Summary
Adam Goldberg is a Co-Founder and seasoned investor-operator with 11 years of experience building and advising tech and crypto ventures from San Francisco. He leads Standard and sits on the board of Matrixport, combining hands-on startup founding with venture and board-level strategy informed by earlier partner and venture partner roles at Lightspeed. His background spans applied math and machine learning research at national labs and Stanford InfoLab, product roles at Rubrik, and even technical consulting for HBO’s Silicon Valley, reflecting a rare mix of research rigor, product sensibility, and media-savvy storytelling. Adam has a strong focus on crypto and web3 infrastructure—his selective investments include Audius, Aave, OpenSea Foundation, and Offchain Labs—indicating deep domain conviction beyond headline deals. He holds computer science training from Stanford and began his career in applied mathematics for government and national labs, which underpins his analytical approach to founder diligence and technical strategy. He’s approachable for founders solving hard problems and prefers conversations rooted in meaningful technical and product insights.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. (dropped out) Mathematics, B.S. (dropped out) Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Stanford University
Russian