Bradford Stephens

Bradford Stephens General Information

Biography

Mr. W. Bradford Stephens is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Blockchain Capital. Mr. Stephens serves as Board Member at Securitize. He served as Board Member at Diem Association. He is also a Co-Founder and served as Managing Partner at Stephens Investment Management. Mr. Stephens also served as Advisor at CoinCircle. 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, he worked as the senior analyst at Fidelity Ventures, the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity, he focused on the areas of Internet Security and New Media, and 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. He 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, he 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. He also holds a B.A. in economics from Duke University.