# Claire Balva

> Claire Balva is a angel investor at Blockchain Partner (Paris) backing FinTech and Bitcoin. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blockchain Partner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-partner)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairebalva/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ClaireBalva
- Website: https://x.com/ClaireBalva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claire.balva

Claire Balva is a angel investor at Blockchain Partner in Paris focused on FinTech and Bitcoin. Claire Balva is the CEO of Blockchain Partner, the leading startup on blockchain consulting in France. Blockchain Partner was created through the merger of Blockchain France and Labo Blockchain in 2017. It gathers 3 poles of expertise – strategic, technical and legal – allowing companies to fully embrace the potential of blockchain technologies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tilvest | Tilvest is an internet platform and a digital asset management service for financial advisors. They offer access to the digital asset market. It also helps create a wallet for customers, access complete and personalized reporting, and discover strategies for customers. | $488.3K | Angel | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Bitstack | It all started with an idea in 2021. Initially built to democratize Bitcoin in France, Bitstack has gone from a simple product that rounds up your everyday purchases and invests the spare change in bitcoin, to a dynamic app bringing a better way to manage all things money, with better money. Our mission is to empower people to better financetheir future by participating in a more open and inclusive financial system. We are rebuilding finance from the group up by building the first crypto-native bank that leverages Bitcoin and stablecoins to revolutionize consumer banking. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 11, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-future) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sharpstone Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharpstone-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blockchain Partner

VC Fund · Paris, France

Created through the merger of two major French blockchain start-ups (Blockchain France and Labo Blockchain), Blockchain Partner is the French leader in consulting around blockchain technologies. Our expertises rely on three cores – strategic, technical and legal – thus enabling to identify blockchain use cases adapted to each organization, developtechnical solutions, and assess the legal compliance of blockchain projects.

2 contacts available at Blockchain Partner.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claire Balva | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-balva |
| Agathe Jambu-Merlin | Sales Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agathe-jambu-merlin |

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## FAQ

### What does Claire Balva invest in?

Claire Balva invests primarily in FinTech, Bitcoin and Internet startups, most often at Angel and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Claire Balva last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Claire Balva closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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