Crypto in the United States

Boston early-stage venture firm partnering with founders in data and AI, cybersecurity, and technology-enabled healthcare.

Operator-led venture firm investing after product-market fit and helping technology companies scale go-to-market operations from San Francisco and New York.

San Francisco investment firm partnering with founders and shareholders of private technology companies across multiple stages and liquidity pathways.

Crypto-native early-stage venture fund founded by Nick Tomaino and backing decentralized networks, protocols, marketplaces, and financial infrastructure.

Research-driven investment firm backing blockchain technologies, crypto applications, and token networks from its New York base.

AI robotics company developing NEO and other general-purpose humanoids designed to learn and work alongside people.

Thesis-driven pre-seed and seed investor backing vertical AI, deep tech, health, and bio founders from New York and Boston.

Global multi-stage venture and ecosystem platform investing in technology founders and working with institutions and governments across regions.

Institutional growth investor founded by Dan Tapiero, focused on leading private companies in the digital-asset ecosystem and operating the consolidated 50T platform across multiple fund vintages.

51, also known as fiftyone.xyz or 51 Insights, combines digital-asset research, vendor intelligence, market alerts, institutional briefings, and growth services for banks, fintechs, asset managers, and crypto infrastructure providers. Its public profile identifies Lewes, Delaware as headquarters; no street address is published.

San Francisco and Boston life-sciences firm building and investing in early biopharmaceutical therapeutics, platform technologies, and data-enabled healthcare companies.

New York and San Francisco early-stage firm investing at Seed and Series A across AI, fintech, enterprise software, infrastructure, security, and consumer technology.

New York builder-first fund backing seed and Series A founders across crypto, fintech, applications, infrastructure, and emerging technology.

New York venture firm of operators, investors, and builders partnering with founders from day one across crypto markets, payments, stablecoins, developer infrastructure, DeFi, DePIN, consumer products, and AI.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology venture firm investing in enterprise, AI, financial services, healthcare, logistics, defense, and other transformative industries.

San Francisco early-stage venture firm investing with a conviction-led, founder-centric model from idea through company scale across AI, software, fintech, and consumer technology.

San Francisco-based sector-agnostic venture firm investing at seed and early stage across AI, crypto, fintech, enterprise, consumer, healthcare, and frontier technology.

Global venture firm partnering with technology teams across early and growth stages, including AI, enterprise software, security, fintech, and consumer platforms.

Boston venture firm and contemporary family office investing with a concentrated, patient model across technology, including crypto, fintech, cybersecurity, consumer, and enterprise companies.

Early-stage venture firm investing across fintech, data and security, enterprise software, consumer technology, and AI-enabled products.

Active Summer 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2017 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Public global fintech platform providing end-to-end merchant payments, risk management, issuing, acquiring, and embedded-finance infrastructure from a major North American base in San Francisco.

New York venture studio partnering with health systems and entrepreneurs to build and scale AI-native healthtech companies around workflows, data, diagnostics, and care delivery.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Public payment network offering transparent installment credit, merchant checkout, savings, and card products.

Pre-seed venture firm making high-conviction day-zero investments in pre-traction technology founders and supporting product development and later fundraising.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

API-first email inboxes and communication infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents and agentic workflows.

Robotics company developing and commercially deploying Digit humanoids, with manufacturing in Salem and engineering operations across U.S. hubs.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Andrew Ng-founded venture studio that co-founds AI companies with entrepreneurs, validates products, builds teams, and supports early scaling.

Seattle applied-AI company-building platform combining an incubator, venture capital, and a public founder community hub.

Menlo Park venture firm backing founders building critical industrial, defense, space, autonomous, and advanced-computing infrastructure.

Active Winter 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Digital-dollar account and payment platform operated by Airtm Inc., AirConnect LLC, and affiliates. Current terms denominate Airtm balances in USDC, while the prepaid virtual card is issued by Lead Bank under Visa and managed by Bridge. AirConnect's Argentine VASP registration is an AML-control status, not CNV licensing or product supervision.

U.S. operating entity of Airwallex, the global financial platform providing multi-currency accounts, payments, treasury, corporate cards, payouts, and embedded-finance APIs.

Early-stage venture firm whose investing partners are active AI founders, faculty, researchers, and practitioners working alongside technical founding teams.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Six-month accelerator and global network helping technical enterprise and deep-tech founders develop customers, raise capital, and scale companies.

A major Web3 developer platform for RPC, APIs, account abstraction, and app tooling.

Amazon venture fund supporting companies advancing AI, ambient computing, voice, robotics, hardware, entertainment, and related customer experiences.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York investor and incubator that founds and funds companies across diversified technology, healthcare, robotics, and economic infrastructure.

New York-based accelerator, investor, and founder community helping crypto and fintech startups reach product-market fit through capital, mentorship, and an in-person SoHo hub.

New York fintech infrastructure company orchestrating identity, device, and fraud signals for banks, fintechs, and crypto businesses across onboarding and the customer lifecycle.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Bitcoin infrastructure company building zero-knowledge verification and rollup rails for self-custodial trading, lending, stablecoins, and other Bitcoin-native financial applications.

Active Summer 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology-focused investment firm partnering with companies across private growth stages and public markets from Silicon Valley and Boston.

Network-powered U.S. venture firm offering individual accredited investors access to diversified venture funds and co-investing across stages and sectors.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Amber Group provides institutional digital-asset trading, liquidity, wealth-management, and market-infrastructure services through a global operating network.

Active Winter 2017 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Global payments and financial-services company operating a closed-loop card network, merchant platform, consumer and business products, and emerging agentic-commerce infrastructure.

American Express corporate venture group investing across consumer, fintech, commerce, enterprise software, AI, security, blockchain, and frontier technologies.

Palo Alto-based global venture firm investing from seed to growth in data-moat and network-effect companies across AI, software, frontier technology, and Web3.

Early-stage venture firm backing technical founders across AI and machine learning, data infrastructure, developer tools, cybersecurity, and computational biology.

Venice early-stage venture firm helping Los Angeles technology founders build and scale companies through capital and operating support.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Digital asset platform providing custody and financial services for institutions.

Technology venture firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, investing across seed, venture, and growth stages through specialist practices including AI, crypto, enterprise, fintech, consumer, and bio and health.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Venture platform providing fundraising, fund administration, and startup-investor infrastructure across the technology ecosystem.

Venture platform founded by Amy Nauiokas and Sean Park that backs early-stage founders working at the intersections of technology, finance, industry, and society.

Consumer and technology investor partnering with companies that shape digital products, marketplaces, software, fintech, and AI-enabled services.

Public-benefit AI company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable frontier models and products such as Claude.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Public alternative asset manager operating across private equity, credit, real assets, infrastructure, retirement services, and technology-enabled financial markets under NYSE ticker APO.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Human-centered robotics company developing Apollo humanoids and AI-powered robots for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and everyday work.

Palo Alto technology company building developer services and contributing open-source software for the Aptos ecosystem.

Digital-asset financial firm comprising an investment-management arm and a product-innovation division focused on blockchain-based markets and investment products.

Science-first venture firm forming and backing companies built around disruptive life-science and physical-science discoveries.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Early-stage venture fund founded by Ash Egan to back crypto founders building the programmable future across infrastructure, applications, DeFi, applied cryptography, and crypto-native AI.

Active Winter 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Fall 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

AI evaluation company created by UC Berkeley researchers, operating a community-powered platform and leaderboard for real-world model quality.

Public alternative investment manager founded in 1997 and led by co-founder and CEO Michael Arougheti, offering credit, real estate, private-equity, infrastructure, and secondary-market strategies.

Independent investment manager researching and investing in disruptive innovation across AI, robotics, blockchain, fintech, and other technology platforms.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

DolarApp permanently rebranded as ARQ in March 2026 without a sale or legal-entity change. The platform now combines multi-currency money accounts, transfers, investing, standard Mastercard products, and a separate portfolio-backed Prestige credit card across four LATAM markets.

Crypto-native investment manager founded in 2017 and focused on digital assets, Web3, and early-stage companies across the blockchain ecosystem.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

San Francisco AI company building a browser with an embedded agent that can operate logged-in websites, local documents, and password-manager workflows with user approval for sensitive actions. Aside is mapped as adjacent AI infrastructure because its browser-agent and local-memory work can serve crypto and fintech workflows without presenting it as a crypto-native company.

Active Summer 2017 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Boston venture firm partnering with disruptive software, fintech, digital health, and other technology companies from early stages onward.

Menlo Park early-stage climate and deep-tech firm backing companies whose technologies can produce measurable net-positive benefits for nature and society.

Cambridge venture firm working with entrepreneurs to build breakthrough biotechnology companies.

Quantum hardware company developing highly scalable neutral-atom systems for enterprise, academic, and government users.

Venture studio combining ideas, capital, recruiting, engineering, design, and operations to co-found technology companies from zero to one.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Austin operator-led venture firm investing in applied AI across defense, industry, healthcare, enterprise, and financial infrastructure.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Blockchain technology company developing software, services, and products for organizations building on Avalanche.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Crypto-powered financial platform offering a self-custody smart wallet, Visa credit cards through Rain, and virtual-account rails through Bridge. Avici describes the service as a neobank experience and does not claim to be a deposit-taking bank.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Azuki Labs is the current operator of Azuki, a Los Angeles-area web3 entertainment brand spanning NFTs, anime storytelling, and the Azuki Trading Card Game. Its official about page identifies Alex Q. Xu (Zagabond) as co-founder and CEO; the canonical record retains Chiru Labs as the former corporate name and maps the current Culver City office.

Global multi-stage investor backing technology companies from seed through late-stage growth across AI, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and climate.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Bain Capital's dedicated crypto investment platform backing protocol founders and teams building the next generation of open financial infrastructure, from early formation through scale.

Bain Capital venture platform investing from seed through growth in AI, fintech, enterprise software, infrastructure, and other technology markets.

Georgia-based public company building institutional crypto trading and digital-asset infrastructure.

Los Angeles early-stage venture firm led by experienced consumer operators and backing technology, products, and services that transform commerce.

Charlotte-headquartered financial-services group led by Chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, with consumer banking, payments, Merrill wealth management, global banking, markets, and technology operations rooted in a broad American banking heritage.

AI-powered wallet and web-native agent runtime for natural-language crypto execution, token launches, DeFi, automations, and agent-funded payments.

San Francisco venture firm investing in automation for the real economy across AI-enabled software, fintech, enterprise, and operational technology.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

San Francisco AI-native venture firm investing from pre-seed through Series A in scalable infrastructure, intelligent collaboration, automated workflows, and autonomous machines.

Technology investment firm active from early stage through growth and buyout across software, infrastructure, consumer, and industrial technology.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York pre-seed and seed firm backing diverse founders building AI, fintech, health, climate, future-of-work, and consumer technology companies.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

San Francisco conviction-first pre-seed firm investing at inception in founders building deep technology, AI, robotics, industrial systems, enterprise software, and climate infrastructure.

Silicon Valley venture partnership backing category-defining technology companies from their early stages.

Active Winter 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Global venture firm investing from early stage through growth across AI, cloud, enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, and other technology markets.

New York investor, accelerator, and company builder focused on AI, human-computer augmentation, creator tools, applied machine learning, and emerging internet platforms.

San Francisco early-stage fund leading pre-seed and seed rounds in fintech founders building payments, financial software, banking, insurance, and data infrastructure.

Digital wealth platform providing automated investing, retirement, cash-management, and advisor technology products.

Bexo Wallet is a self-custodial wallet and payments app for buying, swapping, and spending crypto through QR payments and local-currency settlement. Its current product site describes multi-account support, several blockchains, crypto-to-peso conversion, and BexoTag transfers. The Google Play listing publishes Beexo Technologies, Inc. at a Sunny Isles Beach address; that developer address is mapped as a registered contact, not asserted as a customer-facing headquarters. This profile is distinct from the separate Actalink Limited product marketed as Bexo Banking On-Chain.

San Francisco AI company building an agentic workspace that helps game designers, developers, and technical artists build and understand real game projects.

Global multi-stage investment firm backing founders and funds at the intersection of intelligence, autonomy, decentralized infrastructure, and deep technology.

Public company operating a large Bitcoin ATM network, retail cash checkout service, and related crypto access products.

Policy research organization focused on Bitcoin regulation, energy, financial inclusion, and national security.

Institutional digital asset custody, wallets, staking, trading, and settlement services.

Early-stage investment platform backing gaming, interactive entertainment, Web3, digital assets, AI, and immersive technology across a global network of funds and offices.

Crypto payment company providing merchant acceptance, payouts, wallet, and related payment services.

Crypto-focused asset manager offering exchange-traded products, private funds, indices, and institutional strategies.

Public global investment manager founded by Larry Fink and seven partners, led by Chairman and CEO Larry Fink, with investment, ETF, private-market, infrastructure, digital-asset, and Aladdin financial-technology capabilities.

