# Block

> Block is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinsquare
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Square
- Website: http://squareup.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/squareglobal

Block is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) (formerly Square, Inc.) is a technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$20M |
| Series A | $3.6M–$14M |
| Series B | $17M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 9 | 31% |
| FinTech | 8 | 28% |
| Banking | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| Finance | 4 | 14% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 34% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Seed | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 3 | 10% |
| Series D | 3 | 10% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 52% |
| India | 2 | 7% |
| Egypt | 1 | 3% |
| Ghana | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Statnikov | Head of Customer Lifecycle Automation and Data Platform | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-statnikov |
| Ariel David | Software Engineering Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ariel-david |
| Arvin Aminpour | Software Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvin-aminpour |
| Carrie Peters | Principal / Lead Product Designer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carrie-peters |
| David Rusenko | Head of eCommerce | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-rusenko |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sensori | Sensori is spearheading the trend for social beverages that include nootropics and adaptogens that have been clinically studied to produce a feel-good condition. Sensori provides an uncompromising, all-natural means of connecting, relaxing, and embracing the human experience. | $100K | Seed | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Yellow Card | Yellow Card is the easiest and most convenient way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—no bank account required. | $33M | Series C | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Aston Reinvestment Trust | As a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) ART's remit is to ensure that viable businesses and social enterprises in the West Midlands can access the finance they need. | $2.4M | Corporate Round | Mar 02, 2023 |  |
| Gridless | There is a high demand for reliable, clean, and affordable energy, but mini-grid energy generators struggle to be sustainable. Gridless works with renewable, rural, mini-grid energy generators to monetize the full capacity of their output as a buyer of last resort, as well as serving as an anchor tenant for the creation of new energy generation. | $2M | Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Telda | A financial brand in the MENA region built for Millennials and GenZ to take the pain out of payment experience and peer-to-peer transfers. Telda is bringing a better way to send, spend and save money to anyone who has ever sought an alternative to the traditional banking system. | $20M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Satispay | Satispay is a thriving European payment network with the goal to change the way people pay in stores and online, and exchange money between friends.Launched in 2015, Satispay is independent from debit and credit cards. Easy and cost-convenient for businesses–who can accept payments from clients with a click on their smartphone, tablet, orpc–Satispay is also a simple and secure app for consumers, simplifying the way they pay, as well as a range of other services. | $310.6M | Series D | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Servify | Servify is a mobile-based solution that aims to work as a personal assistant for all electronic gadgets and appliances owned by consumers in a household. The app, in addition to helping consumers store their bills and warranty on the cloud, also connects with the brand-authorized service ecosystem when consumers need a reliable repair. | $65M | Series D | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Flip | Flip operates as a platform that allows users to send money securely without a transaction fee. The company was founded by Rafi Putra Arriyan, Ginanjar Ibnu Solikhin, and Luqman Sungkar in 2015 and is headquartered in Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. | $55M | Series B | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Stem Disintermedia | Stem Disintermedia helps creators, artists, and musicians to collect digital revenue and enables them to track and share their earnings.It develops a platform intended to provide distribution and payments solution for artists and their teams. The platform aggregates cross-platform earnings, create contracts, and honor splits with collaborators,disburse payments and statements to all stakeholders in a project and visualizes performance data for each platform, enabling businesses to bring clarity to the complicated process of revenue management and ensure everyone involved in the creative process gets paid.Milana Rabkin, Tim Luckow, and Jovin Cronin-Wilesmith formed Stem Disintermedia in Los Angeles, California in 2015. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 18, 2022 |  |
| Kyash | Kyash is a Japanese fintech startup offering consumer / business payment services. Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $44.7M | Series D | Mar 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Block, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-fda8) — VC Fund, 27 deals together
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Forerunner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forerunner-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tencent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tencent) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Addition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addition-7af4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Block invest in?

Block invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Block's check size?

Block typically joins rounds of $100k–$20M at Seed, $3.6M–$14M at Series A and $17M–$60M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Block participates in.

### How do I contact Block?

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### Who are the partners at Block?

The team at Block includes Alexander Statnikov (Head of Customer Lifecycle Automation and Data Platform), Ariel David (Software Engineering Manager) and Arvin Aminpour (Software Engineer), among 34 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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