Where does Brian Armstrong work?

Brian Armstrong is Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase Ventures and Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit and Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase and Software Engineer at Airbnb.

What companies did Brian Armstrong found?

Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase, NewLimit, Airbnb.

Brian Armstrong

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase Ventures · Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit · Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase · Software Engineer at Airbnb

San Francisco, CA

FoundedCoinbase$47B · YC NewLimit Airbnb · YC

About

Brian Armstrong co-founded Coinbase in 2012 out of Y Combinator and took it public by direct listing in 2021, making it the first major US crypto company to list and the industry's principal regulated on-ramp. A former Airbnb engineer, he fought and largely won a landmark SEC enforcement action, published the mission-focused-company memo that reshaped debates on politics at work, and founded NewLimit and ResearchHub.

Beyond investing

Education: Holds a BA in computer science and economics and an MS in computer science, both from Rice University.
More: Ran UniversityTutor.com, the online tutoring directory he started at Rice, for nine years alongside his other jobs.

Mentioned above: the Rice University mafia →

From Brian's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit

Intro paths

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In turn, Brian can intro founders to NewLimit's investors below.

NewLimit's investors · 13

Co-founders at NewLimit

Blake ByersDirector

Jacob KimmelDirector

Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase YC S12

Intro paths

Brian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Coinbase's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Brian can intro founders to Coinbase's investors below.

Coinbase's investors · 59

1confirmationIncline Village 9Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco a16z cryptoMenlo Park Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Ansa CapitalNew York · $5M – $15M checks ARK Investment ManagementSt. Petersburg Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks Blockchain CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $200K checks Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026 Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks Digital Currency GroupNew York Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks Draper DragonSilicon Valley Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)San Mateo F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks Form CapitalMiami · $200K – $300K checks Geodesic CapitalFoster City Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checks IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks K2 GlobalSingapore Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks MastrySan Francisco MitonC$200K – $5M checks Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checks Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks Nelstone Ventures Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks Notation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checks Owl Capital Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks Propel Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks Red Swan VenturesNew York · $500K – $1M checks Refactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checks Reinventure GroupSydney Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks Rob Witoff S32Palo Alto Section 32Palo Alto Sozo VenturesRedwood City Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks Spice CapitalNew York · $100K – $250K checks SquareOne CapitalMiami Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checks SV AngelSan Francisco Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Tusk Venture PartnersNew York · $750K – $2M checks Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checks Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks Wonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Coinbase

Fred EhrsamCo-founder

Software Engineer at Airbnb YC W09

Intro paths

Brian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Airbnb's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Brian can intro founders to Airbnb's investors below.

Airbnb's investors · 64

137 VenturesSan Francisco A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco A*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checks ACE & CompanyNew York ACME CapitalSan Francisco Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checks Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checks Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks Amakor$25M – $200M checks Amity VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019 Axel Springer Digital VenturesBerlin Band of AngelsSilicon Valley BetaworksNew York · $250K – $750K checks Bezos Expeditions CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks CrunchFund Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Eniac VenturesNew York · $1.2M checks EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checks Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks G SquaredChicago General AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks Geodesic CapitalFoster City Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Hillhouse CapitalChangyang · $2.9M – $220M checks Huangpu River CapitalShanghai ICONIQSan Francisco InvestXVancouver Jazzya InvestmentsAlcobendas JuniperoMiami K2 GlobalSingapore K3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Manhattan Venture PartnersNew York MetaPropNew York · $100K – $1M checks MetaProp VenturesNew York Mighty CapitalSan Francisco MSA NovoSingapore · $1.5M – $32M checks NextEquity PartnersMenlo Park Night CapitalCapitola Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks Prime VenturesAmsterdam · $5.4M – $16.2M checks Raptor GroupMiami Beach Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks Sequoia Capital’s Scout programMenlo Park · $25K – $100K checks Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park Sixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checks Smile GroupSingapore Sound VenturesSanta Monica Standard CapitalSan Francisco STS Ventures GmbHCologne · $220K – $1.1M checks SV AngelSan Francisco SWaN & Legend Venture PartnersLeesburg Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Transmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $5M checks Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco Wonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2009

Co-founders at Airbnb

Brian CheskyCo-founder & CEO

Nathan BlecharczykCo-founder & CSO

Joe GebbiaCo-founder

Joe G.Founder

Experience

NewLimitCo-Foundercurrent2021 — presentSouth San Francisco, California, United States
CoinbaseCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Airbnb.comTechnical Product Manager2011 — 2012
UniversityTutor.comCEO & Founder2003 — 2012
Deloitte & ToucheConsultant - Enterprise Risk Management2005Houston, TX
IBMIntern Team Lead2003San Jose, CA

Education

Rice UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science2005 — 2006
Rice UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science2001 — 2005

Skills & more

User Experience11Fraud Detection3Cryptography2Payment Systems1FundraisingEntrepreneurship7Hiring1Product DevelopmentRuby22JavaScript17MySQL15jQuery10

+7 more

JavaAndroidHTMLMongoDBLeadershipStrategyManagement

From Brian's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Brian Armstrong

Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization

Y Combinator

Colleagues at Coinbase Ventures

Aklil Ibssa

Investor at Coinbase Ventures

Alesia Haas

CFO at Coinbase Ventures

Brandon Myint

Investor at Coinbase Ventures

Brian Foster

Director, Coinbase Prime & Coinbase Ventures at Coinbase Ventures

Chris Lehane

Board Member at Coinbase Ventures

Christa Davies

Board Member at Coinbase Ventures

Emilie Choi

President and COO at Coinbase Ventures

Fred Ehrsam

Co-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of Nudge

Frequently asked questions

Where does Brian Armstrong work?: Brian Armstrong is Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase Ventures and Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit and Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase and Software Engineer at Airbnb.
What companies did Brian Armstrong found?: Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase, NewLimit, Airbnb.