Public alternative asset manager founded by Stephen Schwarzman and Peter Peterson, led by Chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, with strategies spanning private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, life sciences, and technology-enabled growth.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

B2B2C stablecoin and payment infrastructure for virtual accounts, pay-ins, payouts, and fiat settlement. BlindPay currently documents local rails in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. Its terms state that BlindPay is a technology company that does not itself transmit money, custody customer funds, or provide banking services, and that regulated movement is performed through licensed payment vendors. Separate current disclosures identify U.S. MSB registrations and a Brazilian VASP entity in regulatory transition; those registrations must not be broadened into a universal banking or state money-transmitter licence.

Pre-seed and seed firm backing AI, fintech, SaaS, data, automation, marketplace, consumer, and frontier-technology founders across several U.S. hubs.

Active Summer 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Financial technology company behind Square, Cash App, Bitkey, and Bitcoin mining hardware initiatives.

Washington nonprofit trade association representing digital asset companies in US policy and regulatory debates.

Early-stage fund and accelerator platform led by participants in Stanford's blockchain entrepreneurship, accelerator, alumni, and research ecosystem.

Crypto venture-capital firm partnering with blockchain and digital-asset builders across infrastructure, finance, and consumer applications.

Node, staking, and blockchain infrastructure provider for institutions.

New York digital asset media, research, data, and events company serving professional crypto markets.

Independent early-stage venture fund backed solely by Bloomberg L.P., operating since 2013 and investing for financial return in startups reshaping work, business software, AI, data, and technology markets.

Washington-area cybersecurity investor led by former operators and backing security companies from seed through scale across threat detection, identity, infrastructure defense, and AI-enabled protection.

New York financial-infrastructure group founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1784 and led by Chairman and CEO Robin Vince, safeguarding, managing, and moving assets through custody, clearing, payments, markets, wealth, and investment platforms.

Founder-led venture firm backing early-stage decentralized crypto networks and the Web3 stack, with public directory evidence for Los Angeles, Perth, and London hubs.

Inception-stage venture firm partnering with technical founders building AI-native infrastructure, security, applications, models, and enterprise systems.

San Francisco embedded-finance platform, now part of FIS, helping brands launch compliant banking, money-movement, debit, and credit-card products.

San Francisco investment firm partnering with technology companies that can shape global markets, with an active portfolio across AI, software, fintech, consumer platforms, and internet infrastructure.

Los Angeles seed investor focused on AI-native B2B software across vertical AI, proprietary data, fintech infrastructure, agent-native infrastructure, and enterprise workflows.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Pre-seed venture firm leading early rounds for founders building frontier technologies across crypto, AI, robotics, space, energy, computing, and biology.

SEC-registered Web3-native investment manager backing blockchain infrastructure, decentralized applications, tokenization, payments, stablecoins, and cryptographic protocols.

Robotics company building mobile robots such as Spot, Stretch, and Atlas for industrial, commercial, and research users.

Boston-area pre-seed and seed venture firm backing AI, B2B SaaS, cloud infrastructure, fintech, crypto analytics, consumer, gaming, and sports technology founders.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Menlo Park early-stage firm backing physical, industrial, biological, and defense AI companies, founded in partnership with the University of California.

New York early-stage firm focused on B2B founders modernizing business through enterprise software, AI, data, security, fintech, and developer infrastructure.

New York venture firm investing at the earliest stage across fintech, developer tools, frontier technology, software, marketplaces, climate, and consumer products.

US stablecoin infrastructure company providing issuance, minting, redemption, reserve management, exchange access, and APIs for branded stablecoin programmes. Brale also documents a Rain integration through which eligible businesses using SBC can create corporate Visa card programmes. The company profile does not imply that Brale is a bank, that every listed asset is issued by Brale, or that Rain's programme is available in every country.

Climate-technology platform supporting science-driven companies from discovery and fellowships through venture investment, demonstration, and commercial deployment.

Crypto-native early-stage fund founded by Jed Breed, partnering with ambitious builders across decentralized finance, stablecoins, infrastructure, and agentic finance.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Brevan Howard's dedicated crypto and digital-asset division, combining institutional governance with crypto-native investing across private and public markets.

Boston venture firm founded by John Kim that backs founders modernizing financial services, insurance, healthcare, risk analytics, and the infrastructure used by incumbents and startups.

San Francisco fintech platform for corporate cards, business accounts, payments, travel, expense management, and AI-assisted finance workflows for growing companies.

Stripe-owned infrastructure for businesses that need fiat-stablecoin APIs, virtual accounts, payouts, card programs, custody workflows, and custom stablecoin issuance. The contracting entity changes by residence: Bridge Building Inc serves applicable US money-transmission activity, Bridge Building Sp. z o.o. covers EEA users, and Bridge Building Limited or other group entities cover rest-of-world services. Bridge states that it is not a broker-dealer or exchange, and its stablecoins are not legal tender or deposit-insured.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Public alternative asset manager headquartered in New York, led by CEO Connor Teskey, investing across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate, and credit; Brookfield traces its operating heritage to 1899.

Brooklyn's first early-stage venture fund, managed by Charlie O'Donnell, preserved as an inactive historical NYC capital hub after its official site announced it stopped making new investments in 2023.

Brookwell is a consumer cash account built by Stable Money Company that lets customers move money through legacy rails while accessing stablecoin-based yield. Banking services are provided by Erebor Bank, N.A.; Brookwell states that it is not a bank and does not issue cards directly, so the profile is not conflated with the partner bank or a card issuer.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Developer platform providing programmable cloud browsers, session infrastructure, and browser automation for AI agents and software teams.

Bitcoin-focused company behind Bitcoin Magazine, The Bitcoin Conference, and related media and education products.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

AI-native venture fund and studio building and backing category-defining companies from Cambridge and New York, with applied relevance to fintech, robotics, and crypto infrastructure.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Long-duration technology venture firm based in San Francisco and New York, leading seed and Series A rounds and continuing to invest throughout company lifecycles.

Active Summer 2017 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Early-stage venture firm investing across technology and healthcare from offices on both US coasts.

Stage-flexible B2B software and fintech venture firm built with support from major US financial institutions and led by investors, bank operators, and former regulators.

Day-zero venture firm writing pre-seed checks for technical founders building AI, robotics, silicon, decentralized compute, cryptographic coordination, and programmable-money infrastructure.

Portola Valley venture firm, formerly Canvas Ventures, leading concentrated Series A and B investments in AI transforming fintech and digital health.

Austin venture firm, accelerator, and founder hub investing across Texas in deep and frontier technology, including AI, robotics, defense, healthcare, industrial systems, and space.

Alphabet-backed independent growth fund helping established technology companies accelerate across AI, enterprise, fintech, cybersecurity, and digital assets.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Embedded credit-card platform providing programme technology and servicing. Coinbase's current rewards terms name Cardless as servicer of Coinbase One Card while First Electronic Bank remains the issuer and Coinbase administers bitcoin rewards. Cardless is not the issuing bank, and the programme's American Express branding does not make American Express the lender or rewards custodian.

