# Steve Kokinos

> Steve Kokinos is a seed investor at Fuze, an 8x8 company backing Blockchain. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Fuze, an 8x8 company
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kokinos-79b2/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stevekokinos
- Website: https://x.com/stevekokinos

Steve Kokinos is a seed investor at Fuze, an 8x8 company in Boston focused on Blockchain and Gaming. Steve is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Thinking Phone Networks. Under his leadership, the company is transforming the way enterprises view communications as a key driver of business visibility, process improvement, and results.Previously, Steve was a founder of BladeLogic, Inc., a recognized leader in the data centerautomation market with a Fortune 500 client list that includes GE, Time Warner, Microsoft, Cable & Wireless, Walmart, and Sprint, among others.Prior to BladeLogic, Steven was founder, president, and CEO of WebYes, Inc., an early market leader in the Web hosting and application service provider arena. WebYes provided the electronic software distribution platform for all of Sun Microsystems’ software products, including Java, and was acquired by Breakaway Solutions in 1999. At Breakaway, Steve established and ran the company’s ASP business. He played a critical role in driving the business to $120M in revenue and taking the company public, and in just 18 months was responsible for Breakaway’s #2 worldwide ASP industry ranking.Steve holds a B.A. from McGill University

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.7M–$8.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 43% |
| Gaming | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |
| Music | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YieldNest | YieldNest is a decentralized liquid restaking protocol that enables ETH holders to natively restake their ETH into EigenLayer, earning rewards without sacrificing liquidity, fostering trust-minimized connections between restakers and Node Operators. | $5.2M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| 3thix | 3thix is a gaming wallet that supports games with credit cards, ACH, google, and apple pay, on and off ramps. The aim of 3thix is to restore the enjoyment of gaming while upholding the capabilities and worth of Web3. 3thix is headquartered in Austin, Texas and it was founded in 2023. | $8.5M |  | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| 3thix | 3thix is a gaming wallet that supports games with credit cards, ACH, google, and apple pay, on and off ramps. The aim of 3thix is to restore the enjoyment of gaming while upholding the capabilities and worth of Web3. 3thix is headquartered in Austin, Texas and it was founded in 2023. | $8.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Nimblr | Nimble is an insurance company that provides financial services. They provide services that include actuaries, claims assessors, appraisers, insureds, and capital providers. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2022 |  |
| Dequency | Dequency is a web3 synchronization licensing marketplace. Dequency builds a platform for music and visual creators to connect and collaborate on NFT art and metaverse content. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Sequoia Games | Sequoia Games, Inc. is an officially-licensed sports gaming company, creating games that seamlessly connect physical and digital experiences. FLEX NBA, the company’s first product, is an officially-licensed board game created in partnership with the NBA and National Basketball Players Association. The battle tile game fuses professional sports, thelatest in augmented reality (AR) technology through the game’s mobile companion app, and a registration system that identifies and tracks ownership of player tiles, called Flexagons. |  | Series A | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| Floating Point Group | Floating Point Group (“FPG”) is a prime brokerage that removes the barriers to access liquidity across a broad set of markets in order to deploy advanced cryptocurrency-centric strategies at scale. The company runs the largest global digital asset agency trading desk, partnering with funds and blockchain foundations to efficiently execute theirtrades. Floating Point Group is backed by Tribe Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Anthony Scaramucci, FAST by GettyLab, Borderless Capital, CapitalX, Formulate Ventures, BoxOne Ventures, Seabury Global Markets, AngelList’s Naval Ravikant, and a host of angel and institutional investors.For more information, visit floating.group. | $2M | Seed | May 28, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hands of Midas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hands-of-midas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KittyHawk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kittyhawk-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Algorand Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algorand-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fuze, an 8x8 company

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Fuze is a global, cloud-based unified communications platform that empowers productivity and delivers insights across the enterprise by enabling simplified business voice communications, flexible video conferencing, and always-on collaboration. Formerly ThinkingPhones, Fuze allows the modern, mobile workforce to seamlessly communicate anytime,anywhere, across any device. Fuze is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has additional locations including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Ottawa, London, Amsterdam, Aveiro (Portugal), Paris, Munich, Zurich, Copenhagen, and Sydney.

5 contacts available at Fuze, an 8x8 company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Kokinos | Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-kokinos |
| Brian Day | CEO | — |
| Cedric Pech | SVP Worldwide Sales | — |
| Elisa Gilmartin | Chief People Officer | — |
| Eric Hanson | Chief Marketing Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Kokinos invest in?

Steve Kokinos invests primarily in Blockchain, Gaming and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Steve Kokinos's check size?

Steve Kokinos typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.2M at Seed and $1.7M–$8.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Steve Kokinos participates in.

### How do I contact Steve Kokinos?

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### When did Steve Kokinos last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Kokinos closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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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