Devon Shigaki

Life is simply complicated. If I’m talking to myself I’m having a team meeting. Leading by learning while counting to infinity... #fullstack #data #engineer 🦀… don’t mind me tinkering with the world over here. 🤫

📍 Seattle, Washington, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 16 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
16
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Early Investor
2020
Polkadot is the bedrock for a more open and collaborative web that restores power back to where it belongs—with you. It enables Web3’s biggest trailblazers to launch their ideas at warp speed, with flexible start-up costs and an exceptionally adaptable builder environment. Apps on Polkadot are built on top of a secure, resilient platform where decisions are made by a lively community of DOT holders. With Polkadot, youre not just along for the ride, youre a co-creator with the power to shape the future of our digital world. By making blockchain technology more flexible and collaborative, Polkadot is powering the movement for a better web.
Early Investor
2017
This Monero news site is the division of the CryptoCurrency.org project.
Early Investor
2017
This Bitcoin Cash news site is the division of the CryptoCurrency.org project.
Early Investor
2017
IOTA is an open-source distributed ledger protocol that goes 'beyond blockchain' through its core invention of the blockless ‘Tangle’. The IOTA Tangle is a quantum-proof Directed Acyclic Graph, with no fees on transactions & no fixed limit on how many transactions can be confirmed per second in the network. Instead, throughput grows in conjunction with activity in the network; the more activity, the faster the network. Unlike blockchain architecture, IOTA has no separation between users and validators; rather, validation is an intrinsic property of using the ledger, thus avoiding centralization. IOTA is initially focused on serving as the backbone of the emerging Internet-of-Things (IoT).
Early Investor
2017
Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON network has continued to deliver impressive achievements since MainNet launch in May 2018. July 2018 also marked the ecosystem integration of BitTorrent, a pioneer in decentralized Web3 services boasting over 100 million monthly active users. The TRON network has gained incredible traction in recent years. As of October 2022, it has over 115 million total user accounts on the blockchain, more than 4 billion total transactions, and over $13.2 billion in total value locked (TVL), as reported on TRONSCAN. In addition, TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin across the globe, overtaking USDT on Ethereum since April 2021. The TRON network completed full decentralization in December 2021 and is now a community-governed DAO. In May 2022, the over-collateralized decentralized stablecoin USDD was launched on the TRON blockchain, backed by the first-ever crypto reserve for the blockchain industry - TRON DAO Reserve, marking TRONs official entry into decentralized stablecoins. Most recently in October 2022, TRON was designated as the national blockchain for the Commonwealth of Dominica, which is the first time a major public blockchain partnering with a sovereign nation to develop its national blockchain infrastructure. On top of the government’s endorsement to issue Dominica Coin (“DMC”), a blockchain-based fan token to help promote Dominica’s global fanfare, seven existing TRON-based tokens have been granted statutory status as authorized digital currency and medium of exchange in the country.
Early Investor
Apr 2016
This Litecoin news site is the division of the CryptoCurrency.org project.
Early Investor
2016
ABOUT Symbol Symbol is the trusted, secure value exchange network for business. Symbol smooths business friction, increasing the flow of data and innovation to supercharge the creation, exchange and protection of assets. ABOUT NEM NIS1 NIS1 is NEM’s original blockchain platform. It offers flexible and customizable solutions through simple, yet powerful, built-in features. NEM NIS1 has had zero downtime, chain hacks, or major outages since 2015, proving that NIS1 is NEM’s developer’s playground. Voting, asset exchange, and rewards points are just some of the exciting things you can develop on NIS1. With it’s Plug-and-Play architecture, NEM NIS1 is the perfect blockchain tool for your project. ABOUT NEM Group Ltd. We exist to ensure that the NEM ecosystem is a significant contributor to the next evolution of blockchain by ensuring mainstream adoption and use of NEM’s blockchain solutions. This can only be achieved through a strong, healthy ecosystem that works together through collaboration, transparency and openness. Because together, everything is possible. ABOUT NEM Software In 2020, NEM Software was founded to deliver the next generation, hybrid blockchain solution for enterprise. With the upcoming launch of Symbol platform, from NEM, the team has taken their extensive learnings from the NEM NIS1 network launch back in 2015, to redefine what blockchain solutions look like for the next generation of global business.
Early Investor
2016
Established in 2017 under the brand name OmiseGO, the rebranded OMG Network is a subsidiary of GBV. Our mission is to enable open financial services that are fast, cheap, and secure. The OMG Network is the quickest and most affordable way to transfer ETH and ERC20 tokens globally and without restrictions.
Early Investor
2016
Dash is an open-source project that delivers safe decentralized financial solutions. The Dash Project Team builds and maintains an innovative decentralized payment network which acts as the core of an ecosystem of engaged consumers, merchants, and service providers. This network provides users with a private, fast, and fungible digital currency that’s as easy to use as cash, credit cards or PayPal.