Public global investment firm founded in Washington by William Conway, Daniel D'Aniello, and David Rubenstein, led by CEO Harvey Schwartz across global private equity, credit, and investment solutions.

Non-custodial Bitcoin security software using multi-key vaults for personal, business, and inheritance use cases.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Block's consumer financial platform for peer-to-peer payments, stored balances, debit cards, direct deposit, investing, and Bitcoin services. It is kept as a product profile linked to Block rather than a second corporate entity.

Venture-capital firm focused on early-stage companies at the intersection of traditional finance and public blockchains.

Category Labs is the rebranded Monad Labs engineering company developing Monad, a high-performance EVM-compatible Layer 1 with parallel execution.

Global exchange and market-infrastructure group founded in Chicago in 1973 and led by CEO Fred Tomczyk, operating regulated options, equities, derivatives, foreign-exchange, and data businesses across major markets.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Foundation supporting Celo, a mobile-first ecosystem focused on stablecoin payments and real-world usage.

Utah-chartered, FDIC-insured bank offering lending and fintech-partnership programmes. Fold's current rewards terms identify Celtic Bank as issuer of the Fold Bitcoin Credit Card. Purchases use a US-dollar credit line and rewards are administered in bitcoin by Fold; paying a statement with bitcoin causes Fold to sell the asset and apply US-dollar proceeds, so the card is not direct crypto spending.

Miami ecosystem-building organization expanding founder, investor, education, and technology pathways for Black communities and entrepreneurs.

Blockchain security company providing smart contract audits, monitoring, and risk tooling.

Blockchain analytics company serving compliance, investigations, risk and government workflows. Co-founded in 2014, it states it serves government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions and cybersecurity companies across more than 70 countries. Its work turning transactions into attributed entity data is what makes chain activity legible to law enforcement, which is also why it draws privacy criticism.

New York Bitcoin research and development center supporting open-source protocol engineering and developer education.

Product-focused seed venture firm backing ambitious founders across AI, crypto infrastructure, fintech, developer tools, defense technology, and cloud software.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

London-headquartered private fintech providing modular payment processing, acquiring, payouts, fraud optimization, and card-network infrastructure for global merchants and fintechs.

Active Summer 2014 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

University-anchored Midwest consortium connecting researchers, national laboratories, companies, and workforce programs to advance quantum technology.

Chicago investment firm providing flexible private capital to emerging and growth-stage public companies while also pursuing acquisitions and private operating-company investments.

Chicago-based early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies across enterprise, fintech, data, supply chain, and related markets.

Consumer financial-technology platform providing banking, payments, savings, and credit-building products through partner banks.

Issuer of USDC and provider of stablecoin settlement, treasury, and payment infrastructure. USDC is issued through regulated Circle affiliates, and Circle publishes weekly reserve holdings alongside a monthly third-party attestation.

Circle investment community backing early-stage blockchain infrastructure, middleware, onchain financial primitives, payments, applications, and programmable-commerce companies connected to the USDC ecosystem.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Cisco corporate development and venture platform investing in enterprise technology across AI, security, cloud, collaboration, networking, and infrastructure.

Global market maker and electronic-trading firm led by CEO Peng Zhao, providing institutional and retail-market liquidity across equities, options, fixed income, ETFs, and other asset classes from its Miami headquarters and global offices.

Global financial institution providing banking, payments, markets, custody, wealth, and technology-enabled financial infrastructure.

Citi corporate venture platform investing from seed through later stages across fintech, AI and data, commerce, security, enterprise IT, digital assets, and proptech.

US Bitcoin miner focused on owned mining sites, energy strategy, and operational scale.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Fintech venture practice within Clocktower Group that invests from seed through growth in consumer and enterprise financial innovation, with a focus on the United States and Latin America.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Chicago-headquartered derivatives marketplace led by Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy, formed through the 2007 combination of CME and CBOT and operating CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX markets with central clearing.

Crypto-native principal investment firm deploying capital across liquid and illiquid tokens and selective blockchain companies.

Chicago-based investment platform founded in 2017 that operates four venture funds and backs early-stage blockchain and Web3 companies across protocols, infrastructure, financial applications, and consumer products.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology-focused investment platform operating across public and private markets, with a global office network and active AI investment research.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Washington nonprofit researching and advocating for public policy around cryptocurrencies and decentralized networks.

Provider of crypto financial intelligence, network data, and market data products.

Coinbase investment platform backing early-stage founders across blockchain networks, Web3 infrastructure, exchanges, DeFi, developer tooling, crypto applications, and onchain AI.

New York-based Web3 marketing agency providing influencer campaigns, public relations, community management, paid media, SEO, and launch support for crypto and blockchain companies.

Crypto media, events, indices, and data company founded in 2013, covering markets, policy, technology, and the infrastructure of the global digital-asset economy.

Crypto-native investment firm backing decentralized networks and companies across early and growth stages.

Independent crypto investment adviser backing blockchain networks, protocols, and Web3 companies, with investment principals Stephen McKeon and Derek Schloss identified in its current fund filings.

Early-stage investor backing companies across artificial intelligence, financial access, energy and materials, health, and category-defining consumer markets.

San Francisco developer platform bank providing accounts, ACH, wires, real-time payments, card programs, and lending infrastructure through APIs.

Public connectivity, media, and technology company operating broadband, wireless, enterprise, entertainment, cloud, and digital platforms.

Comcast corporate venture arm backing early- through growth-stage companies across data and AI, enabling technology, sustainability, future of work, health, proptech, and sports technology.

San Francisco venture firm founded in 2013 by Dan Rosen, investing in fintech, insurtech, payments, commerce infrastructure, and retail technology with a strategic corporate network.

New York first-check venture firm and residency community backing early AI, fintech, digital-health, enterprise-software, and data-infrastructure founders.

Developer platform that gives AI agents reliable skills, tool integrations, and autonomous actions across business software.

New York investment firm using research-driven theses and company building across crypto, AI, robotics, computational biology, and other frontier technologies.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Business payment infrastructure connecting bank accounts, local payment rails, foreign exchange, and digital assets for cross-border settlement. Current company material documents operating connectivity in Mexico and Brazil and a Braza integration for BBRL-based onchain foreign exchange. Conduit's current agreement identifies a Delaware company and US MSB registration, while restricting services by client, jurisdiction, partner, and supported currency; MSB registration is not described here as a banking charter or blanket money-transmitter licence.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

San Francisco early-stage climate-tech firm investing from company formation through Series A in energy, industrial, infrastructure, robotics, and AI-enabled businesses.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

A global blockchain company building Ethereum tooling and enterprise software, founded in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. It builds MetaMask, the Infura developer API and the Linea Layer 2, which makes it one of the few organizations whose products span the wallet, the node infrastructure and the scaling layer at once.

