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Brian Armstrong

Investor

Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase Ventures

United States

FoundedCoinbase$47B · YC

Experience

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

Education

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

Skills & more

User Experience11Fraud Detection3Cryptography2Payment Systems1FundraisingEntrepreneurship7Hiring1Product DevelopmentRuby22JavaScript17MySQL15jQuery10
+7 moreJavaAndroidHTMLMongoDBLeadershipStrategyManagement

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.
What companies did Brian Armstrong found?
Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase.

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Rice University mafia51

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Shared employers

Also worked at NewLimit4

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Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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