Coinbase

Coinbase, founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, raised $547M through private rounds and post-IPO placements, with early backing from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures. The San Francisco–based company offers crypto exchange, wallets, custody, staking, merchant tools, and APIs for retail and institutional users. Funding supported security, regulatory compliance, enterprise products, and global expansion. Post-IPO and strategic partnerships enabled broader institutional adoption and product diversification into fiat rails, stablecoins, and developer platforms.