Early-stage venture firm investing in founders applying advanced technology to manufacturing, logistics, defense, energy, and other foundational industries.

New York early-stage venture firm investing in capital-efficient technology companies across enterprise software, fintech, data, and digital services.

Talent- and research-driven investment firm backing a concentrated set of technology founders and companies from seed to scale.

Early-stage venture firm purpose-built for AI-native Software 3.0 companies, typically investing from the first institutional round onward.

Large mining and data-center operator connecting Bitcoin hashrate with broader compute demand.

Active Winter 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Corner is a global investment and company-building firm backing high-growth technology across the AI economy, energy and infrastructure, and hard-to-replicate human experiences.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Cosmos Labs develops software and products for the Cosmos Stack, supports customers and builders, and grows adoption of interoperable blockchain infrastructure.

Early-stage venture firm backing technology companies across AI, data, developer infrastructure, fintech, security, and enterprise software.

San Francisco early-stage investor in net-new enterprise technology spanning AI infrastructure, fintech, blockchain, cloud software, data, and industrial systems.

New York early-stage investor focused on sports, lifestyle, and gaming, including AI, prediction markets, collectibles, betting, wellness, and infrastructure.

Seed-focused venture firm backing pre-product and early-stage founders across enterprise, fintech, infrastructure, vertical AI, security, health, and consumer technology.

Founder-led venture firm investing in B2B software, AI, fintech, infrastructure, marketplaces, and other technology businesses.

New Jersey bank and FDIC member providing embedded finance, card issuing and processing, payments, lending, and onchain-finance services. Meow's current card agreement names Cross River as issuer of its collateralized commercial Visa. The bank's FDIC status does not by itself mean every partner balance or crypto-related product is deposit-insured; coverage depends on the programme and applicable conditions.

Los Angeles seed investor backing frontier technologies across energy, climate, space, defense, advanced manufacturing, robotics, and physical-world AI.

Early-stage venture firm partnering with enterprise and consumer technology founders, supported by its Alpha founder and executive network.

Crypto infrastructure company providing custodial wallets, stablecoin rails, token checkout, and APIs for digital assets and agentic commerce.

Early-stage venture firm operating since 1970 and leading Seed and Series A rounds for technology founders, with current offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto and a portfolio spanning enterprise, consumer, fintech, security, and developer platforms.

New York-based crypto newsroom and research publisher covering blockchain, markets, DeFi, prediction markets, and the companies building the onchain economy.

Global alliance of crypto organizations engaging policymakers on responsible digital asset regulation and innovation.

CryptoQuant is an institutional blockchain-data and analytics company founded in 2018. Its platform and research cover on-chain flows, exchange data, market intelligence, and institutional workflows; the directory treats its New York address as the company-listed headquarters and does not confuse its Delaware DMCA contact with a second office.

CryptoSlate publishes crypto news, market data, research, rankings, and company coverage through its Zenzio Incorporated business.

DRW subsidiary providing institutional cryptoasset liquidity through voice and electronic trading channels.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Cypher built a non-custodial multi-chain wallet with in-app swaps, cross-chain bridges, and a crypto card for spending digital assets. Cypher's current notice says Nium acquired the business and that the app, business card platform, and CYPR ecosystem are being wound down; this profile is historical and does not imply that cards or new accounts remain available.

Quantum-computing company combining annealing systems, gate-model research, and hybrid optimization software for commercial and government users.

Global investment and technology-development firm founded in New York in 1988 by David E. Shaw, with day-to-day operations overseen by its Executive Committee.

Active Winter 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2016 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Data and AI infrastructure company behind the lakehouse platform, serving enterprise analytics, machine learning, and generative-AI workloads.

Databricks strategic venture program investing alongside institutional lead investors in early- and growth-stage startups that build on or extend the Databricks data and AI ecosystem.

Active Summer 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Mid-Atlantic startup foundry investing in and co-building seed-stage cybersecurity and data-science companies with deep technical founders.

Early-stage venture firm combining investment with communications and storytelling support for customer-focused technology founders.

Secure, elastic runtime infrastructure that lets developers and AI agents execute generated code in isolated, programmatic environments.

Bay Area venture firm applying a double-bottom-line investment model to technology companies across climate, energy, mobility, enterprise software, health, and inclusive economic growth.

Silicon Valley venture firm backing category-defining technology companies across AI-native applications, fintech, SaaS, consumer, and cross-border innovation.

Deep-technology investor backing science- and engineering-driven companies across climate, industrial transformation, defense, computing, biotechnology, and space.

Non-custodial financial platform combining Decaf Wallet and DecafPay with stablecoin payments, cross-border remittances, business payment pages, and a Visa card program.

AI-native venture and digital-assets fund investing, advising, and building at the intersection of Web3, blockchain, artificial intelligence, gaming, and decentralized infrastructure.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Independent media company and newsroom covering crypto, decentralized technology, alternative finance, AI, and the culture around emerging technology from Brooklyn, New York.

Global payroll and workforce platform documenting USDC and USDT contractor withdrawals and selected USDC, EURC, or USDT payroll options through third-party providers. Deel also offers a corporate Visa funded from supported fiat balances in the Deel Card wallet. The stablecoin and card products are adjacent but distinct: current card documentation does not support direct stablecoin spending, and eligibility is account-, country-, client-, and compliance-specific.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2016 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York healthcare investment platform combining flexible capital, research intelligence, philanthropy, and an in-building life-sciences company-creation engine.

Nonprofit policy organization educating policymakers and advocating for decentralized finance in the United States.

Woodside early-stage firm investing in technology companies across AI, enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, healthcare, and consumer markets.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Dell Technologies venture investment team leading early-stage rounds in foundational enterprise technology across AI, security, data, infrastructure, developer tools, and silicon.

Research-driven digital-asset firm combining subscription research, market intelligence, consulting, and venture-oriented analysis for crypto builders and institutions.

Thesis-driven investment firm formed from the Delphi digital-asset ecosystem and now investing across crypto, AI, deep technology, and neurotechnology.

Native crypto venture fund investing in blockchain builders from pre-seed and seed through liquid-token strategies.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Crowdsourced benchmark that uses live user preference signals to evaluate AI-generated visual design and help people discover models matching their creative goals.

San Francisco early-stage fund backing technology companies that use design to improve financial prosperity, health, sustainability, enterprise work, and consumer products.

New York seed venture firm backing AI-native, data-centric B2B companies across machine-learning infrastructure, enterprise software, cybersecurity, and fintech.

