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VENTURES

Advancing crypto and Web3

Coinbase Ventures invests in exceptional founders who share Coinbase’s mission of creating more economic freedom for the world.

Ventures

Our Mission

We back exceptional entrepreneurs working to advance the crypto/Web3 ecosystem and support Coinbase’s mission of creating more economic freedom for the world. We partner with founding teams at the earliest stages, and invest broadly across all categories within the cryptoeconomy. We have invested in hundreds of teams building everything from layer 1 protocols, Web3 infrastructure, centralized on-ramps, decentralized finance, NFTs, metaverse technologies, developer tooling, and more. We strive to be strategic partners for founders and take a collaborative approach to investing. We support founders through operational experience, distribution, strategic partnerships, and more.

Our Portfolio

All

CeFi

DeFi

NFT, Metaverse & Gaming

Platform & Developer Tools

Protocols & Web3 Infrastructure

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Building a private and secure Web3 through zero-knowledge; powering Mina Protocol

DEX infrastucture & DeFi liquidity aggregator

acala

DeFi hub of Polkadot

Affine

Cross-chain DeFi portfolio management

Global P2P payment network based in LatAm

Leading blockchain development platform

aleo

Private, programmable L1 pioneering toolkit for building private applications

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All-in-one DeFi hub on Algorand

Leading Web3 accelerator and founder community

Enterprise-focused, multi-chain liquid staking solution

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Cryptoasset index funds for passive, long-term investing

Carta for crypto (cap table management, token vesting schedules, etc.)

Altered State Machine

Platform to build, train & trade AI agents using NFTs

alto

Self-directed IRA enabling investments in crypto & alternative assets

Leading diversified crypto trading platform focused on the Asian market

Comprehensive blockchain data & insights tool

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The Coinbase Ventures blog

What we’re watching around the cryptoeconomy.

Blog

February 28, 2023

A developer’s guide to the web3 security stack

An analysis of core security considerations at each stage of the web3 development lifecycle and emerging solutions that can help developers prevent and mitigate security threats.

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December 21, 2022

Decentralizing social media: a guide to the web3 social stack

How web3 social networks can give users control over their data, identity, and relationships, enable permissionless innovation, and rewire the power structures of social media (with a spotlight on Farcaster).

Ventures

November 5, 2022

Coinbase Ventures Q3 recap and market outlook

On the ground observations from Q3, including an overview of the ventures landscape, web3 developer activity, institutional staking, the Cosmos & Move ecosystems, and more.

web3 dev stack

September 1, 2022

A simple guide to the web3 developer stack

A guide to the projects and companies working to make web3 development as easy as web2.

lightning network

August 9, 2022

Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real?

A look at how the Lightning Network can potentially disrupt the $150B a year payment and remittance industry.

Q2 Recap

July 21, 2022

Coinbase Ventures Q2 recap and market outlook

Ventures landscape overview, web3 gaming, web3 social, Solana's momentum, UX improvements, and more.

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Learn about what we’re watching around the crypto economy