About
Gabriele Musella holds degrees from the Polytechnic of Milan and has been a visiting scholar at MIT. He has held roles at major financial institutions and technology companies including UBS Bank, Nokia, Lloyds Bank, and Vodafone, and has been CEO and co-founder of Coinrule since 2018.
CEO, Founder at CoinruleYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Gabriele went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Coinrule's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gabriele can intro founders to Coinrule's investors below.
Coinrule's investors · 5
Co-founders at Coinrule
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Oleg GibersteinFounder
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Zdeněk HöflerFounder
Experience
- CoinruleCEO Co-Foundercurrent2018 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleMentorcurrent2015 — present
- BlueQubitInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- DistrictMembercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Web3Finance ClubMembercurrent2024 — present
- Buoyant AeroInvestor2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Y CombinatorCoinrule Founder, S212021
- PaylinkoCEO, Co-Founder2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Department for International Trade (DIT)Senior Digital Consultant2018London Area, United Kingdom
- HarvardAdvisor2015 — 2017
- FlairHead of Product, Co-founder2015 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
- HomeserveLead Product Innovation Consultant2015 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
- Lloyds Banking GroupInnovation Manager, Consultant2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
- Network Science InstituteUX Lead / Datavis Researcher2013 — 2014Greater Boston
- WPPLead User Experience Consultant2013London Area, United Kingdom
- AidynProduct Manager, Director2011 — 2012UK
- JWT, Publicis, Prospect, RMASenior User Experience Consultant2012London
- CirclemeDirector of User Experience2011 — 2012London
- NHSSenior User Experience Consultant2011London
- UBS Investment BankSenior User Experience Consultant2010 — 2011London
- VodafoneAssistant Mobile Product Manager2009London
- WPPUser Experience Designer2008Finland
- PrivatewaveUser Experience Researcher2007 — 2008Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- IBM ComdataTeacher2004
Skills & more
CEOs5Computer Science4New Media3Strategic ThinkingTeam ManagementProduct InnovationFundraisingSoftware DevelopmentAcademic ResearchData Visualization21Venture CreationAccount Management5
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Product DesignTechnological InnovationFinancial RegulationFoundingVenture CapitalMentoringScuba DivingLeadershipStrategyManagementTeam LeadershipPro-active LeaderLanguages English · Italian · Spanish
- Build Your Startup Growth Machine — SYSTM
- FCA Sandbox Alumni — Financial Conduct Authority
- PRINCE2 — AXELOS Global Best Practice
From Gabriele's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gabriele Musella?
- Gabriele Musella holds degrees from the Polytechnic of Milan and has been a visiting scholar at MIT. He has held roles at major financial institutions and technology companies including UBS Bank, Nokia, Lloyds Bank, and Vodafone, and has been CEO and co-founder of Coinrule since 2018.
- Where does Gabriele Musella work?
- Gabriele Musella is CEO, Founder of Coinrule.
- What companies did Gabriele Musella found?
- Gabriele Musella founded Coinrule.
- Where did Gabriele Musella go to school?
- Gabriele Musella studied at Harvard University (Strategic Management - Postgrad course at Harvard Extension School); Y Combinator (YC Batch S21); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Visiting Scholar at Senseable City Lab).
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