# Richard Li

> Richard Li is a seed investor at 4k.com backing Blockchain. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: 4k.com
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-li-181a368/

Richard Li is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at 4K. Richard was introduced to blockchain the day after bitcoin mining went live, and has been heavily investing in this place since 2012.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Portal to Bitcoin | Portal is a financial services company that trades crypto anywhere without putting coins at risk, all from within a controllable wallet. Founded in 2018, Portal is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.5M |  | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| ClayStack | ClayStack is the next-generation blockchain-agnostic staking protocol that enables users to unlock the power of staked digital assets in the form of liquid staking derivative tokens. | $5.2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Portal to Bitcoin | Portal is a financial services company that trades crypto anywhere without putting coins at risk, all from within a controllable wallet. Founded in 2018, Portal is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.5M | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Genblock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genblock-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Republic capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/republic-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Autonomy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autonomy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 4k.com

VC Fund · Beverly Hills, United States

4K is a platform that bridges asset ownership across physical and digital worlds

2 contacts available at 4k.com.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Li | Founder, CEO | — |
| Max Einhorn | COO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Li invest in?

Richard Li invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Richard Li?

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### When did Richard Li last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Li closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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