Shan Aggarwal
Vice President at Coinbase Ventures
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, Coinbase Ventures
2018 - Current
Lead teams responsible for Coinbase's partnerships, M&A, integrations, venture/strategic investments, and product strategy (30+ acquisitions/acquihires and 500+ 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 led investor relations through 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 - Acquisition of Spindl, an onchain advertising platform Coinbase Ventures: - Portfolio of 500+ venture investments, including both equity (e.g., Alchemy, FalconX, Offchain Labs / Arbitrum, CoinDCX, Bitso) and token (e.g., Uniswap, NEAR, Aerodrome, Morpho) investments
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
Investor
2015 - 2018
Early stage and growth investments in consumer/enterprise technology startups. 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.
Greycroft is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology start-ups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets.
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.
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.