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Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2005. It has pioneered a new funding model for early-stage startups by investing a modest amount of capital, typically around $150,000, in a large number of companies twice a year. Over a three-month program, Y Combinator collaborates closely with these startups to prepare them for investor pitches and enhance their business strategies. Each funding cycle concludes with Demo Day, where startups present to an exclusive audience of investors. Y Combinator focuses on various sectors, including business software, education, healthcare, and financial technology, among others. In addition to initial funding, it offers ongoing support through its extensive alumni network. Since its inception, Y Combinator has funded over 630 startups, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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Gustaf Alstromer

Group Partner

Matt Bogrand

Associate, YC Continuity Fund

Timothy Brady

Partner

Craig R. Cannon

Director of Marketing

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Group Partner

Jared Friedman

Managing Director, Software and Group Partner

Aaron Harris

Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Bradford (Brad) Lightcap

Associate, YC Continuity

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

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Director of Finance

Geoff Ralston

president

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Arnav Sahu

Principal

Michael Seibel

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Harj Taggar

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Past deals in Bitcoin

GoSats

Seed Round in 2022
Bitcoin has been the best performing asset EVER. We want to make it super-easy for everyone to get bitcoin. Apart from investing in bitcoin, we offer people an alternative way to accumulate bitcoin when they do their usual shopping at their favourite brands.

Multis

Venture Round in 2022
Multis, Inc. provides financial services tailored for companies and entrepreneurs managing both fiat and cryptocurrencies. Its crypto wallet is designed to facilitate various financial operations, including storing digital assets, making payments to suppliers, managing payroll, and earning interest. The platform offers real-time monitoring of balances and transactions through a centralized dashboard, supports multi-access to assets, and enables features such as recurring payments and currency conversion. Founded in 2006, Multis is headquartered in San Francisco, California, while its team operates across Europe. The company aims to assist businesses in navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency, thereby promoting a global, borderless economy.

CoinTracker

Series A in 2022
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency. It automatically syncs transactions into one unified dashboard and helps users file their crypto taxes with the click of a button.

2Cents

Pre Seed Round in 2021
2Cents is an ethereum protocol that turns users into network owners for internet communities. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Coinrule

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Coinrule Limited is a London-based company that offers an online platform for cryptocurrency trading, founded in 2017. The platform serves as a smart assistant for traders, allowing them to automate trading instructions without the need for coding skills. Coinrule empowers users to compete with professional algorithmic traders and hedge funds by providing tools that analyze market indicators for effective fund allocation. In addition to facilitating trading, the company also focuses on educating users through its platform, enhancing their understanding of cryptocurrency trading strategies.

Levro

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Levro is a new cross-border fintech platform for international companies. Work with customers, pay suppliers and hold any currency of your choice.

Bree

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bree is building a challenger bank for the 11 million Canadians living paycheck to paycheck, starting with interest-free cash advances. We make money through tips and an optional, same-day express fee. By solving our customers' most urgent problem—illiquidity between paychecks —our cash advance business is a cheap, but profitable and repeatable hook that builds distribution for a broader challenger bank.

Hedgehog

Seed Round in 2021
Trade on any exchange, track all your wallets, and learn about cryptocurrency with Hedgehog. Take control of your investments with our all-in-one research center, portfolio tracker, and trading platform. Try it out at hedgehog.app

HitPay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
HitPay is an omni-channel digital payments platform for small business owners and D2C Sellers in Singapore.

TRM Labs

Series A in 2021
TRM Labs is a regulatory technology startup that aims to streamline compliance in the crypto industry.They believe that blockchain can enable a world where value flows freely by democratizing the creation of property rights, reducing transaction, bargaining, and coordination costs, and enabling new ways to organize human behavior.

GlobeDX

Seed Round in 2021
The startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives,” has built a cryptocurrency-derivative exchange that supports high-frequency trading. The platform allows crypto holders to trade global markets with bitcoin and grants users the same access to data leveraged by institutional investors.

Lastbit

Seed Round in 2021
Lastbit is building a global payment network - using the bitcoin lightning network - to enable anyone, anywhere to pay or get paid instantly and for low fees. Our MVP in Europe features debit cards and IBANs in mobile applications that interface directly with Bitcoin and Euros.

Broad

Seed Round in 2021
Broad was founded in 2019 with the mission of providing Brazilians and Latin Americans access to the international financial market in a simple, practical and accessible way. We have built a multi-currency account and card that enables a life without borders. With technology, we eliminate fees and bring functionality and control to everyone's fingertips.

