David Pakman

Managing Partner, Head of Venture Investing at CoinFund · Joined 2021

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Biography

David Pakman is listed on the CoinFund team page as Managing Partner, Head of Venture Investing. CoinFund's September 2021 announcement of his appointment states that he spent thirteen years at Venrock, where he led the firm's crypto investing efforts, that he led the Series A and B rounds of Dollar Shave Club and served on its board until its $1 billion acquisition, that he led the Series A of Dapper Labs and serves on its board, that he led the Series A of Rarible, and that he was a personal pre-IPO investor in Coinbase. He is named as Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investing in CoinFund's August 2022 announcement of the $300M CoinFund Ventures I fund, and he authored CoinFund's investment announcement for Raad Labs and two of the firm's 2025 insights pieces. The Dapper Labs board seat is stated in a 2021 source and was not re-confirmed against a current first-party page, so no board seat is recorded.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Raad LabsDollar Shave ClubDapper LabsRaribleCoinbase

Career Timeline

2021
Joins CoinFund as Managing Partner, announced 22 September 2021, after thirteen years at Venrock where he led the firm's crypto investing efforts.
2022
Named as "David Pakman, Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investing" in CoinFund's 17 August 2022 announcement of CoinFund Ventures I, a $300M early-stage venture capital fund.
2025
Authors "The Long Arc of Crypto" on the CoinFund insights index, dated 14 November 2025.
2025
Authors "Revenue Growth & Talent Shortages: What 25 CoinFund Founders Forecast for 2026", dated 18 December 2025.

Sources & References

CoinFund - Team ↗CoinFund author index - David Pakman ↗CoinFund Appoints David Pakman as Managing Partner (Business Wire, 22 September 2021) ↗CoinFund Announces New Early-Stage $300M Web3 Venture Fund (Business Wire, 17 August 2022) ↗CoinFund - Insights index ↗