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Devin Finzer

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder/CEO at OpenSea · Founder at Ozone Networks

United States

FoundedOpenSea$13.3B · YCOzone Networks

About

Devin Finzer is the co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, the NFT marketplace that reached a $13.3 billion valuation in January 2022 and made him and co-founder Alex Atallah the first NFT billionaires. A Brown computer science graduate who worked at Pinterest and sold his first startup, Claimdog, to Credit Karma, he pivoted a Y Combinator wifi-sharing idea into OpenSea after CryptoKitties appeared in late 2017 — then steered the company through the crypto winter, a closed SEC investigation, and the 2025 OS2 relaunch that expanded it from NFTs into all on-chain trading. He is also an angel investor in Figma, Cognition, and OpenRouter, the AI startup his old co-founder sold to Stripe for a reported $7.5 billion in August 2026.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Beyond investing

Founded
Co-founded OpenSea. Co-founded the personal finance startup Claimdog in 2013, which was acquired by Credit Karma in 2016.
Charities
Is a supporter of the CODAP project, which builds tools for data exploration and visualization in the classroom.
Communities
Is a member of the Founders Pledge community of entrepreneurs funding solutions to global problems.
Hobbies
Enjoys collecting rare digital items.
Family
Is married to Yu-Chi Kuo.

Mentioned above: the OpenSea mafia → · the OpenSea mafia →

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

Founder/CEO at OpenSeaYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Devin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

In turn, Devin can intro founders to OpenSea's investors below.

Co-founders at OpenSea

AAAlex Atallah
Alex AtallahCo-Founder & CTO

Founder at Ozone Networks

Co-founders at Ozone Networks

AA
Alex AtallahExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. OpenSeaCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2017 — presentGreater New York City Area
  2. Credit KarmaEngineering Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Claimdog (Acquired by Credit Karma)Co-Founder2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Iris LabsCo-Founder2015San Francisco Bay Area
  5. PinterestSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Flipboard Inc.Software Engineer Intern2012Palo Alto, CA
  7. GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern, Google Cloud Platform2011
  8. Wikimedia FoundationAnalytics Intern2010

Skills & more

Python43MapReduce37Java33JavaScript16Hadoop10Ruby8C++9Machine Learning9Scalability10User Interface Design8Swift2Objective-C2
+1 moreMySQL

Languages English · Spanish

From Devin's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

Cognition LabsFigmaOpenRouter

Per the investor's own website.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Devin Finzer

Devin Finzer on building OpenSea for the long term — NFT.NYC 2025

NFT.NYC

[Special Interview] Diving Deep Into Opensea with CEO Devin Finzer

The WIP Meetup

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer sees more opportunities for NFT use cases to grow | Chain Reaction Podcast

TechCrunch

Why OpenSea's CEO Devin Finzer is optimistic about NFT growth | Chain Reaction Podcast

TechCrunch

OpenSea Co-Founder on the Future of NFTs - Devin Finzer

Creator Economics

$2B+ NFT Summer & What’s Next with OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer

nft now podcast

1 more appearances

Frequently asked questions

Who is Devin Finzer?
Devin Finzer is the co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, the NFT marketplace that reached a $13.3 billion valuation in January 2022 and made him and co-founder Alex Atallah the first NFT billionaires. A Brown computer science graduate who worked at Pinterest and sold his first startup, Claimdog, to Credit Karma, he pivoted a Y Combinator wifi-sharing idea into OpenSea after CryptoKitties appeared in late 2017 — then steered the company through the crypto winter, a closed SEC investigation, and the 2025 OS2 relaunch that expanded it from NFTs into all on-chain trading. He is also an angel investor in Figma, Cognition, and OpenRouter, the AI startup his old co-founder sold to Stripe for a reported $7.5 billion in August 2026.
Where does Devin Finzer work?
Devin Finzer is Founder/CEO of OpenSea and Co-founder at Ozone Networks.
What companies did Devin Finzer found?
Devin Finzer founded OpenSea, Ozone Networks.
What companies has Devin Finzer invested in?
Investments tracked here include Cognition Labs, Figma, OpenRouter.
Where did Devin Finzer go to school?
Devin Finzer studied at Brown University (BS, Computer Science - Mathematics).
What podcasts and interviews feature Devin Finzer?
Tracked appearances include "Devin Finzer on building OpenSea for the long term — NFT.NYC 2025", "[Special Interview] Diving Deep Into Opensea with CEO Devin Finzer", "OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer sees more opportunities for NFT use cases to grow | Chain Reaction Podcast", and 4 more.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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Brown University mafia114

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OpenSea mafia7

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OpenSea mafia6

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Flipboard mafia5

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Same school

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