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Balaji Srinivasan | Investor profile
Profile at a glance
Balaji Srinivasan is a technology entrepreneur, researcher, and individual investor. He is the founder of Network School and formerly served as Coinbase CTO and a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. His public biography lists companies he co-founded, academic work, and investments; those lists are self-reported and do not represent a complete portfolio or investment-return record.
Source verification date: · Career, education, and portfolio details come from Balaji’s own biography. A media report lists him among Etched’s earlier supporters but does not disclose his personal amount or identify a specific round.
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Key facts
| Research background | His biography reports more than 5,000 citations and papers in medical and genomics journals; this is self-reported. |
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| Company building | Co-founded Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport, and Coin Center. His biography says Earn.com, Counsyl, and Teleport were acquired by Coinbase, Myriad, and Topia, respectively. |
Experience
His work spans computer science and genomics research, company building, crypto networks, and technology leadership. Roles and achievements are drawn primarily from his own public biography; dates are not stated there unless noted.
Career and roles
- Network School · Founder
Current role (as reported in the cited source)
- Coin Center · Board member
Current role (as reported in the cited source)
- Coinbase · Chief Technology Officer
Former role; dates not stated in the cited biography · His biography credits him with leading the launch of USDC as Coinbase CTO.
- Andreessen Horowitz · General Partner
Former role; dates not stated in the cited biography · Listed in his biography as a former general partner.
- Earn.com · Co-founder
Dates not stated · The company was later acquired by Coinbase.
- Counsyl · Co-founder
Dates not stated · The company was later acquired by Myriad.
- Teleport · Co-founder
Dates not stated · The company was later acquired by Topia.
Education
- Stanford University
BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering; MS in Chemical Engineering
Public record
- His public biography lists early investments including Alchemy, Benchling, Coinbase, OpenSea, Perplexity, Polymarket, and Replit. The list is self-reported and includes no investment amounts or complete return data.
- A media report lists Balaji Srinivasan among Etched’s earlier supporters; it does not disclose his personal amount or identify a specific round.
Official contact details
- Personal website and public contact links: Balaji Srinivasan official biography
Sources
- 1. About Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis) is founder of the Network School and WSJ-bestselling author (PDF) of The Network State.
- 2. About Balaji Srinivasan — career
Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 3. About Balaji Srinivasan — education
He holds a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.
- 4. About Balaji Srinivasan — companies
Dr. Srinivasan was the cofounder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), Teleport (acquired by Topia), and Coin Center, where he serves on the board.
- 5. About Balaji Srinivasan — investments
he is an early investor in many successful tech companies and crypto protocols, including Alchemy, Benchling, CoinTracker, Digital Ocean, Luma, OpenGov, OpenSea, Orchid Health, Paradigm, Perplexity, Polychain, Polymarket, Prospera, Replit, Starkware, Stedi, Superhuman, Valar Atomic, Varda, Zodl, and Zora.
- 6. Tech Funding News: Etched raises $500M at a $5B valuation
Earlier supporters include Primary Venture Partners, along with notable angels such as GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke and former Coinbase executive Balaji Srinivasan.
- 7. About Balaji Srinivasan — research
As a research scientist, he has 5000+ citations, with papers in Nature Reviews Genetics, the New England Journal of Medicine, Genome Research, and Nature Biotechnology.
- 8. About Balaji Srinivasan — USDC
Balaji led the launch of USDC as Coinbase CTO