Stephen Block Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 8

  • Exits
  • 6

Exits

Stephen Block General Information

Description

Mr. Stephen Block serves as Partner at K5 Ventures. Mr. Block serves as Board Member at Cotton Cuts. He has more than 40 years of broad, legal, management, and executive experience at Fortune 500 corporations and a major New York law firm. Mr. Block has had extensive experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He serves on the Boards of Directors of both private and public companies including the Board of Directors of Senomyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNMX) and ChromaDex Corporation (OTC: CDXC.OB), He is Chairman of the Board of Blue Pacific Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., and a director of Allylix, Inc., XSCapacity, Inc., Vigilistics, Inc. and Masher Media, Inc. (of which he is a co-founder). He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Yale University. He served as an advisor at ElderSense.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • United States
+1 (310)

Stephen Block Investments (8)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
ElderSense 03-Aug-2014 Angel (individual) Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
ElderSense 03-Feb-2014 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
EV Connect 25-Apr-2013 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
GetThis 13-Jun-2012 Internet Retail Out of Business
Allylix 13-Apr-2010 Specialty Chemicals Generating Revenue
Masher Media 10-Aug-2009 Movies, Music and Entertainment Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Allylix 29-Nov-2007 Early Stage VC Specialty Chemicals Generating Revenue
Transcepta 18-Dec-2006 Early Stage VC Financial Software Generating Revenue

Stephen Block Exits (6)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
ElderSense 27-Jan-2023 Out of Business
Transcepta 01-Jul-2022
EV Connect 21-Jun-2022
GetThis 01-Jul-2016
Allylix 16-Dec-2014 Merger/Acquisition
Masher Media 17-May-2014 Bankruptcy: Liquidation

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Stephen Block FAQs

  • Who is Stephen Block?

    Stephen Block is an angel Investor who has made 8 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Stephen Block?

    Stephen Block is an angel investor.

  • What does Stephen Block do?

    As an angel investor, Stephen Block invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Stephen Block invested in?

    Stephen Block has made numerous investments in companies like ElderSense, EV Connect, and GetThis within the Information Services (B2C), Business/Productivity Software, and Internet Retail industries.

  • What has Stephen Block invested in recently?

    Stephen Block's latest investment was on 03-Aug-2014 in ElderSense, a company within the Information Services (B2C) industry.

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