Aklil Ibssa

Director, Corporate Development & Ventures at Coinbase

Aklil Ibssa serves as the Director of Corporate Development & Ventures at Coinbase, having joined the company pre-IPO as one of the initial hires in the team. Key contributions include leading seven acquisitions and approximately 40 investments, significantly enhancing Coinbase's standing as a foremost acquirer and investor in the crypto sector, totaling over 25 acquisitions and around 400 investments. Prior to Coinbase, Aklil held the position of Product Manager at LinkedIn, where involvement in the Corporate Development team led to three acquisitions and two strategic investments for the Sales Navigator business unit. Aklil's earlier experience includes a role in investment banking at Deutsche Bank, contributing to numerous deals. Aklil's educational background includes a degree from Santa Clara University.

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Coinbase

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Founded in 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and easy-to-use platform that enables people to purchase and sell cryptocurrency and access the broader crytoeconomy. Coinbase supports hundreds of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and dogecoin. Coinbase’s mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. They aim to build a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto. Today, Coinbase serves approximately 103 million verified users, 14,500 institutions, and 245,000 ecosystem partners in over 100 countries as they work towards their mission of bringing equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Coinbase is guided by two principles: first, be the most trusted company in their domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use. In addition to cryptocurrency, Coinbase also supports an NFT (non-fungible tokens) marketplace.