Profile
Bio
Balaji was previously the CTO of Coinbase and a general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, where he helped the venture capital firm move into the blockchain industry. Balaji is also a co-founder and board member of Coin Center, the leading blockchain advocacy organization.
Career
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ChainlinkWidely used oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts, enabling any blockchain to securely access off-chain data. |
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Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz |
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Coinbase IncCrypto brokerage and exchange based in the US. |
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Earn.com |
Investments
Selected investments
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Peregrine Exploration Inc Developer of the Level stablecoin protocol. |
29 Aug 2024 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Ritual Decentralized AI compute platform. |
8 Nov 2023 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Story Protocol Inc Developer of blockchain-based intellectual property (IP) agreement platform. |
1 May 2023 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Aleo Systems Inc "The first platform for fully private applications." |
United States | 20 Apr 2021 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Polymarket Global information markets platform. |
United States | 20 Oct 2020 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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AltLayer Decentralized protocol that empowers developers to create rollups from various software stacks, offering a rollup-as-a-service model. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |