Barry Silbert

Bio

Prior to founding Digital Currency Group, Barry founded SecondMarket (sold to NASDAQ in 2015). Before becoming an entrepreneur, Barry was an investment banker at Houlihan Lokey and graduated with honors from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. Barry has received many accolades including being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and Crain's, and being selected to Fortune's prestigious "40 Under 40" list. He has a longstanding passion for investing in great entrepreneurs with big ideas and has a knack for disruption himself.

Career

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	Digital Currency Group Inc - founder Investment company focused on bitcoin and blockchain tech businesses. Chief Executive Officer Email: [email protected]
	SecondMarket Inc - founder Largest marketplace for trading illiquid assets such as restricted securities in public companies, auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims and priv N/A (past) From Dec 2004
	Grayscale Investments LLC - founder Chairman (past) to Dec 2023

Selected investments

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Company		Profile	Country	Date	Funding
	BitPay Inc				N/A
	Coinbase Inc	Crypto brokerage and exchange based in the US.	United States		N/A
	IvyDate			1 Jun 2012	Series A
	SponsorHub			1 Dec 2011	Series A
	Tapad Inc	A technology company which created the first real-time advertising platform for smart devices, such as smartphones and smartTVs.	United States	1 Mar 2011	Seed