Conta Simples

Seed Round in 2021
A virtual bank, money transfer and P2P lending beyond the borders on the blockchain. Helping 100 of millions of bank and unbanked people in Latin to get access to the banking and lending system and also make a quick profit while lending to the people in their neighborhood with trust. The first quick approved microloans without any documentation. A network builds by people for people.

Valiu

Seed Round in 2020
Valiu Inc. is a fintech company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, that specializes in electronic fund transfer services from Colombia to Venezuela. The company has developed a mobile application designed to facilitate a dollar savings and transfer system, making financial services accessible to all Venezuelans, including migrants and their families. This service is tailored to accommodate users of varying socioeconomic backgrounds and different mobile device capabilities, ensuring that a broad audience can utilize its offerings.

Valiu

Seed Round in 2020
Valiu Inc. is a fintech company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, that specializes in electronic fund transfer services from Colombia to Venezuela. The company has developed a mobile application designed to facilitate a dollar savings and transfer system, making financial services accessible to all Venezuelans, including migrants and their families. This service is tailored to accommodate users of varying socioeconomic backgrounds and different mobile device capabilities, ensuring that a broad audience can utilize its offerings.

GlobeDX

Venture Round in 2020
The startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives,” has built a cryptocurrency-derivative exchange that supports high-frequency trading. The platform allows crypto holders to trade global markets with bitcoin and grants users the same access to data leveraged by institutional investors.

Multis

Seed Round in 2020
Multis, Inc. provides financial services tailored for companies and entrepreneurs managing both fiat and cryptocurrencies. Its crypto wallet is designed to facilitate various financial operations, including storing digital assets, making payments to suppliers, managing payroll, and earning interest. The platform offers real-time monitoring of balances and transactions through a centralized dashboard, supports multi-access to assets, and enables features such as recurring payments and currency conversion. Founded in 2006, Multis is headquartered in San Francisco, California, while its team operates across Europe. The company aims to assist businesses in navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency, thereby promoting a global, borderless economy.

Notabene

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform designed for crypto compliance in the financial industry. Founded in 2020, Notabene enables businesses to adhere to evolving global regulations for cryptocurrency transactions, particularly focusing on the Travel Rule. The company offers a unified API and dashboard that assists compliance officers in managing risks associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By simplifying compliance processes, Notabene enhances transaction confidence for its clients, facilitating increased interaction with a broad network of crypto businesses. This ultimately supports the growth of transaction volumes and fosters business expansion for its customers.

Conta Simples

Pre Seed Round in 2020
A virtual bank, money transfer and P2P lending beyond the borders on the blockchain. Helping 100 of millions of bank and unbanked people in Latin to get access to the banking and lending system and also make a quick profit while lending to the people in their neighborhood with trust. The first quick approved microloans without any documentation. A network builds by people for people.

Oxygen

Series A in 2020
Oxygen operates as a digital banking platform that uniquely caters to both personal and business banking needs, addressing the requirements of consumers, small businesses, and freelancers in the modern economy. In addition to its banking services, Oxygen Technical Services offers technology solutions that include computer and network designs, connectivity, website design, and e-commerce solutions. The company's commitment to cybersecurity emphasizes secure data storage, ensuring that backup and recovery processes comply with established standards. To maintain data resiliency, Oxygen implements comprehensive backup strategies and scheduled test restores, safeguarding data from servers, workstations, and various cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365.

Spenny

Seed Round in 2020
Spenny offers an easy and fast way to save and invest money. It uses encryption and partner with insured custodians to ensure the assets are held safely. Every time a user makes any digital transaction, it rounds off the amount to the nearest 10 INR and invests it for them into a diversified portfolio, automatically.

ZeFi

Seed Round in 2020
ZeFi develops a neobanking platform that provides a permission less financial ecosystem without a central authority. The platform provides high yield US dollars denominated savings account to convert deposits to fiat cryptocurrency, which is linked to the US dollar, and thereafter lends it out to low-risk borrowers at a higher interest rate, allowing users to interact and earn more with their crypto assets.

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs is a regulatory technology startup that aims to streamline compliance in the crypto industry.They believe that blockchain can enable a world where value flows freely by democratizing the creation of property rights, reducing transaction, bargaining, and coordination costs, and enabling new ways to organize human behavior.

