Where does Karthik Balakrishnan work?

Karthik Balakrishnan is Founder of Actual and Venture Partner at Pioneer and Founder at Coin.

What check size does Karthik Balakrishnan write?

Karthik Balakrishnan typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.

What companies did Karthik Balakrishnan found?

Karthik Balakrishnan founded Actual, Coin.

Karthik Balakrishnan

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Pioneer · Founder at Coin

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $200K – $300K checks · typically $250K

FoundedActual Coin · YC

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ACME CapitalSan Francisco Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks K5 VenturesIrvine · $25K checks K9 VenturesPalo Alto · $250K – $750K checks Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks Uncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2013

Co-founders at Coin

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Colleagues at Pioneer

Adam Gothelf

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Adam Stansell

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Alanna Gregory

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Alex Andon

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Alexander Girau

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Alexander Mistakidis

Investment Partner at Pioneer

Alexander Strunkin

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Amitav Chakravartty

Venture Partner at Pioneer

Frequently asked questions

Who is Karthik Balakrishnan?: Venture Partner at Pioneer
Where does Karthik Balakrishnan work?: Karthik Balakrishnan is Founder of Actual and Venture Partner at Pioneer and Founder at Coin.
What check size does Karthik Balakrishnan write?: Karthik Balakrishnan typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.
What companies did Karthik Balakrishnan found?: Karthik Balakrishnan founded Actual, Coin.