Tommy is Tom Shaughnessy Jr., who co-founded Delphi Digital in 2018 and Delphi Ventures in 2020, serving as Founding Partner at the latter. Tommy's Twitter Score is 626 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing him at rank #169 (top 0.1%) out of 389,201 accounts tracked on this platform.
Tommy previously founded 51percent Crypto Research in 2018; the firm was acquired by Delphi Digital in February 2019, after which he joined as co-founder. Delphi Digital is an independent crypto research boutique providing institutional-grade analysis on the digital asset market. Delphi Ventures is a thesis-driven crypto and deep-tech venture fund, registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exempt Reporting Adviser. Tommy also hosts The Delphi Podcast, featuring conversations with prominent figures across crypto and venture capital; the podcast previously operated under the 51percent Crypto Research brand.
Tommy, through Delphi Ventures, co-led a $10M seed round for 375ai, an edge AI and data network, alongside Strobe Capital and HackVC in October 2025. In late 2025, Tommy publicly predicted a crypto market turnaround by 2026, attributing the then-current market divergence to the end of the memecoin cycle, the '10/10' event, and capital rotation into AI stocks. Tommy's investment portfolio includes Syndicate and Cambria. Tommy has 68,648 followers as of July 2026 and 14,616 posts, and has been mentioned by 429 accounts a total of 949 times.
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Tommy draws a following from across the crypto and venture space. The accounts that follow Tommy include 2,118 founders, 609 angel investors, 1,104 influencers and 88 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, CZ BNB, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Toly and Cobie.