Oxygen

Seed Round in 2019
Oxygen operates as a digital banking platform that uniquely caters to both personal and business banking needs, addressing the requirements of consumers, small businesses, and freelancers in the modern economy. In addition to its banking services, Oxygen Technical Services offers technology solutions that include computer and network designs, connectivity, website design, and e-commerce solutions. The company's commitment to cybersecurity emphasizes secure data storage, ensuring that backup and recovery processes comply with established standards. To maintain data resiliency, Oxygen implements comprehensive backup strategies and scheduled test restores, safeguarding data from servers, workstations, and various cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365.

Valiu

Seed Round in 2019
Valiu Inc. is a fintech company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, that specializes in electronic fund transfer services from Colombia to Venezuela. The company has developed a mobile application designed to facilitate a dollar savings and transfer system, making financial services accessible to all Venezuelans, including migrants and their families. This service is tailored to accommodate users of varying socioeconomic backgrounds and different mobile device capabilities, ensuring that a broad audience can utilize its offerings.

Multis

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Multis, Inc. provides financial services tailored for companies and entrepreneurs managing both fiat and cryptocurrencies. Its crypto wallet is designed to facilitate various financial operations, including storing digital assets, making payments to suppliers, managing payroll, and earning interest. The platform offers real-time monitoring of balances and transactions through a centralized dashboard, supports multi-access to assets, and enables features such as recurring payments and currency conversion. Founded in 2006, Multis is headquartered in San Francisco, California, while its team operates across Europe. The company aims to assist businesses in navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency, thereby promoting a global, borderless economy.

Wallets Africa

Seed Round in 2019
Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.

Lastbit

Seed Round in 2019
Lastbit is building a global payment network - using the bitcoin lightning network - to enable anyone, anywhere to pay or get paid instantly and for low fees. Our MVP in Europe features debit cards and IBANs in mobile applications that interface directly with Bitcoin and Euros.

GlobeDX

Seed Round in 2019
The startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives,” has built a cryptocurrency-derivative exchange that supports high-frequency trading. The platform allows crypto holders to trade global markets with bitcoin and grants users the same access to data leveraged by institutional investors.

Ysplit

Seed Round in 2019
Ysplit Inc. is a company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in virtual debit cards designed for group payments. Its innovative platform allows group members to automatically contribute their share of expenses, streamlining the payment process for collaborative transactions. By eliminating the need for one individual to cover the entire cost or to rely on peer-to-peer payment applications, Ysplit enhances the experience of managing shared costs. The company aims to redefine group spending by fostering a more efficient and transparent approach to collaborative cash management.

Wallet.ng

Seed Round in 2019
Wallet.ng is a fintech startup that allows people and companies to send, receive, and make payments, using their phone numbers. The company's infrastructure also provides plugins and libraries for merchants to accept payments online with just a URL. Wallet.ng users can pay directly into bank accounts and Pay Utility Bills in Nigeria. Wallet.ng is a mobile payment solution, its core infrastructure is built using technologies which is adaptable for multiple countries across Africa. It was established in Lagos, Lagos by John Oluranti Oke and Joseph Benson-Aruna in 2018..

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs is a regulatory technology startup that aims to streamline compliance in the crypto industry.They believe that blockchain can enable a world where value flows freely by democratizing the creation of property rights, reducing transaction, bargaining, and coordination costs, and enabling new ways to organize human behavior.

Oxygen

Seed Round in 2019
Oxygen operates as a digital banking platform that uniquely caters to both personal and business banking needs, addressing the requirements of consumers, small businesses, and freelancers in the modern economy. In addition to its banking services, Oxygen Technical Services offers technology solutions that include computer and network designs, connectivity, website design, and e-commerce solutions. The company's commitment to cybersecurity emphasizes secure data storage, ensuring that backup and recovery processes comply with established standards. To maintain data resiliency, Oxygen implements comprehensive backup strategies and scheduled test restores, safeguarding data from servers, workstations, and various cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365.

Coinbase

Series E in 2018
Coinbase, Inc. is an online platform that enables merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Coinbase provides various products and services, such as a user-friendly website for transactions, digital wallets, and merchant payment processing tools. The platform allows users to connect their bank accounts to facilitate the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. Additionally, Coinbase Ventures serves as the company's investment arm, focusing on early-stage startups in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. With a mission to create an open financial system for the world, Coinbase has positioned itself as a significant player in the digital currency market.

