Coinbase Ventures — 2021 Investments

Alchemy is an infrastructure-as-code tool that lets developers define their entire cloud setup as a TypeScript program, with commands to plan, deploy, and destroy resources across providers like Cloudflare and AWS.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsCRCrucible CapitalADAdditionANAndreessen HorowitzCOCoatue ManagementCOCommunitas Capital PartnersDFDFJ+5 more

Amber Group is a digital assets investment and portfolio management firm that serves institutional and individual investors with trading, liquidity provision, and infrastructure solutions for crypto and Web3 projects.

Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG

Wayne Huo(Founder)Michael Wu(Founder)Luke Li(Founder)Thomas Zhu(Founder)Tiantian Kullander(Founder)Tony He(Founder)

Co-investorsBABase PartnersDCDCM VenturesDIDigital Finance GroupDRDragonflyFEFenbushi CapitalGOGobi Partners+9 more

Axelar is an open-source blockchain interoperability project that connects different blockchains so Web3 applications can operate across networks.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechWaterloo

Sergey Gorbunov(Founder)inGeorgios Vlachos(Founder)in

Co-investorsANAndromeda CapitalBIBitDAOCOCollab+CurrencyDCDCVC (Data Collective)DIDivergenceDRDragonfly+19 more

Biconomy provides developer tools and APIs that handle transaction infrastructure for blockchain applications.

Aniket Jindal(Founder)in

Co-investorsBIBitDAOBOBorderless VentureCOCoinFundCRCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)D1D11-LabsDADanu Ventures+29 more

Institutional crypto investment firm founded in 2017 that traded and venture-invested in digital assets; acquired by Arca in 2025.

APAri Paul(Founder)inMatthew Goetz(Founder)

Co-investorsCICircle VenturesTHThree PointUNUnion Square Ventures (USV)GUgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)SOSocial Leverage

Decentralized Auction-as-a-Service platform offering on-chain auctions for tokens, NFTs, ad space and real-world collectibles.

Co-investorsBLBlockchain CapitalMOMow Capital

CoinSwitch provides cryptocurrency trading, investing, and staking services for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors in India.

Crypto & Web3FintechIndia, IN

ASAshish Singhal(Founder)inVimal Sagar Tiwari(Founder)inGovind Soni(Founder)

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoANAndreessen HorowitzPAParadigmPEPeak XV PartnersRIRibbit CapitalTITiger Global Management

Consensys builds a vertically integrated platform for decentralized finance, offering consumer wallet applications, developer infrastructure, blockchain APIs, and protocol-level software that manage the full onchain transaction lifecycle.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US

JLJoseph Lubin(Founder)in

Co-investors181802 VenturesARArcane GroupARArgonautic VenturesBRBR CapitalCMCMT Digital VenturesDRDragonfly+34 more

Blockchain data infrastructure firm whose decentralized Covalent Network indexes multi-chain data served via the GoldRush API.

GSGanesh Swami(Founder)in

Co-investors1K1k(x)1K1kxBIBitDAOBLBlack DragonHAHashedIOIOSG Ventures+10 more

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnergyDenver, US

CCCully Cavness(Founder)inCLChase Lochmiller(Founder)inCharles Cavness(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew DeNezza(Executive Officer)inJSJamey Seely(Executive Officer)inMGMichael Gordon(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesACACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSADAdvaita CapitalAIAir Street CapitalAKAkkaALAlkeon Innovation+73 more

China-based crypto wallet and DeFi portfolio tracker covering hundreds of protocols across multiple blockchains.

THTang Hongbo(Founder)in

Co-investorsCICircle VenturesDRDragonflyFEFenbushi CapitalIOIOSG VenturesMEMetastableSISignum Capital+6 more

Descript is a video creation and editing platform that enables marketing and product teams to produce and update video content quickly using text-based editing.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US

AMAndrew Mason(Founder)in

BoardARAlex Rampell(Director)inNHNabeel Hyatt(Director)inKKKundan Kumar(Director)in

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzATAtelierHUHubSpot VenturesRERedpoint VenturesTOTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundOBObvious Ventures+2 more

DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain designed to store social media data fully on-chain, enabling developers to build decentralized social applications such as social networks, NFT marketplaces, and creator monetization tools.

