The Digital Currency Group is a venture capital firm that was founded in 2015 by Barry Silbert and is headquartered in New York City, New York. The firm specializes in investing in companies operating within the blockchain and cryptocurrency business sector.
Subsidiaries
Acquisitions
CoinDesk
On January 13, 2016 the Digital Currency Group announced that it acquired CoinDesk, a popular cryptocurrency news site, for approximately $500,000-600,000.
Timeline
People
Barry Silbert
Founder & CEO
Casey Taylor
Director of Development
Christiane Shaw
Employee
Christopher Penner
Investor
James D Robinson
Advisor
Mark Lodish
Investor
Mark Murphy
Vice President of Public Affairs
Mark Zhu
Investor
Matt Harris
Advisor
Meltem Demirörs
Employee
Shlomo Klahr
Employee
Simi Wurtzel
Vice President of Finance
Stephan Paternot
Investor
Steven Wesolowski
Employee
Travis Sher
Vice President of Investments
Tristan Loffler
Employee
Whitney Simmons
Employee
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