Sparkswap

Seed Round in 2018
SparkSwap is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is notable for being the first exchange built on the Lightning Network, which facilitates peer-to-peer trading without the need for users to deposit their assets on the platform. This design significantly reduces counterparty risk and combines advantages of both centralized and decentralized exchanges. SparkSwap is primarily used by cryptocurrency miners and traders to exchange Bitcoin and Litecoin, enabling trustless transactions and enhancing security for its users by mitigating the risks associated with centralized exchanges.

RealtyBits

Seed Round in 2018
RealtyBits is a platform for digitized private real estate offerings. It connects verified buyers & sellers directly to securely transact with each other using digital and fiat currencies. Buyers & seller also get full admin features to track their purchase performance, communicate and get distributions directly into their wallets or bank accounts.

Buycoins

Seed Round in 2018
BuyCoins is a cryptocurrency trading platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, that allows users to buy, sell, receive, send, and store various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin. The platform operates through a mobile application, enabling instant trading without the need for users to find individual traders for transactions. This service aims to simplify the cryptocurrency trading experience by providing a seamless and efficient interface for both novice and experienced users.

AnchorUSD

Seed Round in 2018
Unlike competing stablecoins, AnchorUSD holds all deposits in US-domiciled bank accounts. Because USDX can always be created for $1 or redeemed for $1, investors can trade with confidence and avoid the volatility of unbacked cryptocurrencies. We undergo regular audits to ensure that the number of USDX in circulation is exactly equal to the number of dollars in our bank account.

CoinBundle

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CoinBundle is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California. The company aims to simplify cryptocurrency investments for individuals who may lack technical expertise or familiarity with digital assets. By offering bundles of cryptocurrencies, CoinBundle provides a user-friendly way for investors to build and manage their portfolios. The platform aggregates tokens from verified crypto projects and facilitates automated distribution, allowing traditional investors to easily engage in the cryptocurrency market. CoinBundle's mission is to make the world of cryptocurrencies more accessible, empowering a broader audience to participate in the evolving landscape of digital finance.

CoinTracker

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency. It automatically syncs transactions into one unified dashboard and helps users file their crypto taxes with the click of a button.

Ben

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Ben is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides users with tools to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It aims to simplify the complexities of the cryptocurrency landscape by integrating educational resources directly into its mobile app. Users can access comprehensive information about various cryptocurrencies, engage with educational content, and stay updated on market news. The platform also features algorithmic trading strategies to assist users in making informed investment decisions. By combining trading capabilities with educational support, Ben seeks to empower both novice and experienced investors in navigating the cryptocurrency market effectively.

Melotic

Seed Round in 2017
Melotic, Inc. is a cryptocurrency technology company established in 2014 and headquartered in Hong Kong. The company operates a digital asset exchange that facilitates the trading of curated digital assets, including Bitcoin. Melotic is driven by a team of experienced technologists and professionals who are passionate about the transformative potential of cryptocurrencies.

CoinTent

Seed Round in 2016
Launched in 2013, CoinTent is a digital wallet and subscription service that enables users to purchase quality content, including articles, videos, blog posts, and more, for micropayments across websites. Its services provide a revenue channel for publishers, supplementing revenue sources such as advertising and subscriptions. CoinTent is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Sericapay

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Based in San Francisco, SericaPay is a blockchain-based payments network that facilitates processing and payment networking for merchants that demand near-immediate, low-cost financial systems. It provides merchants with the ability to access a network of verified customers and grow their conversions, registrations, memberships, and average order sizes. It allows customers to use the details captured in their SericaPay accounts to purchase from any of the member vendors in the network. SericaPay was launched in 2015.

Serica

Seed Round in 2015
For the first time in history, Serica enables asset rights to be traded & stored on the Bitcoin blockchain by anyone, anywhere. Serica is a commodities trading platform which connects investors to bitcoin-linked asset rights such as gold, silver, platinum & palladium assets tradeable on multiple digital money & precious metal exchanges. Customers, anywhere in the world, can purchase commodities from Serica's dealer partners. Serica's decentralized custodian service publicly manage assets under custody, allowing safe & low-cost storage of valuable hard assets. Customers leverage DigitalTangible centralized & decentralized trading partner platforms to trade their asset-receipts for bitcoin or other digital money. Precious metal bullion may also be rapidly liquidated for cash or bitcoins.

