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David Pakman

Early stage crypto venture investor

New York, New York

Overview 

David Pakman is a seasoned early-stage crypto venture investor based in New York, known for his strategic investments in companies like Rarible and Dapper Labs. With a background in digital media and venture capital, he has held board member positions in various tech companies and has played a key role in funding successful startups in the advertising, media/content, and blockchain sectors. Pakman's notable career highlights include his role as Managing Partner at CoinFund and serving as an advisor and partner at Venrock, where he made impactful investments in companies such as Simbe Robotics and Dstillery.

Work Experience 

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CoinFund

  • Managing Partner

    2021 - Current

    I invest in early- and growth-stage crypto and blockchain technologies, companies and projects.

CoinFund is a private cryptoasset investor and blockchain research and advisory firm that focuses on crypto and blockchain investments.

coinfund.io
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Venrock

  • Advisor

    2021

  • Partner

    2008 - 2021

    Based in NYC, I invested in early-stage (Series A) crypto, consumer and enterprise tech companies. Investments include Smartling, Dstillery, Dapper Labs, 3Box, Rarible and Running Tide. Exits include Dollar Shave Club, Klout and Crunchyroll.

Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.

venrock.com
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Dapper Labs

  • Board Member

    2018

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Rarible

  • Board Member

    2021

Rarible is a community-centric NFT marketplace and infrastructure provider

Raised $15,950,000.00 from CoinFund, 01 Advisors, 6th Man Ventures and Venrock.

rarible.com
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Running Tide

  • Board Member

    2019

The global ocean health company harnessing the power of ocean for a climate positive future.

Raised $54,275,000.00 from Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator.

runningtide.com
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Simbe Robotics, Inc

  • Board Member

    2019

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Arduino

  • Board Member

    2020

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3Box

  • Investor

    2019

3Box is a next-generation framework for managing user data on the internet.

Raised $32,500,000.00 from Redbeard Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, Alan Curtis, Dapper Labs, Ken Gunter, Stefan George, Fenbushi Capital, Venrock, Jump Crypto and BlockScience.

3boxlabs.com
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Smartling

  • Board Member

    2009 - 2021

Smartling is a language service and technology provider helping customers to localize content across devices and platforms.

Raised $223,317,998.00 from Battery Ventures.

smartling.com
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Dstillery (formerly Media6Degrees)

  • Board Member

    2009 - 2021

Education 

Investments 

Rarible

Series A

Total funding: $16M

Dapper Labs

Series A

Total funding: $630M

Simbe Robotics

Series A

Total funding: $55M

3Box

Seed

Total funding: $33M

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