Daren Matsuoka

Partner, Crypto Investment Team·Andreessen Horowitz

Bio

Professional summary

Daren Matsuoka is a partner on the a16z crypto investment team, where he supports deal flow and portfolio companies by extracting data from public blockchains. Before joining a16z, he was a Data Scientist at SVB Capital, where he developed and managed a proprietary data and analytics platform, and earlier completed financial training programs at Morgan Stanley and State Street.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

Andreessen HorowitzPartner, Crypto Investment Team
SVB CapitalData Scientist
Morgan StanleyFinancial training program
State StreetFinancial training program

Education

University of California, DavisB.S. in Economics and Computer Science

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