Blockchain Capital (formerly ''Crypto Currency Partners)'' is a
venture capital
Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to start-up company, startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in ...
company founded in 2013 by brothers Paul Bart Stephens and William Bradford Stephens.
History
In 2013, Blockchain Capital became one of the first venture capital funds dedicated to bitcoin and crypto projects.
The company invested in several notable category leaders, including
Opensea
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Kraken
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Ethereum
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, and
Coinbase
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In October 2024, Blockchain Capital led a $15 million
Series A investment round in
Bluesky Social, PBC, a social media company, which operates a same-named decentralized microblogging social platform.
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2013 establishments in California
Companies based in San Francisco
Venture capital firms of the United States
Financial services companies established in 2013