Mike Armstrong

Work / Education

Ambush capital / 2022 - present

I write angel checks with my partners Joe Lallouz, Aaron Henshaw, and Carly Strife.

Occasionally, we’ll incubate projects.

.XYZ Group / Mar 2023 - Present

In 2023, I started .XYZ Group to provide strategic advisory and business operations services to early-stage founders looking to navigate the complexities of crypto operations.

Through various partnerships, .XYZ Group also actively participates in early-stage networks.

Coinbase / Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

Before .XYZ Group, I spent two years at Coinbase. While there, I led the business operations and strategy for Coinbase Cloud (fka Bison Trails) and played a crucial role in strategic product decision-making.

Cloud is Coinbase’s developer platform that allows developers to seamlessly integrate custody, payments, trading, and more into their apps.

Bison Trails (Acq. Coinbase) / Oct 2019 - Jan 2021

My journey to Coinbase began in 2019 at Bison Trails, a leading blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service provider. I joined the team as the first Business Development Manager and later took on the role of Chief of Staff to Joe Lallouz.

I played a critical role in the strategic acquisition of Bison Trails by Coinbase in early-2021, managing all business-related operations/strategic modeling. By November 2021, the Bison Trails platform managed $30B+ in assets staked across more than 25 blockchain protocols.

Cambridge Associates / Jul 2016 - Oct 2019

I started my career in investment management at Cambridge Associates, where I learned to invest through a discerning lens from Anouk van der Bour and Marcos Veremis.

I was the lead Associate on multiple client teams and focused on portfolio management for large institutional investors, market research and analysis, and private equity & venture capital investments. Marcos and I spearheaded the firm’s research on crypto and co-created the Digital Asset Investing Team.

Vanderbilt University

Studied Economics