Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) partner Chris Dixon has joined the board of directors of the leading NFT marketplace OpenSea. This was written by the co-founder and CEO of the company Devin Finser.
I’m excited to formally welcome @cdixon to the @OpenSea Board of Directors! He’s been extremely influential through our early days, and in this new position we’ll work even more closely together as we build the future of the NFT space. https://t.co/LpNtqbL7zR
— Devin Finzer (dfinzer.eth) (@dfinzer) July 30, 2022
“I am pleased to introduce Chris Dixon as a member of the Board of Directors of OpenSea. Chris has been a huge influence in shaping my views on Web3,” Finser wrote.
Dixon will take the place of ex-a16z partner Kathy Hawn, who joined the board of OpenSea in July 2021. Then the marketplace raised $100 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
But at the end of the year Haun left the venture company for her own project.
In January 2022, the company closed its Series C funding round in the amount of $300 million at a valuation of $13 billion. It was led by Paradigm and Coatue.
Forbes included OpenSea in the ranking of the most innovative private companies in fintech in 2022.
Recall that in July, Finser announced 20% reduction in staffexplaining the decision as “an unprecedented combination of crypto winter and widespread macroeconomic volatility.”
