# Brian Kelly

> Brian Kelly is a startup investor at BKCM (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BKCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bkcm)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Brian Kelly is a startup investor at BKCM in New York. Brian Kelly is Founder and CEO of BKCM LLC, an investment firm focused on digital currencies. He is the portfolio manager of the BKCM Digital Asset Fund. Brian is the author of "The Bitcoin Big Bang – How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World."Prior to BKCM LLC, Brian was Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Shelter HarborCapital LLC and managed the Shelter Harbor Capital Global Macro Hedge Fund. As well, Mr. Kelly was a co-founder and President of MKM Partners, a brokerage firm catering to institutional investment managers.Brian provides money management services to a select clientele and consults on digital currencies.Brian is a graduate of the University of Vermont where he received a B.S. in finance. He also holds an M.B.A. from Babson Graduate School of Business with a concentration in finance and econometrics.

## About BKCM

VC Fund · New York, United States

BKCM LLC (the “Company”) is an investment management firm focused on global macro and currency investing, including investing in digital currencies. The Company is located in New York City and operates three funds pursuant to an exemption from CPO registration under CFTC Regulation 4.13(a)(3).The Company’s web site is limited to the disseminationof general information pertaining to its investment services, together with access to additional investment-related information, publications, and links. Accordingly, the publication of Company’s web site on the Internet should not be construed by any consumer and/or prospective client as Company’s solicitation to effect, or attempt to effect transactions in securities or commodities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, over the Internet. The Company does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, timeliness, suitability, completeness, or relevance of any information prepared by any unaffiliated third party, whether linked to Company web site or incorporated herein, and takes no responsibility therefore. All such information is provided solely for convenience purposes only and all users thereof should be guided accordingly.Please remember that different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that the future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy (including those undertaken or recommended by Company) will be profitable or equal any historical performance level(s). With respect to digital currencies, the price of the currencies remain volatile as well as the trading practices of participants in the market. There are cybersecurity risks relating to the hacking of trading platforms for virtual currencies as well as for virtual currency wallets in the spot market. There is also a degree of risk with respect to trading digital currencies through pump and dump schemes, insider trading, false disclosure, Ponzi schemes and other forms of investor fraud and market manipulation. The underlying cash markets and exchanges for Bitcoin remain unregulated and therefore, there are concerns about the price volatility and trading practices of participants.

2 contacts available at BKCM.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Kelly | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kelly-17a0 |
| Lynette Ashby | General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lynette-ashby |

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