# P Bart Stephens

> P Bart Stephens is a seed investor at Blockchain Capital backing Blockchain and Bitcoin. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pbartstephens
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pbartstephens
- Website: http://www.blockchain.capital

P Bart Stephens is a seed investor at Blockchain Capital in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Bitcoin. Bart Stephens is a Founder and Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital, the General Partner of Crypto Currency Partners funds. Bart Stephens has also been a Managing Partner of Stephens Investment Management, LLC (SIM). Stephens Investment Management is a family owned and operated hedge fund and venture capital firm. Bart and his brother andCo-Founder Brad invented the term and pioneered “Nanocap” investing – venture capital style investing in the public markets focused on sub micro-cap equities.Bart has a background as both an operating entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. Prior to co-founding SIM, Bart was Executive Vice President, Venture Capital for Ivanhoe Capital Corporation (ICC), an international investment firm.Before joining ICC, Bart was a founding investor and Head of Corporate & Business development for Oncology.com. Oncology.com grew to become the internet’s largest cancer related web site before being sold to Pharmacia (now Pfizer) in 2001.Prior to Oncology.com, Bart spent more than two years with E*TRADE, an early internet innovator in online financial services. While at E*TRADE, he held senior positions focused on product marketing, business development and corporate development. Bart earned a BA degree in Political Science from Princeton University. While at Princeton, his academic work focused on the intersection of information technology and national security issues.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 45% |
| Bitcoin | 4 | 36% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 36% |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| FinTech | 2 | 18% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 55% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gameplay Galaxy | Building the first Web3 competitive games decentralize ecosystem. | $11.2M | Seed | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| RISC Zero. | RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control theirexperience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology. | $40M | Series A | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| Spatial Labs | Spatial Labs exists to simplify and enhance people's lives by bridging the digital and physical worlds.We develop products and services that enable anyone to build and engage with experiences that inspire moments of joy, guided by our principles of sustainable innovation, self-expression, and cultural impact.Our mission is to maketechnology a natural extension of the human experience and empower people to create the world they wish to see.Spatial Labs is venture-backed and supported by notable VC’s such as Blockchain Capital, JAY-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, and more.Spatial Labs has collaborated with and powered experiences for brands such as Adidas x Ivy Park, Tidal, Pantone, IKEA / Space10, Crocs, and more. | $10M | Seed | Jan 26, 2023 |  |
| Teller Finance | Teller Finance is a blockchain project for decentralized lending. Teller connects to your bank account to offer risk-assessed loans, without the need for collateral. | $6.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Abra | Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $55M | Series C | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Templum | Templum’s scalable infrastructure solutions are transforming access, processes and investment choice in alternative assets, making them as easy to invest in as public markets. Templum operates three core business lines: • Templum One is an innovative global ecosystem for private markets that connects alternative and private market issuers with agrowing network of partners who want to offer their end investors access to the world’s most sought-after private assets. • Templum Marketplace Solutions enable private issuers and asset managers to automate processes, integrate siloed operations, and accelerate time-to-market. • Templum Applications Suite provides essential solutions to optimize back office and operational processes, saving businesses time, money and resources.All securities offered by Templum Markets LLC., a wholly owned broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) subsidiary of Templum, Inc., which is approved to operate in 53 U.S. states and territories. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com. | $2.7M | Seed | Oct 26, 2017 |  |
| Tierion | Tierion turns the blockchain into a global platform for verifying any data, file, or business process. We see a future where the blockchain is used to verify everything from medical records to online purchases. We’ve started by making an API and tools to collect data and anchor it in the blockchain. | $1M | Seed | Apr 30, 2016 |  |
| Abra | Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $12.6M | Series A | Sep 10, 2015 |  |
| Blade | The last-mile solution to enable broad merchant acceptance of virtual currencies, built by payments experts. | $850K | Seed | Feb 01, 2015 |  |
| Kraken | Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides spot and futures trading between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 40+ other digital assets. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Founded in 2011 and with over 7 million clients, Kraken is one of theworld's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Kraken's range of successful products is playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets. Kraken is a marketplace for digital assets where buyers, sellers, traders, and speculators come together to exchange cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple against national currencies like USD, EUR, CAD, and JPY. Clients trading larger sizes benefit from its principal Over-the-Counter (OTC) desk and white glove service. Advanced traders and technical analysis wizards can take advantage of the company's professional charting tools. Software engineers, botters, and hobbyist automators have available both REST and Websocket APIs with which trades can be made and market information obtained. Kraken provides 24/7 live chat support for any questions you have about getting started. | $5M | Series A | Mar 25, 2014 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Amex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-express-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arbor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arbor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-perfect-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Blockchain Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Blockchain Capital helps entrepreneurs build companies and projects based on blockchain technology. The firm provides founders with capital, domain expertise, partnerships, recruiting, and strategy. Blockchain Capital is an active venture investor in the blockchain industry and has financed 170+ companies and projects since its inception.Blockchain Capital invests in both equity and tokens and is a multi-stage investor.

5 contacts available at Blockchain Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Patel | Senior Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-patel-4126 |
| Kinjal Shah | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kinjal-shah |
| P Bart Stephens | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-stephens |
| Spencer Bogart | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spencer-bogart |
| Yuan Han Li | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/han-li-yuan |

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## FAQ

### What does P Bart Stephens invest in?

P Bart Stephens invests primarily in Blockchain, Bitcoin and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did P Bart Stephens last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for P Bart Stephens closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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