Crypto investment and operating group founded by Barry Silbert, building and backing businesses across the digital-asset economy.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Registered investment manager operating the Distributed Global platform and private investment vehicles focused on blockchain and digital-asset companies and networks.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Dogecoin is an open-source peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and decentralized public ledger launched in 2013 by Jackson Palmer and Shibetoshi Nakamoto. The Dogecoin Foundation supports development, advocacy, and trademark defense but does not operate the network as a centralized company.

Active Summer 2012 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Crypto-native investment firm backing technical teams globally from seed through later venture stages, with offices in New York and Singapore.

Long-running early-stage venture platform founded by Tim Draper and investing in frontier companies from pre-seed through Series A across AI, robotics, crypto, fintech, space, and biotechnology.

Silicon Valley and Asia venture fund backing early-stage Web3, blockchain, fintech, AI, and frontier technology companies.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology venture firm investing from idea to IPO in founders building across the Midwest and other underrepresented North American hubs.

Chicago-headquartered principal trading firm founded by Don Wilson in 1992, active across listed and OTC markets, energy, fixed income, real estate, and digital assets through Cumberland.

Long-duration investment firm backing public and private growth companies, with a technology-heavy portfolio and a Bethesda principal office.

Embodied-AI company building affordable robotic arms and foundation models for repetitive real-world tasks.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

MIT-affiliated venture fund born at the Media Lab and backing MIT-linked AI, robotics, quantum, climate, materials, and other deep-technology founders from pre-seed through Series A.

Cloud sandbox platform for running AI-generated code and agent workflows in isolated, reproducible environments.

Palo Alto venture firm investing in entrepreneurs building the physical economy across advanced computing, robotics, manufacturing, supply chains, energy, defense, mobility, and essential-industry software.

Austin investment firm providing patient capital and operational support to technology innovators and founder-led companies across software, infrastructure, and emerging technical markets.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2015 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Crypto investment firm known for venture investing and data-driven research on blockchain developer ecosystems.

Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is the Denver-based company that builds and supports Zcash, with work spanning protocol engineering, cryptography, security, regulatory engagement, and trademark stewardship.

Boston venture firm investing in fast-growing, capital-efficient technology companies across software, fintech, marketplaces, enterprise, and consumer products.

AI research and product company building voice, audio, creative, and agent platforms for developers, businesses, and creators.

Austin growth investor partnering with capital-efficient B2B software companies that have achieved product and market traction outside traditional venture formulas.

Santa Monica pre-seed and seed investor backing defensible deep technology across AI, robotics, semiconductors, cybersecurity, fintech, materials, and healthcare.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2019 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Miami innovation convener connecting startups, investors, enterprises, and government through year-round programs and a global technology conference.

Focused early-stage investor in enterprise cloud software and AI-native business applications.

Mission-driven investment platform backing consequential companies across AI, fintech, climate, digital health, education, work, and media.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

South Florida affiliate of Endeavor's global high-impact entrepreneur network, selecting and supporting scaling founders through mentorship, growth programs, investor connections, and a local founder community.

Active Fall 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York-headquartered global energy-technology investor operating across venture, growth equity, credit, and infrastructure with major U.S. offices in five cities.

New York seed investor partnering with technology founders from company formation through early product and market development.

Austin early-stage venture firm using a proprietary data platform to identify technical teams across AI, defense, deep technology, fintech, digital assets, and cybersecurity.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Independent research nonprofit tracking AI progress, capabilities, compute, and economic impact with open, evidence-based analysis.

New York venture firm partnering with founders at the earliest stages through concentrated, thesis-driven investing and company-building support.

New York crypto venture firm backing early-stage networks across DePIN, compute, connectivity, energy, and other open infrastructure markets.

Florida-registered fintech platform advertising digital accounts, crypto trading, payments, OTC, BRT, DEX infrastructure, white-label services, and a virtual Cripto Card. Florida's official registry confirms Ether Global Assets LLC and its Orlando principal address. Ether labels the shared Contagem address as a Brazilian branch, while separately naming BRT and DEX Brazilian entities there. The current card pages do not disclose an issuing bank, card network, fees, limits, supported countries, or public terms, so this review does not create a crypto-card listing. Ether also self-reports a Canadian FINTRAC MSB registration, but that claim was not independently confirmed and is not presented here as a licence.

Crypto-native investment and company-building firm backing permissionless networks and digital-asset founders from inception through growth, with a portfolio spanning infrastructure, ZK, DeFi, staking, identity, and stablecoins.

Founder-backed global pre-seed fund investing across fintech, AI infrastructure, crypto-adjacent finance, and frontier technology.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Multi-asset self-custody wallet across desktop, mobile, and browser.

Technology company studio and venture platform combining design, operating support, and capital across AI, fintech, web3, marketplaces, enterprise, and consumer products.

Computing company building thermodynamic sampling units and open software for energy-efficient probabilistic AI workloads.

Global venture firm creating and backing companies across life sciences, enterprise technology, healthtech, fintech, and crypto.

Developer-first platform for running generative media models and production inference through APIs and cloud infrastructure.

Institutional digital asset prime brokerage and trading platform.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Venture firm backing technology companies across AI, enterprise, fintech, security, healthcare, and other software-driven markets.

Miami-headquartered WhatsApp remittance service sending from the United States into nine documented Latin American markets. Felix describes using Bridge stablecoin infrastructure for settlement; the country markers represent delivery markets, not Felix offices, licences, or universal product availability.

New York early-stage fund investing in female-founded companies across AI-first software, fintech, digital health, climate, deep technology, and consumer categories.

Blockchain-focused asset manager and venture investor established in 2015, backing Web3 infrastructure and applications globally.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York seed and early-stage firm investing across AI, robotics, manufacturing, energy, cybersecurity, fintech, and other emerging technologies.

Operator-led venture platform backing early fintech, lending, insurtech, and financial-infrastructure founders with capital, growth, finance, talent, and distribution support.

Fidelity business providing institutional digital-asset custody, trading, research, and related investment services.

Privately held financial-services group founded by Edward C. Johnson II and led by Chairman and CEO Abigail Johnson, serving individuals, employers, wealth firms, and institutions across investment management, brokerage, retirement, custody, and digital assets.

Investment platform focused on technology for the built environment across real estate, energy, enterprise software, fintech, AI, and digital-asset infrastructure.

San Francisco pre-seed and seed firm backing scientists, engineers, and technical founders building climate, biotechnology, AI-for-science, robotics, hardware, and space companies.

Active Winter 2016 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Early-stage blockchain infrastructure fund connected to Figment's protocol-operations expertise, helping technical founders move networks from idea to adoption.

AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoids and the Helix vision-language-action stack for real-world work and home environments.

San Francisco digital-asset platform spanning crypto trading, lending, stablecoin infrastructure, and regulated securities-market services.

Los Angeles pre-Series A investor backing B2B companies across vertical AI, fintech, developer tools, manufacturing, supply chain, energy, and healthcare.

Full-lifecycle venture firm backing B2B technology companies serving financial services, including infrastructure, enterprise software, and AI-enabled workflows.

Active Winter 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York-based financial-technology venture firm founded in 2012 by operators and investors Brooks Gibbins and Gareth Jones, investing globally and often as a company's first institutional investor.

Operator-led fintech investment platform connecting early-stage financial-software companies with a network of banks and strategic financial-services partners.

Institutional custody, wallet, settlement, tokenization, and payment infrastructure.

Web-data infrastructure company turning websites into clean, structured context for AI agents through search, scraping, crawling, and extraction APIs.

FDIC-regulated Utah industrial bank specializing in partner-led credit programmes. Coinbase and its rewards terms identify First Electronic Bank as issuer of Coinbase One Card, with Cardless as account servicer and Coinbase as rewards administrator. The bank's FDIC status applies to eligible deposits at the bank; it does not insure bitcoin rewards, Coinbase cryptoassets, or credit-card purchases.

Early-stage venture firm partnering with US companies from pre-seed and seed across AI, enterprise, fintech, hardware, healthcare, and consumer technology.

New York early-stage venture firm backing technology founders and supporting them through operating communities, customer access, and recruiting networks.

New York venture firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses across fintech, commerce, crypto, AI, and software.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Cambridge company-creation platform that invents, builds, and capitalizes bioplatform businesses in health and sustainability.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Boston venture firm investing in healthcare technology, digital health, and data-driven care platforms.

AI-native financial platform for business owners combining global banking, stablecoin accounts, reward and credit cards, cross-border payments, and working-capital products.

Active Summer 2017 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Silicon Valley pre-seed and seed investor backing breakthrough founders across AI, crypto, fintech, enterprise, and consumer technology.

Florida-based venture firm and investor network backing B2B technology companies from pre-seed through Series B across AI, fintech, cybersecurity, health, and Web3.

Evergreen early-stage investor backed by Pierre and Pam Omidyar that supports mission-driven founders building a fairer financial system across the United States and emerging markets.

East Coast early-stage investor backing AI infrastructure, developer platforms, agentic business applications, fintech, and native AI products.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Seattle pre-seed and seed investor focused on companies built around AI and machine learning across foundational infrastructure, applied intelligence, robotics, and hard sciences.

On-chain financial system unifying spot markets, lending, perpetuals, insurance, and the ftUSD settlement rail around shared collateral and risk pricing.

Nasdaq-listed global payments platform helping education, healthcare, travel, and businesses collect and reconcile cross-border payments.

Public US financial-services platform with two current Visa products: a US-dollar prepaid card issued by Sutton Bank and a US-dollar credit card issued by Celtic Bank. Both can earn bitcoin rewards administered by Fold, but neither documents direct bitcoin spending; paying the credit-card statement with bitcoin causes Fold to sell it and apply US-dollar proceeds.

Active Winter 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Founder-led early-stage venture firm investing in consumer-facing technology and the infrastructure shaping health, money, work, learning, commerce, and connection.

Nasdaq-listed company building and managing a Solana treasury through staking, DeFi, and ecosystem investments.

Early-stage venture firm backing founders from day zero across AI, enterprise, fintech, crypto, and other foundational technologies.

Seed-stage venture firm built by entrepreneurs and investing across enterprise software, AI, fintech, defense technology, marketplaces, and consumer products.

Silicon Valley-founded global accelerator and company-building network helping idea-stage and pre-seed founders launch fundable technology businesses.

A 12-week pre-accelerator run by Jason Calacanis and LAUNCH that helps founders build, launch, and reach first users while investing in top graduates.

San Francisco growth-stage investor and private-markets platform supporting venture-backed technology companies, founders, and employee shareholders.

Multi-stage technology investor backing ambitious companies across AI, crypto, defense, enterprise, fintech, and frontier technology.

San Francisco founder platform and venture studio supporting ambitious teams across AI, crypto, fintech, and frontier technology.

Seattle founder-led pre-seed firm making first checks into technical teams across the Pacific Northwest and maintaining a regional founder community through Foundations.

Boulder venture firm investing in technology startups and partner venture funds through a network-driven strategy spanning software, crypto, enterprise, and consumer markets.

Active Summer 2018 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Crypto venture firm investing in and participating alongside founders across decentralized finance, infrastructure, and consumer networks.

Technology investment firm backing software, fintech, payments, cybersecurity, data, healthcare IT, and other technology-enabled businesses through private-equity and credit strategies.

Public global asset manager founded by Rupert H. Johnson Sr. and led by CEO Jenny Johnson, combining public and private markets, alternatives, ETFs, tokenized funds, and wealth technology under ticker BEN.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Seed-stage venture firm founded by operators that leads early-stage technology rounds and supports founders with operating experience and an AI-enabled platform.

Miami-based crypto venture fund investing from first principles in blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and next-generation financial networks.

Miami venture-capital firm investing in disruptive early- and late-stage technology companies across AI, fintech, blockchain, software, robotics, and adjacent sectors.

Fundamental Labs is a crypto-native investment firm backing blockchain infrastructure and digital-asset companies; its parent CTH Group established a global headquarters in Miami while maintaining an Asia-rooted investment network.

Pacific Northwest venture firm backing early-stage founders across enterprise and vertical software, AI, robotics, healthcare, satellite infrastructure, and space technology.

Palo Alto early-stage venture fund led by former technical operators and investing in technically differentiated enterprise AI, healthcare, and industrial technology companies.

Frontier-technology firm backing mission-driven founders across space, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transport, and synthetic biology.

Diversified firm spanning trading, asset management, mining, advisory and research. It now presents itself as a leader in digital assets and AI infrastructure together, reflecting a move of its datacenter capacity toward AI compute rather than mining alone.

Galaxy's crypto-native venture platform investing in blockchain infrastructure, onchain financial applications, protocols, and consumer use cases.

Galxe is a Web3 growth platform for campaigns, credentials, community engagement, and digital identity, with products including Galxe Quest, Galxe Passport, and the Gravity ecosystem. Its current company profile identifies Menlo Park, California headquarters and a 2021 founding; its legal terms identify Galxe Group Inc. and a registered office in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. Those operating and legal locations are mapped separately.

Active Winter 2016 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Independent investment office designing portfolios for endowments, foundations, sovereigns, families, and long-term investors, including dedicated venture-capital strategies.

