Kevin Lu

Co-Founder of LayerSocial Labs

📍 Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2023
VC🌍 Australia
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Strategic Investor
Aug 2023
Zaros is a liquidity hub for on-chain derivatives focused on bringing real yield for LSTs holders, capital efficiency, and deep liquidity.
Strategic Investor
Nov 2021
Founded in 2021, Pendle is the worlds largest crypto yield trading platform, inspired by TradFi’s $400T+ rate derivatives market. It splits assets into fixed income and dynamic yield, offering both stability and high-reward opportunities. With over 250 pools across 100 protocols, Pendle has hit $6.72B TVL and over $200B in trading volume, earning trust from DeFi users and major institutions. Its second product, Boros, leverages funding rates to unlock new yield potential, driving Pendle’s mission to make all yields tradable.
Strategic Investor
Nov 2021
Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface for everyday Australians to access the benefits of decentralised finance.
Strategic Investor
Jun 2021
Levana is a decentralized exchange protocol designed to enable leveraged positions for any asset. Levana enables permission-less, censorship-resistant Capital efficient markets. Built on the Juno blockchain.
Strategic Investor
Jan 2021
📈Grow your business: accept crypto, get paid in dollars 🏦Fast crypto ➜ AUD bank transfers 💳Pay BPAY bills with crypto
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2023
Strategic Investor
Aug 2023
Zaros is a liquidity hub for on-chain derivatives focused on bringing real yield for LSTs holders, capital efficiency, and deep liquidity.
2022
Founding Partner
Jul 2022
Scalene is an early-stage venture fund taking a high-touch approach to empower Founders to find their life mission and challenge the status quo. Currently Raising: Early-Stage Equity & Token Fund I Size: $10M-$20M USD Target Portfolio: 30-50
2021
Venture Partner
Dec 2021
0x Capital
Strategic Investor
Nov 2021
Founded in 2021, Pendle is the worlds largest crypto yield trading platform, inspired by TradFi’s $400T+ rate derivatives market. It splits assets into fixed income and dynamic yield, offering both stability and high-reward opportunities. With over 250 pools across 100 protocols, Pendle has hit $6.72B TVL and over $200B in trading volume, earning trust from DeFi users and major institutions. Its second product, Boros, leverages funding rates to unlock new yield potential, driving Pendle’s mission to make all yields tradable.
Strategic Investor
Nov 2021
Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface for everyday Australians to access the benefits of decentralised finance.
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