Co-investorsMAMagnus CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzHAHack VCIDIDEOPAPantera CapitalPOPolychain Capital+3 more

Epic Cleantec develops modular water reuse systems for buildings to recycle onsite wastewater in sustainable construction projects.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechPropTech

ATAaron Tartakovsky(Founder)in

Co-investorsECEcho River CapitalJ-J-ImpactJ-J-VenturesWHWhoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures

Eternal is a Los Angeles NFT marketplace for trading Twitch streamer clips, a Y Combinator W20 company now listed as acquired.

ConsumerGamingLos Angeles, US

JTJeffrey Tong(Founder)inAMAlex Mather(Founder)inReggie James(Founder)DCDerek ChianginJelyn Hermosa(Chief of Staff)

Co-investorsARArrington CapitalY Y Combinator46468 CapitalAMAmbush CapitalARArrington XRP CapitalBABackbone Ventures+17 more

Hashed is a venture firm and team of blockchain specialists that backs and helps founders building in the crypto and blockchain space.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechSeoul, KR

Co-investorsMIMirana VenturesPEPearl Abyss CapitalACAccompliceALAlameda ResearchWHWhite Star Capital

Hxro Network is a Solana-based decentralized liquidity, risk and margin primitive for derivatives and parimutuel betting markets.

Co-investorsCTCTC VenturesALAlameda ResearchBLBlockchain CapitalCHChicago Trading CompanyCOCoinFundCOCommonwealth+5 more

Incode provides AI-powered identity verification and fraud prevention services for financial services, fintech, healthcare, gaming, and enterprise customers globally.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

RARicardo Amper(Founder)inJesse Franklin(Executive Officer)inRoman Karatchinski(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTRThomas Rubens(Director)inJSJohn Somorjai(Director)inAlexander Crisses(Director)

Co-investors3L3L CapitalCHChispa VCDIDila CapitalDNDN CapitalEQEQUIAMFJFJ Labs+9 more

Liquality builds decentralized tools and protocols, including a browser-extension crypto wallet that offers a multi-chain interface to Web3 with interoperability features.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSaaSNew York, US

TMThessy Mehrain(Executive Officer, Director)inSLSimon Lapscher(Executive Officer, Director)inSCShawn Cheng(Director)inBKBaek Kim(Director)in

Co-investorsGAGalaxy VenturesWHWhite Star CapitalACAccompliceALAlameda ResearchGAGalaxy Digital Assets FundHAHashed

Full-stack financial platform for women offering loans and resources for micro-entrepreneurs

Co-investorsF7f7 VenturesSASamsung NextTRTRTL Ventures50500 Global

MakersPlace was an NFT marketplace for digital art that operated from 2018 until it wound down in 2025.

DCDaniel Chu(Founder)inDCDannie Chu(Founder)inRyoma Ito(Founder)Yash Nelapati(Founder)

Co-investorsDRDraft Ventures LlcJUJustin “3LAU” BlauPAPantera Capital9Y9Yards CapitalBEBessemer Venture PartnersF7f7 Ventures+2 more

Metrika operates an enterprise platform for real-time digital asset and blockchain risk monitoring, scoring and compliance reporting.

Cambridge, US

Nikolaos Adrikogiannopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)Ruben Gruber(Director)

BoardSKSwaroop Kolluri(Director)in

Co-investorsNENeotribe VenturesNYNycaNYNyca PartnersSASamsung NextSCSCB 10X

MobileCoin operates Sentz, a mobile app that lets people send, receive, hold, and earn on stablecoins using only a phone number, without a bank account.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

JGJoshua Goldbard(Executive Officer, Director)inShane Glynn(Founder)Todd Huffman(Director)Josh Goldbard(Founder)

Co-investorsGEGenblock CapitalGEGeneral CatalystGLGlobal Blockchain VenturesHAHack VCKIKindred VenturesMUMulticoin Capital+9 more

Ethereum-based DeFi protocol for borrowing and lending crypto assets at fixed rates and fixed terms.

New York City, US

JWJeff Wu(Founder)inTeddy Woodward(Founder)inDiana Munoz(Executive Officer, Director)Omar Camargo(Executive Officer, Director)Persis Manfred Sarmiento(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors1C1confirmationALAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BLBlockchain CoinvestorsIDIDEO CoLab VenturesNANascentPAPantera Capital+3 more

Rarible operates an NFT marketplace where users can browse collections and view trading data such as floor prices, sales, and volume.

Crypto & Web3MarketplacesWilmington, US

AFAlexei Falin(Founder)inSalnikov Alexander(Executive Officer, Director)Alexander Salnikov(Founder)

BoardBrukhman Jake(Director)

Co-investors1K1k(x)1K1kxBOBollinger Investment GroupD1D1 VenturesPAParaFi CapitalPAParafi General Fund+4 more

Royal is building products at the intersection of music and cryptocurrency to create economic opportunities for both musicians and listeners.

Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment

JD Ross(Founder)Justin Blau(Founder)

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoANAndreessen HorowitzBABackwards CapitalCRCrush VenturesLILitquidity VenturesPAParadigm+6 more

Secureframe provides a compliance automation platform that helps enterprises maintain security and compliance posture with common controls mapping across multiple frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

SMShrav Mehta(Founder)inNatasja Nielsen(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesANAngel Collective Opportunity FundBOBoxGroupCOContraryGAGaingelsGRGradient Ventures+17 more

Snapshot is an open-source, off-chain gasless voting client that DAOs use to run token- and NFT-based governance proposals.

Co-investorsDEDeepTech VenturesLOLongHash Ventures1K1kxSTStarkware

Stader Labs is a non-custodial, smart-contract-based liquid staking platform that lets users stake crypto assets across multiple Proof-of-Stake networks while retaining liquidity through tokenized staked assets usable in DeFi protocols.

Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG

Amitej Gajjala(Founder)Dheeraj Borra(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelBEBetter CapitalPAPantera CapitalTRTriblockACAccel IndiaACAccomplice+19 more

Tokemak offers Autopools, automated DeFi vaults that optimize yield by rebalancing across major protocols and assets including ETH and stablecoins.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBLBlockchain CapitalBOBollinger Investment GroupCOConsenSys MeshDIDivergenceNINIVYOYoubi Capital+3 more

TRM Labs offers an online certification course on blockchain investigations and crypto forensics for professionals who need to trace cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSan Francisco, US

ECEsteban Castaño(Founder)inRRRahul Raina(Founder)inSRSujit Raman(Chief Legal Officer)inARAri Redbord(Global Head of Policy)inTATom Armstrong(Head of Compliance Advisory)Liza Lebovitz(Head of Recruiting)

Co-investors1010T FundALAlumni VenturesB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalBABasecamp FundBEBessemer Venture Partners+36 more

XMTP is an open source, decentralized messaging protocol that uses quantum-resistant encryption to let developers build secure, programmable chat apps, mini-apps, and AI agents with native support for payments and digital assets.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSocialWilmington, US

Matthew P. Galligan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shane McSimov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)SMShane Mac(Founder)inMatt Galligan(Founder)

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoAMAmbush CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBEBetaworksFAFactionHAHAWKTAIL+16 more

Yellow.ai is an agentic AI platform for customer service automation that uses multi-LLM architecture and conversational data to help enterprises reduce operational costs and improve customer interactions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBangalore, IN

RKRashid Khan(Founder)inJKJaya Kishore Reddy Gollareddy(Founder)inRRRaghu Ravinutala(Founder)inJaya Kishore Gollareddy(Founder)JKJaya Kishore Reddy(Founder)in

Co-investorsLILightspeed India PartnersLILightspeed Venture PartnersSASapphire VenturesTITitan CapitalBLBlockchain.com VenturesBLBlume Ventures+6 more

YellowSculpt provides AI-powered 3D character generation software that converts text prompts into fully rigged, animation-ready models for studios and game makers.

AI & Machine LearningGamingPalo Alto, US

MWMandeep Waraich(Founder)inVSVincent Sitzmann, PhD(Co-founder and Chief Scientist)

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzBLBlockchain.com VenturesCACastle Island VenturesFAFabric VenturesMOMONASHEESMOMoonPay+3 more