Stephens Investment Management
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Stephens Investment Management is a boutique investment firm that manages a family of financial products. These products include: Hedge Funds, sector-focused Venture Funds, an Income Fund, a Real Estate Fund, a Fund-of-Funds, and private company Direct Investments. The underlying core to our strategy is based on conducting fundamental research ongrowing companies and sectors.They are long-term investors, with a focus on value-priced growth companies. In conducting their bottom-up research, they look for: improving fundamentals, turnaround situations, new management or products, insider buying and other changes in the business that could become an investment catalyst. Their main three sectors of expertise are Technology, Healthcare and Natural Resources.In addition, Stephens Investment Management acts as a strategic family office for the three family partners.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Stephens Investment Management invests in
Stages Stephens Investment Management invests in
Countries Stephens Investment Management invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Payments 3 (75%)
- Finance 2 (50%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (50%)
- Financial Services 2 (50%)
- Financial Exchanges 2 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Series A 2 (50%)
Country
- Kenya 2 (50%)
- United States 2 (50%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Paul Stephens
Partner and Chairman
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Partner and Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZA Finance is a digital foreign exchange and payment platform that leverages blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. AZA Group is a market-maker in every major African currency and opens corridors for business payments and trade between frontier markets andthe rest of the world. AZA Group was the first blockchain company to be licensed by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and follows stringent KYC practices. AZA Group services frontier market businesses and multinationals paying suppliers as far as China and UAE, as well as cryptocurrency traders. Our API also enables international remittance companies to send white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, and the DRC. | Seed / Feb 09, 2015 | ||
| AZA Finance is a global payments and FX fintech. Founded in Nairobi, AZA Finance makes it easier for companies around the world to exchange currencies, make payments, and settle easily in all major African and G20 currencies (including digital currencies). AZA Finance was the first company in the world to trade digital currencies using mobile moneyand the first ever to make a market directly between digital currencies and African currencies. They service frontier market businesses as well as multinational corporates paying partners and suppliers around the world, and works with several of the largest global remittance firms to send white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators across Africa. | $1.1M / Seed / Feb 09, 2015 | ||
| Bitnet provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. Bitnet’s engineering, product, and business development team help in building and managing the world’s largest payment gateway, CyberSource (NASDAQ: CYBS), which was sold to the world’s largest payment network, Visa (NYSE: V), for $2billion in 2010. | $14.5M / Series A / Oct 20, 2014 | ||
| 23andMe is a leading genetics-led health company dedicated to helping individuals understand the human genome. Through its consumer platform, the company provides actionable insights into ancestry, inherited traits, and genetic health risks, empowering people to take a proactive and preventative approach to their long-term wellness. By makinggenetic information accessible and understandable, 23andMe helps users discover their heritage while identifying potential health predispositions.Beyond its consumer services, the organization operates the 23andMe Research Institute, a mission-driven initiative that collaborates with the global scientific community to accelerate medical breakthroughs. With one of the world's largest databases of consented genetic and phenotypic information, the company is at the forefront of therapeutic discovery and precision medicine. 23andMe remains committed to its goal of leveraging genetic data to improve human health, drive scientific innovation, and provide researchers with the tools needed to combat complex diseases. | Series A / Oct 03, 2007 |
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FAQ
What does Stephens Investment Management invest in?
Stephens Investment Management invests primarily in Payments, Finance and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Stephens Investment Management includes Paul Stephens (Partner and Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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