CO

Coinbase Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Coinbase Ventures invests in early-stage startups building infrastructure and applications for crypto adoption, DeFi innovation, and digital wealth platforms.

Meet the Team

SA

Shan Aggarwal

VP Corporate Development

Crypto
FinTech
DeFi
HT

Hoolie Tejwani

Principal

Venture strategy
Investment thesis
Portfolio oversight
EO

Ethan Oak

Investor, Coinbase Ventures

Markets
DeFi primitives
Privacy
KS

Kinji Steimetz

Associate

Prediction markets / derivatives
RWA (real-world assets)
Macro / markets exposure
JK

Jonathan King

Principal

Developer platforms
Infrastructure
DeFi

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

CO

Compound

DeFi
DA

Dapper Labs

Blockchain Applications
TU

Turnqey Labs, Inc.

Blockchain/Crypto·prior_venture

Unified data and ops layer letting wealth managers manage tokenized and crypto assets at scale.

How to pitch Coinbase Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shan Aggarwal, VP Corporate Development.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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