Angel Investor
Selected portfolio
Companies and protocols Giorgio has backed as an angel investor, where his legal and product work has intersected with the markets they operate in.
The thesis is narrow. Giorgio backs early-stage teams building the infrastructure of digital asset markets - voluntary carbon and ReFi, base-layer and scaling networks, stablecoins and settlement rails, decentralized compute, derivatives and DEX architecture, and on-chain analytics - where regulatory design is as load-bearing as the code.
Conviction, not volume, drives the selection. Giorgio writes small, holds long, and picks teams whose founding edge is legal, regulatory, or market-structural. Many of the positions below date back to the 2021-2023 window and have weathered multiple market regimes; a few are strategic follow-ons in protocols he has advised or helped structure.
Where Giorgio serves an operating role - founder, advisor, head of legal - in the same company, that mandate is disclosed on the About page and takes precedence over the angel position. Logos link to the official site of each project.
blockchainanalysis.io
On-chain forensics / compliance
Forensic analytics platform for on-chain intelligence, operated by Aletheia Tech Ltd. Founder and product architect.
BA | Screen
AML / KYC screening
Screens people and companies against sanctions lists, PEP registers, law enforcement databases and adverse media across more than 297 sources. Built within blockchainanalysis.io.
BA | Wisp
Encrypted messaging
Self-destructing messages encrypted in the browser with AES-256-GCM, with message hashes anchored to Polygon and Bitcoin as proof of transmission. Built within blockchainanalysis.io.
Lotus Evoluta
Automotive / restomod
Exige S1 restomod built on an original Series 1 chassis, with a supercharged Honda K20 and hand-laminated carbon bodywork, at 599 kg dry.
KlimaDAO
Carbon markets / ReFi
On-chain voluntary carbon market protocol. Co-founder and early backer.
Carbonmark
Carbon markets
Open carbon market infrastructure built on the KlimaDAO stack.
TempleDAO
DeFi
Treasury-backed DeFi protocol built around a defended price floor and structured yield vaults.
SushiSwap
DeFi / DEX
Multi-chain decentralised exchange and automated market maker, one of the earliest community-run venues to build its own liquidity and governance model.
Ithaca Protocol
DeFi / derivatives
On-chain options and structured products, bringing institutional derivatives pricing to a self-custodial venue.
Wombat
DeFi / stableswap
Stableswap automated market maker designed for low-slippage swaps between pegged assets, launched on BNB Chain.
Yield App
Digital wealth
Digital wealth platform offering managed yield strategies on crypto and stablecoin deposits to retail and professional clients.
Infinex
On-chain trading
Non-custodial trading account that puts multiple DeFi venues behind a single exchange-like interface. Founded by Kain Warwick of Synthetix.
Union
Infrastructure / interop
Zero-knowledge interoperability layer connecting Ethereum to the Cosmos IBC ecosystem without trusted intermediaries.
Solana
L1 blockchain
High-throughput layer 1 built for low-latency settlement, and the network underneath the SolanaFM position also held here.
Polygon
L2 scaling
Ethereum scaling ecosystem, and the settlement layer for KlimaDAO and the tokenized carbon market Giorgio helped structure.
Akash Network
Decentralized compute
Permissionless marketplace for compute, letting buyers rent GPU and server capacity directly from independent providers.
White Whale
DeFi / interchain
Interchain liquidity protocol built on Cosmos, designed to arbitrage and rebalance liquidity across connected chains.
Lithium
Data / infrastructure
Decentralised oracle protocol for pricing private and illiquid assets, rewarding analysts whose valuations prove accurate. Backed by Pantera Capital and Hashed.
SolanaFM
On-chain analytics
Block explorer and analytics layer for Solana, built for developers and for transaction-level forensic work.
77-Bit
Web3 gaming / MMORPG
Browser-based cyberpunk MMORPG by Analog Games, running on the Abstract chain with an on-chain item economy and optional NFT ownership.
Tether (USDT)
Stablecoin issuer
Issuer of USDT, the largest dollar-denominated stablecoin by circulating supply and settlement volume.
USD Coin (USDC)
Stablecoin
Dollar stablecoin issued by Circle against reserves held at regulated institutions, and a core settlement asset across this portfolio.
Circle
Stablecoin issuer / fintech
Issuer of USDC and operator of the payment and settlement rails built around it. Listed on the NYSE.
Coinbase
Exchange / listed
US-regulated exchange and qualified custodian, listed on Nasdaq under COIN.
Ethermachine
ETH treasury / infrastructure
Institutional vehicle for Ethereum exposure, holding and staking ETH at scale on behalf of public-market investors.
Noemon Group
Digital asset platform
Business payments platform offering eWallets, virtual IBANs and cross-border transfers through a licensed electronic money institution. Giorgio serves as Head of Legal Affairs.
Aerodrome
DEX / Base ecosystem
Central liquidity venue of the Base ecosystem, using a vote-escrow model to direct emissions toward the pools that matter.
Etherzilla
ETH treasury / infrastructure
Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury company (ETHZ), accumulating and staking ETH as its primary balance-sheet asset.