Early Investor
2016
DigiByte is a public, rapidly growing and highly decentralized blockchain. DigiBytes are digital packages that cannot be destroyed, counterfeited or hacked, making them ideal for protecting objects of value like currency, information, property or important digital data. DigiBytes can be sent over the DigiByte Blockchain and forever recorded on an immutable public ledger that is decentralized on thousands of computers across the planet.
Early Investor
Apr 2015
Ethereum is a platform and a programming language that makes it possible for any developer to build and publish next-generation decentralized applications. Ethereum can be used to codify, decentralize, secure and trade just about anything: voting, domain names, financial exchanges, crowdfunding, company governance, contracts and agreements of most kind, intellectual property, and even smart property thanks to hardware integration. Ethereum borrows the concept of decentralized consensus that makes bitcoin so resilient, yet makes it trivial to build on its foundation. To find out more about how Ethereum works, consult the whitepaper. This page is managed and operated by members of the Ethereum Foundation.
Early Investor
2014
Bitcoin is an open source peer to peer electronic cash system. Because the code is open source, the idea is public domain and the name, symbol and concept is all considered a public good, it has functioned fully for 14+ years without a centralized entity baby sitting its existence. Bitcoin is not only an open source software project, a new digital asset within its own class, a peer to peer computational system, the largest computer network on earth, but it is also the bedrock of a new government, a new form of society & the foundation for a modern civilization. Our company was formed to further that mission, that goal and that purpose of Bitcoin, without anyone permission or approval, to use the Bitcoin brand, name and technology, to fulfil the potentiality of Bitcoin. By creating the tools, products & services in the original vision of the Satoshi Client, we provide the essential parts of Bitcoin to the public, to institutions and the world at large. Bitcoin Wallets Bitcoin Nodes Bitcoin Miners operated & owned by our benevolent dictator Morgan Rockwell @Nodefather
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Founder & Chairman
Apr 2022
FreshCredit is a company that is dedicated to increasing access to credit on a global scale and empowering individuals to own and manage their own personal data. FreshCredit recognizes the importance of access to credit in enabling people to achieve their financial goals and improve their overall quality of life. As such, FreshCredit has built relationships with banks, lenders, and other financial institutions around the world in order to expand the availability of credit and increase access to financial services for people who may otherwise be unable to obtain them. In addition to increasing access to credit, FreshCredit is also committed to giving people control over their own data. By empowering individuals to own and manage their personal data, FreshCredit is helping to create a more transparent and fair financial system. This not only benefits the people who are able to access credit, but it also helps to promote financial literacy and build stronger, more sustainable communities. Overall, FreshCredit is a company that is making a positive impact on the lives of people around the world. Its dedication to increasing access to credit and empowering individuals through data ownership is admirable, and it is helping to create a brighter, more prosperous future for all. FreshCredits mission is to increase access to credit and empower individuals through data ownership, enabling people around the world to achieve their financial goals and build stronger, more sustainable communities. We work with banks, lenders, and other financial institutions to expand the availability of credit and promote financial literacy, creating a more transparent and fair financial system for all. FreshCredit is a company that aims to increase access to credit globally and empower individuals through data ownership, working with banks and financial institutions to expand the availability of credit and promote financial literacy and sustainable communities.
2021
Founder
Sep 2021
Control Your Data. Control Your Credit.
2020
Founder & Secretary of Operations
Dec 2020
The FreshCredit nonprofit organization is dedicated to increasing access to credit globally and empowering individuals through data ownership. FreshCredit works with banks, lenders, and other financial institutions to expand the availability of credit and promote financial literacy, with the goal of creating stronger, more sustainable communities around the world. FreshCredit believes that access to credit is a crucial factor in the financial well-being of individuals and communities, and is committed to providing people with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed. By partnering with financial institutions and leveraging their expertise and resources, FreshCredit is able to provide credit to a wider range of individuals and families, helping them to achieve their financial goals and improve their overall quality of life. In addition to increasing access to credit, FreshCredit is also focused on giving people control over their own data. By empowering individuals to own and manage their personal data, FreshCredit is helping to create a more transparent and fair financial system. This not only benefits the people who are able to access credit, but it also helps to promote financial literacy and build stronger, more sustainable communities. Overall, the FreshCredit nonprofit organization is making a positive impact on the lives of people around the world. Its commitment to increasing access to credit and empowering individuals through data ownership is truly admirable, and it is helping to create a brighter, more prosperous future for all.
Early Investor
2020
Polkadot is the bedrock for a more open and collaborative web that restores power back to where it belongs—with you. It enables Web3’s biggest trailblazers to launch their ideas at warp speed, with flexible start-up costs and an exceptionally adaptable builder environment. Apps on Polkadot are built on top of a secure, resilient platform where decisions are made by a lively community of DOT holders. With Polkadot, youre not just along for the ride, youre a co-creator with the power to shape the future of our digital world. By making blockchain technology more flexible and collaborative, Polkadot is powering the movement for a better web.
2017
Early Investor
2017
This Monero news site is the division of the CryptoCurrency.org project.
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