Cobo
The growth story
Cobo grew from 37 to 129 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $60M along the way, most recently a Series B in September 2021.
About
Cobo is a trusted leader in digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2017 by blockchain pioneers, Cobo is trusted by more than 500 organizations worldwide, safeguarding billions of dollars in assets with a zero-incident security track record.Today, Cobo provides the industry’s only unified digital asset wallet platform that integrates all 4 wallet technologies in one place – Custodial Wallets, MPC Wallets, Smart Contract Wallets, and Exchange Wallets. By combining a comprehensive suite of wallet solutions with advanced risk controls and developer tools, Cobo empowers organizations and developers to innovate and scale with ease.
Founders and leadership
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 18 (+6% YoY), Operations 13 (+8% YoY), Sales 12 (+20% YoY), Human Resources 10 (-9% YoY), Business Development 9 (0% YoY), Marketing 8 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
Most common previous employers of Cobo staff: ByteDance (4), SAP (3), EverString (2), Hulu (2), Dell Technologies (2), BIT Official (2). Former Cobo employees most often moved to OKX (3), Bitget (3), BIT Official (2), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2), Antalpha (2), Union Chain (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Cobo mafia
12Joshua Chittick Gamescom, was Senior Software Engineer until 2018Jessica ZH, was Technical Team Lead until 2023Jamie W, was Key Account Executive, International Markets until 2023Peng L., was Compliance Anti-fraud Manager until 2020Junde Yu, was Head of Global Sales until 2023Isabella Yu, was Business Development Manager until 2025
Sean Yan, was Account Executive until 2025
Michael B., was Community Manager until 2019
Lixin Liu, was Head of Hardware until 2021
Luke Guo, was Product Lead until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 74% direct, 12% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Cobo: Microsoft Office (12), Microsoft Excel (12), Python (Programming Language) (11), Communication (10), Project Management (10), Customer Service (9), Data Analysis (9), Marketing (9).
Where the team actually sits
Cobo people are concentrated in Singapore (22), Beijing, China (8), Singapore, Singapore (5), Casablanca-Settat, Morocco (3). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Cobo attracts about 1,615 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3K a month if bought through ads. It gained 391 ranking keywords and lost 267 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
Cobo has 129 employees as of September 2026.
Cobo has raised $60M in total, most recently a Series B round in September 2021.
Cobo was founded in 2017 by Changhao Jiang, Shixing“Discus Fish" Mao.
The most common previous employers of current Cobo staff are ByteDance (4 people), SAP (3 people), EverString (2 people).
Former Cobo employees most often move to OKX (3), Bitget (3), BIT Official (2).
At least 12 companies have a founder who previously worked at Cobo, including FRVR, Easy Roll Labs, APACX Labs.
Cobo attracts about 1,615 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Cobo staff are Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Python (Programming Language), Communication, Project Management.
Cobo staff are concentrated in Singapore (22), Beijing, China (8), Singapore, Singapore (5).
Cobo has about 18 people in Engineering, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Cobo has about 13 people in Operations, up 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 47 current and 84 former Cobo profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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