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
- d•••@opensea.ioreveal90% confident
- d•••@opensea.ioreveal75% confident
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
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.
OpenSea's investors · 28
Co-founders at OpenSea

Founder at Ozone Networks
Co-founders at Ozone Networks
Experience
- OpenSeaCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2017 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Credit KarmaEngineering Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Claimdog (Acquired by Credit Karma)Co-Founder2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Iris LabsCo-Founder2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PinterestSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Flipboard Inc.Software Engineer Intern2012Palo Alto, CA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern, Google Cloud Platform2011
- Wikimedia FoundationAnalytics Intern2010
Skills & more
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MySQLLanguages English · Spanish
From Devin's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
Cognition LabsFigmaOpenRouter
Per the investor's own website.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Devin FinzerDevin 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
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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
Also attended Brown University423
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Shared employers
Also worked at Credit Karma8
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Also worked at Pinterest65
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