Aklil Ibssa
Director, Corporate Development & Ventures at Coinbase
Aklil Ibssa
Director, Corporate Development & Ventures at Coinbase
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Director, Corporate Development & Ventures
2019 - Current
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
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
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
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Investment Banking
2013 - 2015
Worked on a lot of deals. Learned a lot, slept a little.
DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.