Invests in
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Education
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Work Experience
2018
Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, Coinbase Ventures
2018
Lead teams responsible for Coinbase's partnerships, mergers & acquisitions, M&A integrations, venture/strategic investments, and product strategy (25+ acquisitions/acquihires and 400+ investments since 2018). Led Investor Relations including capital raising and capital markets activity from Coinbase's 2018 Series E through public listing in 2021. Select transactions/experience include: Investor Relations: - Drafted Coinbase S1 and helped lead investor relations for Coinbase's 2021 DPO - Raised $300M+ Series E led by Tiger Global M&A: - Acquisition of Xapo's institutional custody business - Acquisition of Tagomi, a leading crypto prime brokerage - Acquisition of Bison Trails, the premier blockchain infrastructure platform - Acquisition of Skew, a leading institutional data analytics platform - Acquisition of Agara, an India-based CX automation platform - Acquisition of Unbound Security, a leading cryptographic security company - Acquisition of FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange - Acquisition of One River Digital, an institutional digital asset manager Coinbase Ventures: - Portfolio of 400+ venture investments, including both equity (e.g., Alchemy, FalconX, Offchain Labs / Arbitrum, TaxBit, CoinSwitch Kuber, CoinDCX, Bitso, Rain, Messari) and token (e.g., Uniswap, TheGraph, Audius, NEAR, Arweave) investments
2015 - 2018
Investor
2015 - 2018
Early stage and growth investments in technology startups across the consumer and enterprise digital ecosystems. Particular focus on emerging technologies across the fintech (including crypto/blockchain) and media (gaming and virtual reality) spaces. Responsibilities included: opportunity sourcing, managing deal diligence and execution, and supporting portfolio companies.
2013 - 2015
Associate Consultant
2013 - 2015
Advised clients on strategic and operational issues across the Private Equity, Technology, Media, Consumer Products, Healthcare, and Industrials sectors. Also served as Case Team Leader and LA Office Lead for Inspire, Bain's non-profit consulting arm.
2011 - 2013
Co-Founder and Vice President
2011 - 2013
Helped found Bruin Consulting (BC), an organization established and run by undergraduate students to bridge the gap between an academic education and practical hands-on work experience. BC works with local clients on strategic consulting engagements.