Cryptonode.me was venture founded in August 2018 that created a platform for the automated setup and management of Proof of Stake nodes at scale for a portfolio of crypto networks.

Here is the public Investor Overview in Google Drive

It was part of the Blockchain Labs Asia group of companies which are no strangers to attracting controversy (try a search for " metalstream scam ").

It attempted to raise $7.5M, and used the CNODE Security Token to represent the equity of 20 investors:

https://etherscan.io/token/0x70c063b8a57c1208f0c84ffebffeb0c0b22b6715#balances

It was supposed to launch a public offering in Q2 2021, but now its domain name has expired and a squatter is sitting on it.

whois shows that the current holder of cryptonode.me registered it on 2021-03-18

This a Labuan company that Blockchain Labs has promoted as "regulated" and hence safe to invest in. It is still registered:

REGISTRATION NUMBER	LL16129
COMPANY NAME	CryptoNode Limited
REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS	Unit Level 12F(1) Main Office Tower, Financial Park Labuan Jalan Merdeka 87000, Federal Territories Of Labuan, Malaysia
TRUST COMPANY NAME	Beyond International Trust Ltd.
STATUS	Active

The founders were:

Eli Weir, CEO
Bruno Clermont, CTO
Oriane Chagnon, CPO

The advisors were:

Dean Steinbeck, GC Horizen (ZenCash)
Sebastian Schaub, CEO hide.me VPN
Matthew Averay, CFO Enegra

Its Twitter account @CryptoNodeMe is still online but doesn't appear to have posted since March 2020

Was it a scam or just a business failure?

Did anyone invest in this company?