AI

Aklil Ibssa

Director, Corporate Development & Ventures at Coinbase

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Director, Corporate Development & Ventures

    2019

    Joined pre IPO as one of the first hires on the Corporate Development & Ventures team. Led 7 closed acquisitions / acquihires and ~40 early & late stage investments helping scale the function to now one of the most active acquirers & investors in crypto with over 25+ acquisitions and ~400 investments. Manage a team of 4 focused on growing our consumer, international, & developer businesses through strategy, M&A, and investments

2015 - 2019

  • Product Manager

    2015 - 2019

    Early member of the Corporate Development team - led acquisitions / investments for the Sales Navigator business unit. Closed 3 acquisitions and 2 strategic investments. Later transitioned to the Product team leading consumer & growth initiatives for LinkedIn's flagship consumer app. Got bit by the crypto bug and left to join my old boss at Coinbase

2013 - 2015

  • Investment Banking

    2013 - 2015

    Worked on a lot of deals. Learned a lot, slept a little.