“We’re excited to partner with CoinSwitch Kuber and Ashish Singhal (CoinSwitch Kuber CEO), along with our friends at Coinbase,” David George, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted soon after
the deal was announced on Wednesday. “The opportunity for India is massive, and we expect participation in crypto there to be among the highest in the world.”
We’re excited to partner with @Coinswitch @CoinswitchKuber and @ashish343, along with our friends at @coinbase. The… https://t.co/zwZht3YvmG
— David George (@DavidGeorge83) 1633537949000
“CoinSwitch Kuber is emerging as the winner in the market. They’ve grown from 1 million users in November 2020 to 5 million in May 2021 to 10 million in September 2021,” George said on the microblogging site. “But more important, their product velocity for their users is world class… We believe they’re going to build a massive, leading investment platform for people in India to access crypto and more!”
Sriram Krishnan, also a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, said, ” Excited for this. First of many in India!” Another partner at the firm, David Haber, also chimed in saying this was the first among many more investments for the VC fund.
Excited for this. First of many in India! ???????? https://t.co/EbtWxBfhGj
— Sriram Krishnan – sriramk.eth (@sriramk) 1633593128000
So excited for this investment in @CoinSwitchKuber! The first of hopefully many @a16z investments in India! ???????????????????????? https://t.co/ohZSwIn6ru
— David Haber (@dhaber) 1633549371000
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An investor in Facebook, Twitter and Airbnb, among others, Andreessen Horowitz was founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in 2009. With investments in consumer to crypto companies, as well as fintech and healthcare, the fund has $19.2 billion in assets under management across multiple funds.
A16z crypto has more than $3 billion in AUMs across three funds investing in crypto companies.
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