Tinker

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Tinker is a cutting-edge technology company that builds trading algorithms for a variety of digital assets such as Bitcoin. They run trading strategies that make lightning-fast decisions on many different trading platforms. Tinker is a destination for the intellectually curious and technologically talented who want to build exciting new financial technology within Bitcoin and other spaces.

Bitaccess

Seed Round in 2014
Bitaccess Inc. is a technology company based in Ottawa, Canada, founded in November 2013. The company specializes in manufacturing Bitcoin Automatic Teller Machines (BTMs) that facilitate access to digital currencies for consumers. Bitaccess also provides software services to support a wide range of fintech businesses across more than 15 countries, serving clients from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Its software solutions are designed to enhance core infrastructure, compliance, security, and support services within the financial technology sector. The company's mission focuses on enabling universal access to public blockchain technology through the development of secure, accessible, and user-friendly technologies.

Apto Payments

Seed Round in 2014
Apto Payments is a card issuance platform that helps companies issue new kinds of cards in new ways. It provides an online and offline gateway to check account balances, transaction details and spend their digital currencies, crypto-currencies, and loyalty points for their regular spending, allowing users to use and manage their bitcoin currencies easily.

Filecoin

Seed Round in 2014
Filecoin is a data storage network that enables users to rent disk space for file storage. It operates as a decentralized platform, allowing participants to buy and sell storage services using its native electronic currency, which can also be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States and aims to provide a secure and efficient method for managing data storage needs.

Stacks

Seed Round in 2014
Stacks is a mobile communications company based in Melbourne, Australia, that specializes in branded contact sharing solutions. The company provides innovative business cards for iPhone users, enabling them to share contact information seamlessly via iOS 7 and AirDrop. Users can efficiently organize the business cards they receive into customized stacks based on categories such as company, profession, or event. Additionally, any updates made to contact details are automatically synchronized with their contacts, ensuring that information remains current and accessible. Stacks focuses on enhancing the way individuals manage and share their professional connections.

Coin

Series A in 2014
Coin is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing a smart payment device designed to consolidate multiple payment cards into a single, convenient format. Its flagship product, Coin 2.0, is an electronic device that stores various card information, including debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership cards, allowing users to make purchases using magnetic stripe or NFC tap-to-pay technology. Coin also offers a Developer Program in collaboration with major payment networks, enabling manufacturers of wearable devices, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, to integrate secure payment capabilities. Founded in 2012, Coin focuses on delivering a user-friendly and secure payment solution that enhances the payment experience through innovative technology.

TradeBlock

Seed Round in 2014
TradeBlock, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2013 that specializes in developing trading tools for institutional investors in the digital currency market. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes market analytics, blockchain insights, order management, trade execution, team communication, and compliance automation. TradeBlock serves as a global data source, providing detailed analyses on various aspects of the cryptocurrency landscape, including market data, trading regulations, mining, protocol updates, and economic developments. By equipping financial institutions and cryptocurrency traders with advanced analytical tools, TradeBlock enables them to effectively leverage the opportunities presented by blockchain technologies.

Buttercoin

Seed Round in 2013
Buttercoin is an open source, high-volume digital trading engine used to arrange trades in an order book.

Balanced

Seed Round in 2013
Balanced is the first payment system designed for marketplaces from the ground up. We provide a feature-rich, fully integrated api that allows marketplaces to charge cards, escrow funds, deposit next day via ACH direct, and collect their own marketplace fees.

Coin

Seed Round in 2013
Coin is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing a smart payment device designed to consolidate multiple payment cards into a single, convenient format. Its flagship product, Coin 2.0, is an electronic device that stores various card information, including debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership cards, allowing users to make purchases using magnetic stripe or NFC tap-to-pay technology. Coin also offers a Developer Program in collaboration with major payment networks, enabling manufacturers of wearable devices, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, to integrate secure payment capabilities. Founded in 2012, Coin focuses on delivering a user-friendly and secure payment solution that enhances the payment experience through innovative technology.

Coinbase

Seed Round in 2012
Coinbase, Inc. is an online platform that enables merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Coinbase provides various products and services, such as a user-friendly website for transactions, digital wallets, and merchant payment processing tools. The platform allows users to connect their bank accounts to facilitate the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. Additionally, Coinbase Ventures serves as the company's investment arm, focusing on early-stage startups in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. With a mission to create an open financial system for the world, Coinbase has positioned itself as a significant player in the digital currency market.

Debteye

Seed Round in 2011
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