Blockchain Capital

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Based in San Francisco Blockchain Capital are a sector specific, multi stage venture capital firm who are driving innovation in the Blockchain ecosystem.

Country: United States

Founded: 2013

Headquarters: San Francisco, California

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Africa
  • North America

Sector Focus

  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Blockchain

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C

Summary

Blockchain Capital are a pioneering VC firm investing in Blockchain enabled tech. The firm believes that Bockchain technology will fundamentally change the internet and digital economy as it offers a  faster, cheaper way to move money and exchange assets without counterparty risk.

The firms initial fund was the first VC Fund dedicated to investing in Bitcoin and Blockchain companies. The firm have invested in 42 companies in the last three years. Blockchain Capital look to co-invest alongside Silicon Valleys leading venture capital firms and while they are a sector specific venture capital they will in both early and late stage funding rounds.

 

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

March 2017

ShapeShift AG

$10.4m

Series A

  Earlybird Venture Capital

Blockchain

Swaziland

January 2017

BitPesa

$2.5m

Series A

  Greycroft Partners

Payments

Kenya

April 2016

Tierion

$1m

Seed

Blockchain

United States

April 2016

Stem Disintermedia

$4.5m

Seed

Payments

United States

February 2016

Blockstream

$55m

Series B

Blockchain

Canada

January 2016

Civic

$2.75m

Seed

Cybersecurity

United States

January 2016

Gem

$7.1m

Series A

Blockchain

United States

September 2015

Abra

$12m

Series A

Payments

United States

September 2015

Chain

$30m

Series C

Blockchain

United States

May 2015

Ripple

$28m

Series A

Payments

United States

May 2015

itBit

$25m

Series A

Blockchain

United States

February 2015

BitPesa

$1.1m

Series A

Payments

Kenya

February 2015

Bonafide

$850k

Seed

Cybersecurity

United States

February 2015

Blade

$850k

Seed

Payments

United States

January 2015

Coinbase

$75m

Series C

Bitcoin

United States

January 2015

BlockCypher

$3.1m

Seed

Blockchain

United States

December 2014

PeerNova

$8.6m

Series A

Big Data

United States

December 2014

ChangeCoin

$3.91m

Venture

Payments

United States

November 2014

Blockstream

$21m

Series A

Blockchain

Canada

October 2014

Bitnet Technologies

$12m

Series A

Bitcoin

United States

October 2014

AlphaPoint

$1.35m

Seed

Bitcoin

United States

October 2014

Snapcard

$1.5m

Seed

Bitcoin

United States

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Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Blockchain Capital FUND II

$13m

Key Employees

W Bradford Stephens
Founder

Bart Stephens
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Brock Pierce
Managing Partner

Will OBrien
Senior Strategic Advisor