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Coinbase Venture- What's in the crypto investor's portfolio

 


Venture capital is a mostly off-exchange form of corporate participation. Venture capital funds usually invest in young start-ups, projects or companies with great potential. Away from Wall Street, "venture capitalists" are usually looking for future projects that are still in their infancy and mostly need money in addition to know-how. Venture capital has enabled companies like Facebook, Tesla, Google and Apple to become what they are today.


Cryptocurrencies have been a new type of asset class since 2009. Cryptocurrencies also differ in their promising future visions, projects and ventures. The crypto broker Coinbase is taking advantage of this and is now getting into promising projects and currencies. This is done through Coinbase’s specially-imposed venture capital portfolio, Coinbase Venture.


Which strategy does CV

Coinbase Venture (CV) pursues the strategy of creating an open financial system for the world. The crypto broker invests in promising companies that have promising ideas to move the world forward in a positive way. Like most venture capital investors, Coinbase acts with a long-term investment horizon. Overall, the Coinbase Venture portfolio is said to be worth around $15 million. In addition to pure crypto investments, Coinbase also invests in companies that deal with crypto currencies and blockchain technology.

Coinbase Investments

Coinbase's past investments also include today's competitors, such as the crypto exchange FTX. Blockchain companies such as ConsenSys or BlockFi can also be found in the investments. One of the most interesting investments is likely to be in the NFT platform Opensea. OpenSea has blossomed into the NFT marketplace par excellence over the years. Since Coinbase is now following suit with its own NFT platform , the US company created a competitor from its own ranks.

Although Coinbase Venture's investments focus on companies and cryptocurrencies worldwide, most of the companies in the portfolio are based in the USA. 125 of the companies are, to be exact. Singapore follows in second place with 13 and the United Kingdom with 7 investments. Germany is in sixth place with only 4 companies.

A similar picture emerges for the sectors. Unsurprisingly, most of CV's investments are in fintechs (133). Enterprise Software follows with 24 companies, followed at some distance by Media, Gaming and Security. NFTs and the Metaverse are also represented at 17% combined.


What cryptos does CV have?

Crypto investments form the core of the Coinbase Venture portfolio. The largest positions include Ethereum, Bitcoin and Polygon. In total there are only 18 crypto positions in the portfolio. This also includes promising projects such as Celo, Rarible, The Graph and Terra. Cryptos such as Solana or Cardano, which are so popular and seen as promising for many investors, are not found in the portfolio.


 


What are the most promising investments?

The most promising investments include DeFi projects such as BlockFi or multinationals. But Coin Metrics, which advocates a decentralized economy, could also be promising. This is also followed by Celo, some of which are already being used in the real economy. In addition to less well-known investments such as Pintu, there are also big players such as OpenSea, Polygon or Uniswap in the investments. Should OpenSea aim for an IPO, this would probably mean a rain of money for Coinbase.


How do I benefit?

As a small investor, it is difficult to filter out which of the companies is sustainable, how it will develop and what opportunities and risks an investment offers. Especially since most companies are usually not accessible to small investors because they are not listed on the stock exchange. Those looking to invest could do so through Coinbase stock. The advantage would be that you would have Coinbase' profitable business on top.

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