Sam Bankman-Fried
CEO & Founder @ Alameda Research
Nassau, Bahamas
Sam Bankman-Fried is a Series A investor at Alameda Research in Nassau focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Sam Bankman-Fried is based out of Nassau, New Providence and is the CEO and Co-Founder of FTX. Sam previously worked at Alameda Research as a CEO. Sam Bankman-Fried attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 35
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 49%
Last updated:
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Industries Sam Bankman-Fried invests in
Stages Sam Bankman-Fried invests in
Countries Sam Bankman-Fried invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$25M
- Series A
- $3M–$25M
- Series B
- $10M–$580M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 16 (46%)
- Blockchain 13 (37%)
- FinTech 11 (31%)
- Financial Services 11 (31%)
- Software 5 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (23%)
- Seed 7 (20%)
- Series B 5 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 17 (49%)
- Israel 2 (6%)
- Switzerland 2 (6%)
- United Kingdom 2 (6%)
- Japan 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution. | $37M / Series B / Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| Trustless Media is a new kind of production hub where ideas people care about actually come to life. | $3.3M / Seed / Jul 27, 2022 | ||
| Semafor is the global news media. | $24.6M / Seed / Jun 22, 2022 | ||
| Edge Tradeworks is a marketplace platform that offers an easier and more efficient way to whole loan trading. The platform facilitates whole loan trading via algorithmic counterparty matching, sophisticated loan analytics, and online price negotiation. It also offers an innovative solution to increase profitability, enhance asset-liabilitymanagement, and expand footprint.Loan Transactions and Technologyreplaces the manual, an opaque, and slow process used by banks and credit unions to buy and sell loans with an automated and transparent platform filled with unparalleled analytical resources. Their mission is to provide their clients with simple control over their own trades. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 13, 2022 | ||
| Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission. | $648.3M / Post-IPO Secondary / May 13, 2022 | ||
| Anthropic develops artificial intelligence tools and research initiatives focused on creating AI systems and models for business and research use. The company produces the Claude family of AI products, including conversational and coding assistants, integrations with productivity applications, and developer APIs that organizations can deploy for automation, information retrieval, and task workflows. It also engages in systematic research and analysis of AI behavior, safety methods, and policy issues to inform product design and external stakeholders. Beyond product development, Anthropic generates documented insights and collaborates with academic, civil society, and industry groups to explore implications of AI on economic and societal systems. These efforts aim to connect foundational research with practical AI applications in enterprise environments. | $580M / Series B / Apr 29, 2022 | ||
| Causal build financial models effortlessly and share them with interactive, visual dashboards that everyone will understand.Causal, build models out of variables, that link together in simple plain-English formulae. This makes the models easy to understand and quick to build.Causal makes it simple to incorporate advanced modeling techniqueslike scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty in the inputs.It can also integrate all the important data sources, from spreadsheet software like Sheets and Excel, to accounting platforms like Xero and Quickbooks. | $19.8M / Series A / Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| Owner.com powers direct online ordering for restaurants through their website. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States. | $15M / Series A / Mar 03, 2022 | ||
| Owner provides a suite of tools designed to assist local restaurant owners in enhancing their sales and online visibility. The platform features solutions like mobile ordering and customer rewards, which aim to improve customer engagement. Additionally, Owner offers a free website grading tool that helps restaurants evaluate their online presenceand identify areas for improvement. These resources empower restaurant owners to optimize their marketing strategies and connect more effectively with their customers. By focusing on practical solutions, Owner supports the growth and development of local dining establishments. | $15M / Series A / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| Compound is a wealth management platform that provides users with a comprehensive financial picture of their liquid and illiquid assets, such as cash, securities, cryptocurrencies, real estate, and venture investments. In addition, for exchanges that are not already partner platforms, the company uses off-the-shelf integrations, and it manuallytracks users' assets if they are held in particularly complex structures. For its tax filing service, Compound partners with platforms and provides the service in-house through a tax firm the company owns. | $25M / Series B / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Alameda Research
Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.
Alameda Research Contacts
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Caroline Ellison
Co-CEO & Trader
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Charles Yang
Principal, Ventures
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Erik Litmanovich
Venture Partner
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Sam Trabucco
Co-CEO
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FAQ
What does Sam Bankman-Fried invest in?
Sam Bankman-Fried invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sam Bankman-Fried's check size?
Sam Bankman-Fried typically joins rounds of $1M–$25M at Seed, $3M–$25M at Series A and $10M–$580M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sam Bankman-Fried participates in.
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When did Sam Bankman-Fried last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sam Bankman-Fried closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 35 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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