the US, while the number of deals on both continents is in the same ballpark.
This funding dislocation in the market, coupled with a strong foundation of technical talent and regulatory clarity is why we focus on Europe.
We take a long-term approach to supporting entrepreneurs.
We back exceptional founders and blockchain protocols that bring us closer to a world of more individual sovereignty, trust, and privacy.
Core team
Tze Donn Ng
Investment Associate
Laura Anzalone
Finance Manager
Lakshman Gandhi
Investment Analyst
Raphaël Hannaert
Investment Associate
Jeroen Le Maire
Investment Associate
Olivier Lefebvre
Legal Counsel
Nicolas Priem
Managing Director
Michiel Lescrauwaet
Managing Director
Strategic advisors
We work closely together with key opinion leaders on cryptography, fintech, and privacy
Alex Pruden
Chief Strategy Officer at Aleo Systems Inc.
Bart Preneel
Head of COSIC Research Lab
Jurgen Ingels
Founding Partner SmartFin
Atul Luykx
Technical Advisor
Operating and venture partners
Quentin Adam
Founder and CEO at Numerium3
Hanna Zubko
Co-Founder and CEO at IntellectEU
Jean-Marc Bonnefous
Ex-Global head of Commodity Derivatives at BNP Paribas
Hendrik Ghys
Founder and CEO at Thalex
Max Boonen
Founder and director at B2C2
