Dharma
Nadav Hollander, cofounder and CEO of Dharma YouTube/CoinbaseCompany: Dharma
Total funding: $15.12 million
Valuation: $35 million as of 2018, according to PitchBook
Investors: Chapter One Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Draft Ventures, FinTech Collective, Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Polychain Capital, Y Combinator, and others
Why it's cool: Dharma wants to be the "Robinhood of decentralized finance," shortened as "DeFi." It's an app that links to your bank account so you can buy and trade digital assets.
Founders: Nadav Hollander, former software engineering intern at Coinbase, and Brendan Forster
district0x
Joe Urgo, founder of district0x https://blog.keep.network/introducing-keep-advisor-joe-urgo-announcing-keep-partner-district0x-1086352efb8cCompany: district0x
Total funding: $9 million
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Boost VC, Carnaby Capital, Coinfund, and YBB Foundation
Why it's cool: An online marketplace is typically a website that matches buyers and sellers, while district0x (pronounced "district-zero-X") brings marketplaces to the blockchain. The marketplaces allow users to post and search for listings, send invoices, and collect payments.
Founders: Joseph Urgo, former support operations manager at Coinbase, and Matus Lestan
dYdX
Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX LinkedInCompany: dYdX
Total funding: $21.96 million
Valuation: $90 million, according to PitchBook
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Brian Armstrong, Bain Capital Ventures, Fred Ehrsam, Avichal Garg, Elad Gil, Kindred Ventures, Polychain Capital, Scalar Capital, and others
Why it's cool: dYdX is an exchange for buying and selling cryptocurrencies that promises low fees and fast withdrawals. The company says more than 15,000 traders use dYdX for trading.
Founder: Antonio Juliano, former software engineer at Coinbase
Eureka Surveys
Tommy Fang, cofounder of Eureka Surveys. TommyFangCompany: Eureka Surveys
Total funding: Bootstrapped
Valuation: $50 million – $100 million
Investors: None
Why it's cool: On Eureka Surveys, a consumer company can create a survey using a form and share it with a panel of more than 1 million people, who get paid for completing surveys.
The startup says it's profitable and is growing revenue around 20% month over month.
Founders: Tommy Fang, former software engineer at Coinbase, and Kirby Gee
Goldfinch
Michael Sall and Blake West, cofounders of Goldfinch. GoldfinchCompany: Goldfinch
Total funding: undisclosed
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Coinbase Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Slow Ventures, Stratos Technologies, Variant
Why it's cool: Goldfinch makes tools for anyone to be a lender of cryptocurrencies. The company's mission is to remove barriers to access capital for businesses in markets that are underserved by traditional finance, such as Mexico, Nigeria, and Southeast Asia.
Founders: Michael Sall, former head of product analytics at Coinbase, and Blake West, former senior backend engineer at Coinbase
Islands
Nikhil Srinivasan and Tiffany Zhong, cofounders of Islands. Tiffany ZhongCompany: Islands
Total funding: undisclosed
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: undisclosed
Why it's cool: There isn't a clear path for social media users to make a living by creating content. Islands helps those aspiring influencers, from TikTok star JustMaiko to rapper 24kGoldn, by giving them the toolkit to monetize their content and grow their audiences.
This is the second company from the founders. Before Islands, they built a marketing and data analytics company called Zebra IQ that's focused on insights around Generation Z.
Founders: Nikhil Srinivasan, former product manager at Coinbase, and Tiffany Zhong
Linear
Karri Saarinen is the cofounder and CEO of Linear. LinearCompany: Linear
Total funding: $17.2 million
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Bobby Goodlatte, Dick Costolo, Dylan Field, Emilie Choi, Gustaf Alströmer, Harry Stebbings, Index Ventures, Julia DeWahl, Patrick Collison, Sequoia Capital, and others
Why it's cool: Linear's app helps software developers organize their workflow. It provides smart and elegant tools for managing projects, tasks, and bugs, freeing up developers to "focus on the act of building instead of th ebust work around it," Linear chief Karri Saarinen says.
Founders: Karri Saarinen, former head of design at Coinbase; Jori Lallo, former software engineer at Coinbase; and Tuomas Artman
OfficeTogether
Amy Yin, founder and CEO of OfficeTogether. OfficeTogetherCompany: OfficeTogether
Total funding: $2.2 million, according to PitchBook
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Defy Partners, January Ventures, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, Neo Innovation, and Amy Sun
Why it's cool: Started a few months into the pandemic, OfficeTogether provides software for businesses to manage the return of employees to the office when it's safe. It has tools for reserving desks, sharing work schedules, and scheduling health checks for a hybrid workforce.
