Where does Brian Armstrong work?

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

What companies did Brian Armstrong found?

Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase, NewLimit.

Where did Brian Armstrong go to school?

Brian Armstrong studied at Rice University (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); Rice University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).

Brian Armstrong

Investor2× unicorn founder

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

San Francisco, CA

FoundedCoinbase$47B · YC NewLimit$3.1B

Find your path to Brian

364 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ken ChenaultunlockedBrian: together at IBM (2003)

×6Brian: together at Coinbase

Brian: together at IBM

×3Brian: together at Airbnb

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.

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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 →

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Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit

Intro paths

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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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Coinbase's investors · 61

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 CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks 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 East West Ventures EWVLos Angeles 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 CheskyAirbnb Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Nathan BlecharczykAirbnb Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Joe GebbiaAirbnb Co-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

Skills & more

User Experience11Fraud Detection3Cryptography2Payment Systems1FundraisingEntrepreneurship7Hiring1Product DevelopmentRuby22JavaScript17MySQL15jQuery10

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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

Who is Brian Armstrong?: 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.
Where does Brian Armstrong work?: Brian Armstrong is Co-founder & CEO of Coinbase and Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase Ventures and Co-founder, Board of Directors at NewLimit and Software Engineer at Airbnb.
What companies did Brian Armstrong found?: Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase, NewLimit.
Where did Brian Armstrong go to school?: Brian Armstrong studied at Rice University (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); Rice University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
What podcasts and interviews feature Brian Armstrong?: Tracked appearances include "Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization".