# Morgan Beller

> Morgan Beller is a General Partner at NFX, the seed-stage venture firm known for backing network-effects businesses. Before VC, she co-founded Facebook's Libra (later Diem) digital currency project at age 25, making her one of the most consequential figures in crypto policy history. A Cornell statistics graduate, she cut her teeth at Andreessen Horowitz before stints at Medium and Facebook, where her geopolitical alarm about China's digital currency ambitions drove her to attempt something audacious: rebuild global money on a blockchain. She now backs founders in crypto, fintech, AI, and space from San Francisco.

- **Role:** General Partner at NFX
- **Organizations:** NFX, Facebook/Meta (former), Andreessen Horowitz (former), Medium (former), Calibra/Novi (former)
- **From:** Long Island, New York, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Information Science (Statistical Informatics), Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Facebook's Libra / Diem digital currency project at age 25, one of the most ambitious fintech initiatives in history, Forbes 30 Under 30 - Venture Capital list, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (2020) - Internet & Web category

## Career timeline

- **2011** — First VC internship at High Line Venture Partners after meeting founder Shana Fisher at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC
- **2011-2012** — Campus CEO at Zaarly, Inc. while at Cornell
- **2013** — Product Manager intern at eBay
- **2013-2016** — Partner on deal team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- **2016-2017** — Corporate Development & Strategy at Medium - led acquisition of Embedly, developed subscription model
- **2017-2018** — Corporate Development at Facebook
- **2018** — Became first person at Facebook working on blockchain/crypto strategy
- **2018-2020** — Head of Strategy for Calibra/Novi; co-founded Libra (later Diem) digital currency with David Marcus and Kevin Weil
- **2019** — Libra whitepaper announced; Morgan becomes globally known figure in crypto policy. Forbes 30 Under 30 (Venture Capital)
- **2020** — Named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35
- **2020** — Left Facebook and joined NFX as General Partner (September)
- **2022** — Libra/Diem project formally wound down by Meta
- **2023** — Spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt on geopolitical motivations behind Libra
- **2024** — Published 'Stablecoins Are Defense Tech' essay; backed Starfish Space $29M round
- **2026** — Published 'Ports, Rails, Roads, and Orbits' and 'The Stack Above the Cloud'

## Achievements

- Co-founded Facebook's Libra / Diem digital currency project at age 25, one of the most ambitious fintech initiatives in history
- Forbes 30 Under 30 - Venture Capital list
- MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (2020) - Internet & Web category
- Fourth General Partner at NFX, one of Silicon Valley's top seed-stage firms
- Libra's announcement catalyzed China and multiple other countries to accelerate development of national digital currencies (CBDCs)
- Led acquisition of Embedly at Medium as part of corporate development strategy
- Early backer of Stoke Space, Ramp, Celo, Mysten Labs, Celestia, and EvenUp
- Published 24+ essays in NFX library covering crypto, AI, space, and network effects
- Helped develop Facebook's subscription model concept at Medium before it was mainstream

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published 'Ports, Rails, Roads, and Orbits' and 'The Stack Above the Cloud' essays on NFX
- **2025-07** — Published 'The False-Positive Incumbent' essay
- **2024-11** — Led / participated in Starfish Space $29M funding round
- **2024-05** — Published 'Stablecoins Are Defense Tech' essay
- **2024-02** — Published 'AI Is Like Water' essay
- **2023-09** — Spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 about Libra's geopolitical origins
- **2023-06** — Featured on Bloomberg discussing San Francisco as AI hub ('Cerebral Valley')

## Links

- Website: https://www.nfx.com/team/morgan-beller
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganbeller
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/beller
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebellercurve/

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Last updated: 2026-04-29