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Keith Grose

Non Executive Director at Zero Hash

London, England

Overview 

Keith Grose is currently the Senior Country Director at Coinbase in the UK, with a strong background in executive management and sales. He has held key roles at companies like Plaid and Google, and has invested in various tech startups such as Incredible and Ribbon. Grose's career highlights include serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Sequence and Head of UK at Plaid, showcasing his expertise in business management and strategic consulting. His investment focus on sectors like Generative Tech/AI and Web3/Crypto demonstrates his commitment to supporting innovative technologies in the startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

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Coinbase

  • Senior Country Director

    2024 - Current

    Lead the UK, our largest market ex-US CEO of CB Payments Ltd Growing economic freedom

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.

ventures.coinbase.com
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Rerail

  • Advisor

    2024

    Working with Anthony Danon to support amazing founders building the future of finance.

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Zero Hash

  • Non Executive Director

    2022 - 2024

    NED and advisor supporting UK expansion for ZeroHash’s digital assets infrastructure.

Zero Hash is a B2B2C crypto-as-a-service infrastructure provider.

Raised $169,850,000.00 from Nyca Partners, Bain Capital and Point72 Ventures.

zerohash.com
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Sequence

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2023 - 2023

    a16z-backed fintech solving B2B quote-to-cash. First exec hire leading GTM, Finance, & Ops.

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Plaid

  • Head of UK

    2019 - 2023

    GM of UK/EU, scaled the business and team from day 1 as first Europe employee.

  • International Lead

    2019 - 2019

    Product/Ops for Int'l from idea to top player. First boots on ground, set up 2x offices, product & eng, 3x licenses, & launched payments.

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

plaid.com
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Google

  • Hardware Strategy

    2016 - 2019

    Early Hardware strategy, tackled top problems: hTC deal (largest Google acqui-hire), SoC strategy, new products, Nest + Home integration, and geo rollout.

  • Business Operations & Strategy

    2013 - 2016

    Exec team for top strategy issues across Google + Alphabet. E.g., GooglePay strategy, AR/VR, Fiber, and GTM for Waymo.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com
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Bain & Company

  • Consultant

    2011 - 2013

    Tech & PE: 5-year plan for Fortune 50, digital roadmap for Fortune 500, M&A due diligence.

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Credit Suisse

  • Equity Sales & Trading

    2010 - 2010

    Worked on Equity Capital Markets desk

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

credit-suisse.com
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Blue Ventures

  • Marine Conservation Coral Reef Dive Researcher

    2009 - 2009

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Fluids Lab

  • Applied Mathematics Lab Research Assistant

    2007 - 2009

Education 

Investments 

Incredible

Pre Seed

Total funding: $1M

Firenze

Pre Seed

Total funding: $940K

Ribbon

Seed

Total funding: $230M

Finster

Pre Seed

Total funding amount not yet available

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