Founder: Amy Yin, former senior software engineer at Coinbase
Paymobil
PaymobilCompany: Paymobil
Total funding: undisclosed
Valuation: undisclosed
Investor: Y Combinator
Why it's cool: Paymobil makes sending stablecoins, a type of digital asset, as easy as sending money on Venmo. Transfers to people anywhere in the world takes seconds, not days.
Founder: Daniel Nordh, former design manager at Coinbase
Primer
Avatars depicting Ryan Delk and Maksim Stepanenko, cofounders of Primer. PrimerCompany: Primer
Total funding: $3.7 million, according to PitchBook
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Balaji Srinivasan, Emilie Choi, Eugene Wei, Founders Fund, Fred Ehrsam, Harry Stebbings, Jack Altman, Lachy Groom, Linda Xie, Naval Ravikant, and more
Why it's cool: Primer offers tools to make homeschooling more engaging. Kids can join interest-based groups filled with peers their own age and learn from real-life experts.
Founders: Maksim Stepanenko, former senior software engineer at Coinbase, and Ryan Delk
Sardine
Soups Ranjan, cofounder and CEO of Sardine. Soups RanjanCompany: Sardine
Total funding: undisclosed
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: undisclosed
Why it's cool: Sardine is a "fraud-as-a-service" software company helping online businesses detect and stop financial crimes such as identity fraud, payment fraud, and account takeovers.
Founders: Soups Ranjan, former director of data science and risk at Coinbase; Aditya Goel, and Zahid Shaikh
Shuffle
Ada Yeo and Gilbert King Fai Leung, cofounders of Shuffle. Shuffle.Company: Shuffle
Total funding: $2 million
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: First Round Capital, Naval Ravikant, and others
Why it's cool: Shuffle, an app for listening to podcasts, has been described by early users as "SoundCloud on steroids" for its ability to comment and react with memes, emoji, and stickers.
Founders: Ada Yeo, former product manager at Coinbase, and Gilbert King Fai Leung
Slingshot
Clinton Bembry, founder and CEO of Slingshot. Clinton BembryCompany: Slingshot
Total funding: $3.1 million
Valuation: undisclosed
Investors: Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Electric Capital, Framework Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Robot Ventures, and others
Why it's cool: Slingshot is a web app for helping users find the best price for any token trade on Ethereum. Its mission is to "empower people with open access to a better finance."
The startups says it's seen more than $100 million in trading volume since its debut in 2018.
Founder: Clinton Bembry, former software engineer at Coinbase, Zak Cole, and Scott Lewis
Sturish
Namrata Ganatra, founder and CEO of Sturish. SturishCompany: Sturish
Total funding: $3.2 million
Valuation: $18 million
Investors: Act One Ventures, Fika Ventures, and Neo
Why it's cool: It's never been harder starting a small business, even as the e-commerce category gets a lift from pandemic tailwinds in online shopping. Sturish was created to lower the learning curve for e-commerce entrepreneurs by giving them access to data and insights that will help them start their business and grow sales across channels and countries.
Founder: Namrata Ganatra, former senior director of engineering at Coinbase
Vendia
Tim Wagner, cofounder and CEO of Vendia. VendiaCompany: Vendia
Total funding: $20.6 million
Valuation: $63 million, according to PitchBook
Investors: BMW i Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Floodgate, Neotribe Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, WestWave Capital, and more
Why it's cool: Vendia is a kind of virtual data lake that lets customers share information that's stored across multiple clouds, without having to manage the infrastructure beneath. The product was inspired in part by the work the founders did around blockchain technologies.
Founders: Timothy Wagner, former vice president of engineering at Coinbase, and Shruthi Rao
Zora
A screenshot of Zora's website. ZoraCompany: Zora
Total funding: $2 million
Valuation: $5 million, according to PitchBook
Investors: Alice George, Coinbase Ventures, Jeff Staples, Kindred Ventures, and others
Why it's cool: Zora is a marketplace where creators can share their work, which may be virtual or physical goods, and sell or trade items with cryptocurrency. The startup also has four times the number of Coinbase alumni on its founding team as most startups on this list.
Founders: Jacob Horne, former product manager at Coinbase; Dee Goens, former marketing manager at Coinbase; Slava Kim, former product designer at Coinbase; and Dai Hovey, a former software engineer at Coinbase
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