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D’Arcy Coolican

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D'Arcy Coolican is a partner on the investment team where he focuses on marketplaces, social networks, and consumer technology companies.

Prior to joining a16z, he co-founded Frank, a social lending platform that used behavioral economics to make it easy to lend and borrow money with friends and family. He began his career at McKinsey & Co, where he was an engagement manager in the TMT practice.

He's a graduate of Columbia Law School, Stanford University and McGill University. He is originally from Canada so enjoys hockey, canoeing and skiing.

 

Latest Posts

Our Top 10 Consumer Tech Posts of 2020

by Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, D'Arcy Coolican, Bennett Carroccio, Jonathan Lai, Anne Lee Skates, and Li Jin
  • China
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • education
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • mobile (& messaging)
  • news
  • online communities
  • metrics
  • end of year roundups
  • trends 2020

Community Takes All: The Power of Social+

by D'Arcy Coolican
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • education
  • fintech
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • innovation clusters
  • online communities
  • culture
  • growth
  • how innovation happens
  • network effects
  • social strikes back

The Founder’s Dilemma: To Compete or Unbundle

by Jeff Jordan, Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, D'Arcy Coolican, Jonathan Lai, Bennett Carroccio, and Anne Lee Skates
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • online communities
  • network effects
  • social strikes back

a16z Podcast: The ‘Holy Grail’ of Social + Fintech

by Anish Acharya, D'Arcy Coolican, and Lauren Murrow
  • consumer
  • fintech
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • innovation clusters
  • online communities
  • social strikes back

From DCoolican

D’Arcy Coolican@DCoolican

true words from @NaithanJones knowing where the cultural zeitgeist is headed is an earned secret https://t.co/6USP0CSYYS

D’Arcy Coolican@DCoolican

Doubling down on @TripActions! @arielcoco + @itwig have lived through one of the craziest years ever for a business travel company and are still getting it done. This is going to make a great story when it's finished. https://t.co/rbYaqykxC8

Brad Feld@bfeld

One of my favorite epic rants from @bhorowitz. I included this (with Ben's permission) in my book with @abatchelor (Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur) https://t.co/47Lrl0fmv3

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