# Michael Li

> Michael Li is a seed investor at Coinbase (San Jose) backing Software and Database. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Coinbase](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase)
- Location: San Jose, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/limichael

Michael Li is a seed investor at Coinbase in San Jose focused on Software and Database. Michael Li is VP of Data at Coinbase.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 100% |
| Database | 2 | 67% |
| Analytics | 2 | 67% |
| Data Management | 2 | 67% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eunice | We are an AI fintech company solving B2B challenges in digital asset. Our first product is digital asset due diligence and monitoring to help financial institutions, regulators, and businesses navigate the complexities of the digital asset space. Powered by a proprietary knowledge base, Eunice’s platform enables token classification, risk analysis,and asset disclosure requirements. With a mission to bring transparency to the digital asset industry, Eunice builds products that drive regulatory clarity and operational efficiency, with the goal of accelerating the mainstream adoption of digital assets. | $8M | Seed | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| QuestDB | QuestDB is a high performance database for time-series data. QuestDB’s software architecture has been designed from the ground up to be as close to the hardware structure as possible - offering breakthrough performance. Through QuestDB, companies can harness the power of time series data by handling billions of time-stamped events without relyingon powerful hardware. | $12M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Select Star | Select Star is a modern data governance platform that helps organizations manage and understand their data at scale – enabling AI, analytics, and self-service across the business. It automatically catalogs datasets, traces end-to-end lineage, and builds a shared business glossary and semantic layer, so teams can confidently work with trusted data.With a user-friendly data portal and built-in automation, Select Star supports use cases including data democratization, data governance, semantic layers, and cloud data migrations—serving as a foundational layer for enterprise AI and data initiatives. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 24, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Background Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/background-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cardinia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cardinia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Data Tech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Coinbase

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions.

5 contacts available at Coinbase.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Harry Alford | Institutional Sales & Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-alford |
| Hassan Ahmed | Head of Southeast Asia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hassan-ahmed-2 |
| Michael Li | VP of Data | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-li-5 |
| Sachin Maheshwari | Product Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sachin-maheshwari |
| Adam Zadikoff | Senior Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-zadikoff |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Li invest in?

Michael Li invests primarily in Software, Database and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Li last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Li closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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