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The Coinbase Mafia
121 people came through Coinbase and went on to found or lead other companies.
Fred WilsonLead Independent Director; Chair, Compensation CommitteeFounded Union Square Ventures (USV)Balaji SrinivasanCTOFounded Counsyl +1Fred EhrsamBoard Of DirectorsFounded NudgeBrian ArmstrongCEOFounded NewLimitGary VaynerchukInvestorFounded VaynerX +5Surojit ChatterjeeChief Product OfficerFounded Ema +2Eric LiuData EngineerFounded Totalis +2Shiv ShankarHead of Engineering, Onboarding and ComplianceFounded Boundless +2Rob WitoffChief Technology OfficerFounded ChalkTalk +1Tanooj LuthraSenior Crypto EngineerFounded Elph +1Dannie ChuSr Director, Head of Growth EngineeringFounded Makersplace +1Karri SaarinenHead of DesignFounded Linear +1Andrew ChangSoftware EngineerFounded Paxos +1Paul KatsenProduct ManagementFounded Gym Class +1Kuberan MarimuthuEngineeringFounded Hashcube +1Nikhil SrinivasanProduct Manager, CryptoFounded Islands +1Abhay GuptaProduct ManagerFounded bidgely +1Steijn PelleProduct Lead, GrowthFounded Lassie +1Jimoh OvbiageleProduct ManagerFounded Benchiq +1Viktoriya HyingSr. Associate, Business DevelopmentFounded B3OS Private +1Sean GengEngineering ManagerFounded B3OS Private +1Omid AhouraiSenior Software EngineerFounded Bitesize +1Vishal K. GuptaHead of ExchangeFounded True Markets +1Marc AndruskoDirectorFounded OpswareNick TomainoBusiness DevelopmentFounded 1confirmationWalker ForehandAngel InvestorFounded Canapi VenturesSteve JangInvestorFounded Kindred VenturesLeo LiangHead of Data Platform and ServicesFounded CipherOwlBrian BrooksChief Legal OfficerFounded BitfuryWill KantarosSoftware Engineer InternFounded DecentKingsley AdvaniInvestorFounded AllocationsGregory TusarHead of Institutional ProductFounded TagomiAlexCorporate Development InternFounded Project ElevenAnthony DeMartinoDirector, Institutional TradingFounded SentoraBharat MedirattaEngineering FellowFounded AltSchoolRobin HarbortHead Of Operations, GermanyFounded QivalisOlaf Carlson-WeeHead of Risk & Product ManagerFounded PolychainMarc BhargavaBusiness Operations and StrategyFounded TagomiDayton ThorpeSenior Data ScientistFounded MercatorTravis BloomEngineering ManagerFounded Pawlicy AdvisorDennis QianSenior Software EngineerFounded DefinitiveBurkay GurEngineering Manager, Machine Learning PlatformFounded falAntonio Garcia-MartinezDirectorFounded AdGrokNemil DalalSenior Director of ProductFounded DreamforgeRoger GuDirector of PartnershipsFounded EmburseNick DeMonnerDirector of Engineering, Coinbase ProFounded Seneca SystemsZassmin Montes de OcaSr Engineering Manager, Security EngineeringFounded Women Who CodeGoutham BuchiDirector of Engineering - Retail App + GrowthFounded SycamoreVicc AlexanderSoftware Engineer, iOSFounded PollyNadav HollanderSoftware EngineerFounded Dharma LabsWill MegsonSenior Director - ProductFounded BouncerDaniel NordhDesign Manager, Consumer ProductsFounded Peg (formerly Paymobil)Akshay RamaswamyProduct ManagerFounded OmniChetan RaneProduct ManagerFounded OmniAndrew GoldSoftware Engineer, WalletFounded ZiinaJimmy YoungProductFounded CacheAmey ChauguleStaff Software EngineerFounded DenormalizedDanna LiuSoftware Engineering InternFounded PoplarMLMiles JohnsonStaff Software EngineerFounded moonrepoJames PozdenaSenior Staff Software EngineerFounded moonrepoJacob ThorntonSr. Staff Software EngineerFounded PierreIan OwnbeyStaff Software EngineerFounded PierreSachin SubramanianSoftware Engineering InternFounded SweetspotPhilip KungSoftware EngineerFounded SweetspotSamuel SanProduct ManagerFounded RecipeUIAnand ChaturvediProduct ManagerFounded diliBrian FernandezSoftware EngineerFounded diliAchintya AshokTech Lead / Sr. SWE, Advanced TradingFounded OneGrepBrian CripeStaff Software EngineerFounded OneGrepAjay KoritalaSoftware EngineerFounded OddsViewTravis UekiSenior Software EngineerFounded DoublezeroCarl CortrightSoftware Engineer IIFounded FlyflowPritee TembhekarProduct ManagerFounded FlyflowArjun MaheswaranSenior Staff Machine Learning EngineerFounded Rowboat LabsRamnique SinghStaff Software EngineerFounded Rowboat LabsNang AngSoftware Engineer InternFounded StreamableChris HaileyEngineeringFounded OS3Chris NoletSenior Software EngineerFounded Button ComputerCole DermottStablecoins Engineering InternFounded LocusAnirudh PupnejaSoftware EngineerFounded RedaptoDavid MaulickSoftware EngineerFounded Scott AIJanak SunilProduct Manager InternFounded Specific LabsJoseph McAllisterSenior Software Engineer - ML PlatformFounded MouseCatChristian PickettSoftware EngineerFounded OrthogonalRushil AgarwalTechnical Product Manager InternFounded Human ArchivePhillip YanSWE InternFounded MaingenThanos BaskousDirector of EngineeringFounded CogentTim WagnerVP EngineeringFounded VendiaAdrian MacneilDirector of EngineeringFounded FoxgloveSoups RanjanDirector of Data Science & RiskFounded SardineAntonio JulianoSoftware EngineerFounded dYdXElena NadolinskiPM, BaseFounded Iron FishJori LalloSoftware EngineerFounded LinearMing JiangHead of Product, Crypto Data and Crypto ComplianceFounded CipherOwlDurgesh KaushikSr. Director - Global Market ExpansionFounded ModveonDee GoensMarketing Manager, Brand PartnershipsFounded Zora
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Coinbase mafia?
- The Coinbase mafia is the network of 121 people who came through Coinbase and went on to found or lead other companies, including Union Square Ventures (USV), Counsyl, Nudge, NewLimit, VaynerX.
- Who is in the Coinbase mafia?
- Notable members include Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures (USV)), Balaji Srinivasan (Counsyl), Fred Ehrsam (Nudge), Brian Armstrong (NewLimit), Gary Vaynerchuk (VaynerX), Surojit Chatterjee (Ema), Eric Liu (Totalis), Shiv Shankar (Boundless), among 121 tracked members.
- What companies did Coinbase alumni found?
- Companies founded by Coinbase alumni include Union Square Ventures (USV), Counsyl, Nudge, NewLimit, VaynerX, Ema, Totalis, Boundless, ChalkTalk, Elph.