# Stephane Philipakis

> Stephane Philipakis is a seed investor at Twazzup backing Bitcoin and TV. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Twazzup
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanephilipakis

Stephane Philipakis is a seed investor at Twazzup in Los Angeles focused on Bitcoin and TV. Stephane Philipakis - Co-Founder @ Twazzup

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$3.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 2 | 40% |
| TV | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| France | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skyways | Skyways designs and manufactures long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft systems for logistics and operational efficiency. It offers drone hardware, software, and AI technology that enable autonomous operations to allow defense, maritime, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries to achieve scalable, integrated aerial solutions. The companyprovides two UAV models: the operational V2 (max range ≈ 450 miles, payload ~30 lb) and the upcoming V3 (range 1,000+ miles, payload ~100 lb). The company serves sectors like oil & gas, military, defense, and emergency response, delivering life‑saving supplies, offshore resupply, and critical components via VTOL unmanned systems. | $1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2017 |  |
| Chefclub | Chefclub is a cooking channel that shows food videos on television and the Internet. The company is a multicultural team of talent from all around the world, with a passion for cooking. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France. | $700K | Seed | Oct 01, 2016 |  |
| Paymium | Founded in 2011, Paymium is pioneering Bitcoin services, with several tens of thousands of European customers.Paymium.com is the first European Bitcoin marketplace compliant with EU regulations on payment services.Paymium also offers solutions for merchants and payment processors allowing them to accept payments in bitcoins, while avoidingcurrency risks and reducing transaction costs.Paymium is a French company headquartered in Paris. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 02, 2015 |  |
| Fieldwire | Fieldwire is the field management platform construction pros count on to easily manage the job site.Construction companies of all sizes use Fieldwire to power clear communication on over 500,000 projects worldwide. With its easy-to-use mobile application, Fieldwire saves each user 1 hour every day by enabling more efficient information sharingonsite. Fieldwire’s key features include plan viewing, task management, issue tracking, reporting, and more — all accessible from one place. Fieldwire is venture-backed by top investors in the industry and is already transforming the way dispersed teams communicate and collaborate on projects. Fieldwire is the easiest way for construction companies to stay organized on the job site. |  | Seed | Feb 05, 2015 |  |
| BlockCypher | BlockCypher is a cloud-optimized platform powering blockchain applications reliably and at-scale. BlockCypher's web services are blockchain agnostic and greatly reduce the complexity of building applications that run on multiple blockchains. Easily build, run and future proof blockchain applications on BlockCypher's infrastructure. | $3.1M | Seed | Jan 14, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelPad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelpad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avolta Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avoltapartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Twazzup

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Twazzup.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stephane Philipakis | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephane-philipakis |

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## FAQ

### What does Stephane Philipakis invest in?

Stephane Philipakis invests primarily in Bitcoin, TV and SaaS startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Stephane Philipakis's check size?

Stephane Philipakis typically joins rounds of $700k–$3.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stephane Philipakis participates in.

### How do I contact Stephane Philipakis?

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### When did Stephane Philipakis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stephane Philipakis closed in Jul 2017. Shizune tracks 5 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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