Changpeng Zhao Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Changpeng Zhao General Information

Biography

Mr. Changpeng Zhao is a Co-Founder of Binance. He serves as Advisor at Vana. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Binance. He is also a Co-Founder of RabbitX. He studied at McGill University Montreal. In 2005, he quit his role as head of the Bloomberg Tradebook Futures Research & Development team and moved to Shanghai to start Fusion Systems. Soon thereafter, he learned about Bitcoin and joined Blockchain.com as Head of Technology. he holds a degree from McGill University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder, Binance
Education
McGill University, Degree
Gender
Male
Email
cz
Address
  • 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue
  • George Town
  • Cayman Islands

Changpeng Zhao Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Binance Company Co-Founder Vilnius, Lithuania Financial Software
RabbitX Company Co-Founder Singapore, Singapore Other Financial Services

Changpeng Zhao Lead Partner on Deals (20)

Changpeng Zhao has been the lead partner on 20 deals. Their latest deal was with EthSign, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 29-Jan-2025.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
EthSign 29-Jan-2025 Later Stage VC Completed Business/Productivity Software Singapore, Singapore
Vana 01-Jan-2025 Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
Tokocrypto 19-Dec-2022 Completed Financial Software Jakarta, Indonesia
Forbes 01-Jun-2022 Failed/Cancelled Publishing Jersey City, NJ
MX Global 01-Mar-2022 Completed Financial Software Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Joint Venture (Binance/MDI Ventures) 14-Dec-2021 Completed Other Financial Services Jakarta, Indonesia
NFKings 28-Jul-2021 Completed Specialty Retail Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1inch 11-Aug-2020 Completed Financial Software Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Swipe Wallet 13-Apr-2020 Merger/Acquisition Completed Financial Software London, United Kingdom
CoinMarketCap 31-Mar-2020 Merger/Acquisition Completed Information Services (B2C) Dover, DE

Changpeng Zhao Network (118)

Board Members (3)

Name Company Representing Location From
Gin Chao Binance.US No Limit Holdings Miami, FL
Martin Grant Binance.US Self Miami, FL
Binance.US Self Miami, FL

Portfolio Executives (115)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Jack Xu EthSign Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Technology Lead 29-Jan-2025 Singapore, Singapore
Xin Yan EthSign Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Project Lead 29-Jan-2025 Singapore, Singapore
EthSign Chief Operating Officer 29-Jan-2025 Singapore, Singapore
EthSign Co-Founder 29-Jan-2025 Singapore, Singapore
Vana Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director 01-Jan-2025 San Francisco, CA

Changpeng Zhao Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Binance Digital Fund Binance Venture - General Open

Changpeng Zhao Advisory Roles (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Vana Company Advisor San Francisco, CA Software Development Applications

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