Karthik Balakrishnan

Private Equity Investor at Pioneer Fund/NY/

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Profile

Karthik Balakrishnan is the founder and former Chief Technology Officer of Coin, Inc. which was founded in 2012.
He is currently a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund since 2018.
Mr. Balakrishnan has a graduate degree from Stanford University in 2011 and an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego in 2009.

Karthik Balakrishnan active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Pioneer Fund/NY/ Pioneer Fund/NY/ Investment ManagersFinance Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Private Equity Investor	2017-12-31

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Former positions of Karthik Balakrishnan

Companies	Position	End
Coin, Inc. (California) Coin, Inc. (California) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Coin, Inc. offers a connected device that stores multiple accounts and information of swipeable cards. It provides Coin, an electronic device that allows users to store multiple debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership card numbers in a single piece of plastic. The firm also offers a mobile application that allows users to add, manage, and synchronize cards that they choose to store on their device. The company was founded by Kanishk Parashar and Karthik Balakrishnan in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Founder	-

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Training of Karthik Balakrishnan

University of California San Diego	Undergraduate Degree
Stanford University	Graduate Degree

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Private companies	2
Coin, Inc. (California) Coin, Inc. (California) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Coin, Inc. offers a connected device that stores multiple accounts and information of swipeable cards. It provides Coin, an electronic device that allows users to store multiple debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership card numbers in a single piece of plastic. The firm also offers a mobile application that allows users to add, manage, and synchronize cards that they choose to store on their device. The company was founded by Kanishk Parashar and Karthik Balakrishnan in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Commercial Services
Pioneer Fund/NY/ Pioneer Fund/NY/ Investment ManagersFinance Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance