Crystal Towers

Crystal Towers is a VC fund backed by several Y Combinator founders. It will start out with between $90 million and $100 million to invest in the most promising YC companies out of every batch. The name Crystal Towers comes from an apartment complex in San Francisco where Y Combinator founders have lived. Crystal Tower has also been referred to as “Y Scraper,” another name that was weighed up for this fund.

Arianna Simpson

Venture Partner

3 past transactions

MadEats

Seed Round in 2022
MadEats is a cloud kitchen restaurant based in Makati, Manila, Philippines, specializing in online food delivery services. Founded in 2020, the company operates an online restaurant group that provides a diverse menu featuring items such as fried chicken dishes, meals, and snacks. By focusing on an efficient online ordering system and user-friendly payment methods, MadEats aims to enhance the customer experience, offering quick and convenient access to a variety of tasty food products.

TrueAccord

Series B in 2017
TrueAccord is reinventing the relationship between creditors and lenders with a machine learning-driven, digital approach to debt collection. Our technology personalizes outreach to each customer across digital channels, continuously optimizing for performance while delivering a customer experience that builds long-term brand loyalty.

Next Caller

Series A in 2017
Next Caller, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time call verification and phone fraud detection services. The company provides a caller identification platform designed to help businesses and consumers identify unknown callers and detect fraudulent activity. Its Advanced Caller ID feature flags all forms of call spoofing by delivering real-time caller data, including telephone numbers, names, addresses, emails, and social profiles, along with threat-level analysis. Next Caller also offers a Fraud API that identifies suspicious calls, such as those from masked numbers. Utilizing a proprietary algorithm known as VeriCall, the company analyzes carrier-level metadata and offers a real-time RESTful API for seamless integration with existing call center technology. Additionally, Next Caller enables users to clean and append their databases while facilitating lead validation and prioritization. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and Boston.
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