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Tony Schmidt is the operating Partner and COO of Blockchain Capital.
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Spencer Bogart
Spencer Bogart is a General Partner at Blockchain Capital and leads the firm’s research efforts. Spencer is a fundamental investment analyst with a rare combination of deep experience analyzing cryptocurrencies as well as traditional equity opportunities. Spencer joined in February 2017. Prior to joining Blockchain Capital, Spencer was a Vice President at Needham & Company, where he authored Wall Street’s first industry report highlighting the use-cases, companies and potential of blockchain technology. Aside from leading all research efforts related to crypto and blockchain during his time at Needham & Company, Spencer also covered public SaaS, FinTech, and internet companies, authored reports on those sectors and issued price targets on companies under coverage. Spencer is a CFA charter holder, holds an Economics degree from UCSB, and enjoys spending time with family in Ireland and California.
W Bradford Stephens
Brad Stephens is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital, the premier venture capital fund investing in the blockchain technology sector and the first to raise a venture fund through an ICO. Prior to Blockchain Capital, Brad was Managing Partner of Stephens Investment Management LLC (SIM), which he co-founded in 2002. His diverse background in domestic and international finance includes sell-side securities analysis, hedge fund management, venture capital, and family office management. Prior to co-founding SIM, Brad worked as the senior analyst at Fidelity Ventures, the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity, Brad focused on the areas of Internet Security and New Media, leading investments into e-Security, Sanctum, and Managed Objects. He also founded Fidelity's Biometric Consortium, a cutting-edge collaboration of all Fidelity's business units designed to explore, pilot, and implement biometric security systems within Fidelity and eventually its consumer clients. Brad also worked as a research analyst in CSFB's Technology Group, specializing in Internet Security and Internet infrastructure software. While at CSFB, Brad helped raise over $1.3 billion for companies under coverage. Prior to working at CSFB, Brad worked as a research analyst at Furman Selz (later acquired by ING Barings), where he co-founded their Internet Research Group and co-authored the first financial industry piece on Internet Security. Brad holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University.
Aleks Larsen
Aleks Larsen is a general partner at Blockchain Capital. With a multidisciplinary background, Aleks brings a unique combination of experience in systems engineering, fundamental analysis and capital markets to the firm. Prior to joining Blockchain Capital, Aleks worked as an investment banking analyst at Guggenheim Partners, focusing on mergers & acquisitions and equity financings within the biotechnology sector. Aleks graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Systems Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
Alan Curtis
Alan Curtis is the CEO at Rio Network, Head of Platform of Blockchain Capital and has previously served as the Chief Technology Officer of Core Scientific and the CEO of RADAR.
Caleb Tebbe
Caleb Tebbe is Principal Research Engineer at Blockchain Capital. Formerly, Chief Technology Officer at Radar, Data Science Software Engineer at Coinbase.
Adam Patel
Adam Patel is a Web3 investor who previously worked as an investment analyst at Blockchain Capital, AllianceDAO, and Volt Capital. He is also the founder and president of Blockchain at LUC, which opened the first blockchain club at Loyola University in Chicago. With a background in computer science and data science, he is passionate about decentralized networks, crypto and blockchain, and wants to make an impact on the world around him.
Derek Hsue
Derek Hsue is the Co-Founder at Reverie and formerly an analyst at Blockchain Capital. Before that, he worked in the Private Funds group at Mercury Capital, where he focused on venture capital fund diligence. Derek is an active writer, and has explored various topics including governance, mining, and privacy. He is also a founding member of the Penn Blockchain Club, where he taught an introduction course to cryptocurrencies. Derek attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he got his B.S. in Economics and Finance.
Anay Simunovic
Anay Simunovic is an investor at Blockchain Capital and was previously the host of DAOn the RabbitHole. She graduated from McGill University in Canada.
Brock Pierce
Brock Pierce is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist with an extensive track record of founding, advising, and investing in disruptive businesses. He is credited with pioneering the market for digital currency and has raised more than $5 billion for companies he has founded. Pierce is the Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and co-founder of EOS Alliance, Block.one, Blockchain Capital, Tether, and Mastercoin (first ICO). Block.one was created in 2017 and has sold over $4 billion tokens in the EOS crowdsale, making it the largest ever. Blockchain Capital was founded in 2013 and is the first sector-focused venture fund that invests solely in Blockchain technology companies. Pierce led the firm through the first ICO of a venture fund, which created the first security token. Blockchain Capital has made more than 100 investments in the sector across its four funds and was named the most active FinTech Venture Fund by Pitchbook. Tether is the first stable coin and asset-backed token. Pierce is an early investor in Bitcoin and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale. He is the founder of IMI Exchange, the world’s leading digital currency marketplace for games, with annual sales exceeding $1 billion and investors such as Goldman Sachs, which was sold in 2016 for more than $100 million. Pierce founded ZAM, one of the world’s largest media properties for gamers, which was acquired by Tencent in 2012. He founded IGE, the pioneer of digital currency in online games, achieving revenues exceeding $100 million in 2006 and sold in 2007. Pierce is also a co-founder of D10e, GoCoin, Blade Payments, Five Delta (sold NASDAQ: SRAX), Xfire 2.0, Playsino, Evertune, GamesTV, and DEN. He also advises Airswap, Bancor, BitGo, BitGuild, BlockV, Bloq, DNA, Element Group, Metronome, Shyft, and tZERO.
H. Joshua Rivera
H. Joshua Rivera is an operating partner of Blockchain Capital LLC. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.