Digital-asset platform spanning exchange, custody, wallet, institutional, staking, GUSD, and US card services. The Gemini Credit Card is a WebBank-issued Mastercard credit product: purchases are in US dollars and qualifying rewards are deposited to a Gemini account in the selected supported cryptoasset. It is available only to eligible US applicants, so the card must not be represented as direct crypto spending or an international Gemini product.

Global growth investor partnering with companies in technology, financial services, consumer, healthcare, and climate across a multi-region office network.

Global investment and company-building firm backing technology companies across AI, fintech, healthcare, defense, enterprise software, and other strategic sectors.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Boston early-stage venture firm backing enterprise and security founders using AI and frontier technologies.

Active Winter 2019 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Global financial institution founded by Marcus Goldman in 1869 and led by Chairman and CEO David Solomon across investment banking, global markets, asset and wealth management, and financial technology.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Google's AI research lab developing foundation models, robotics, scientific systems, and responsible AI research across London and major U.S. technology hubs.

Google's quantum-computing research and engineering lab developing superconducting processors, quantum algorithms, fabrication, and a path toward large-scale error-corrected quantum computers.

Active Winter 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technical seed fund created for AI founders and working with early-stage teams across models, infrastructure, developer tooling, and AI-native applications.

Crypto asset manager known for trusts, ETFs, and institutional digital asset products.

New York seed investor backing software, fintech, marketplaces, enterprise, healthcare, and consumer companies, with a second office in Palm Beach.

Active Summer 2019 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Concentrated long-term investor partnering with technology companies across enterprise software, consumer platforms, fintech, and AI-enabled markets.

Seed-to-growth venture firm investing globally across enterprise, fintech, digital health, and consumer technology.

Early-stage venture firm focused on category-defining enterprise, AI, cybersecurity, consumer, and financial-technology companies.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

AI infrastructure company building language-processing units and a developer cloud for fast generative-AI inference.

Maryland venture firm backing high-growth B2B software companies outside Silicon Valley across fintech, security, and supply-chain technology.

San Francisco venture firm investing from seed through growth in technology companies serving digital education, workforce skills, and lifelong learning.

Electronic market maker and institutional trading firm active across listed equities, ETFs, wholesale market making, and execution services through regulated broker-dealer entities.

San Francisco venture investor partnering with early-stage founders building blockchain protocols, infrastructure, financial applications, wallets, marketplaces, and crypto-native games.

Independent venture firm backed by Alphabet as its sole limited partner, investing across technology and life sciences from seed through growth.

Institutional venture investor active since 2014 in frontier technologies including Web3 and AI, with an internal R&D arm, onchain network participation, venture incubation, and a global developer community.

Active Winter 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Los Angeles early-stage venture firm investing in consumer-technology companies led by women across financial services, future of work, health, commerce, and adjacent software markets.

Private network for high-growth founders with curated in-person Core groups, city leads, and chapters across major U.S. technology hubs plus Toronto, Vancouver, and London.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York venture firm backing early-stage founders across software, fintech, consumer, healthcare, and other technology markets.

Global blockchain investor and builder with operating teams across Seoul, Singapore, San Francisco, and Abu Dhabi and a network spanning Web3 investment, incubation, research, fintech, and custody.

Venture-capital firm backing founders from seed through scale across decentralized technology, digital finance, and frontier technology.

Early-stage venture firm backing outlier founders at pre-seed and seed across AI, crypto, fintech, consumer, enterprise, and infrastructure markets.

Global early-stage and growth investor backing AI, fintech, software, infrastructure, security, health, and consumer technology from San Francisco and other hubs.

San Francisco early-stage investor and founder platform for developer-first enterprise-infrastructure companies spanning AI, cloud, data, security, and developer tools.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2014 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Fall 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2020 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

San Francisco payments platform combining card issuing, acquiring, credit, ledgering, and real-time money movement for embedded-finance products.

Active Summer 2019 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Global investment group founded by Matt Zhang that manages digital-asset and frontier-technology strategies spanning venture capital, liquid tokens, public and private equity, digital culture, and institutional infrastructure.

Small-team venture firm making concentrated early-stage investments across software, fintech, AI, autonomy, hardware, climate, and consumer technology.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Multi-asset quantitative trading and liquidity provider founded in 2002, with its global headquarters at 3 World Trade Center in New York.

Open platform for sharing models, datasets, demos, and machine-learning tooling across research and production teams.

Active Spring 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York venture firm and company-building platform investing at the earliest stages across essential human needs, work, finance, health, media, and consumer technology.

Global early-stage venture fund investing before traction is obvious and operating Angel Squad, education, and fellowship programs for founders and emerging investors.

Bitcoin mining and energy infrastructure company with North American operations.

Early-stage venture firm investing from pre-seed through early Series A in software companies across the US mid-continent.

Scalable browser infrastructure that gives AI agents secure sessions, proxy management, and automation primitives.

Early-stage, high-conviction venture firm backing AI and deep-tech founders transforming workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world.

Miami-based crypto-native investment platform investing in and building blockchain networks, early-stage protocols, and public digital-asset opportunities.

Active Summer 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

New York early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies built around data, software, financial systems, digital infrastructure, and automation.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Private investment platform whose technology-growth practice partners with category-leading software, data, AI, fintech, and internet companies across growth stages.

ID Quantique is an IonQ subsidiary delivering quantum-safe communications, quantum random-number generators, key-distribution systems, and photon-detection products.

Early-stage enterprise-software venture firm with operating footprints in the Seattle region and Silicon Valley and a focus on B2B software and machine-learning-enabled transformation.

Independently managed Foster City venture firm supporting early-stage genomics, diagnostics, therapeutics, digital-health, and planetary-health companies.

Research-driven quantitative trading firm founded in Amsterdam in 1989 whose Chicago office is its largest global office and center of US options, futures, and ETF activity.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Bend-based API-first banking infrastructure connecting fintech products directly to US payment rails, bank accounts, card issuing, and blockchain transfers.

Global venture firm founded in Geneva and operating from a current multi-office network across the United States and Europe.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Infinity Ventures backs early-stage fintech infrastructure and commerce-enablement companies from the Bay Area and New York, with operator support from pre-seed through Series A.

Seed-stage venture firm supporting founders from zero to one across AI, infrastructure, crypto, enterprise software, health, hard tech, and consumer markets.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2023 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Fall 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Palo Alto early-stage firm partnering with technical founders across deep tech, data and computing, advanced engineering, industrial systems, AI, and climate technology.

Global software investor supporting high-growth technology companies across AI, data, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and financial technology.

Generalist early-stage investor leading rounds across AI, fintech, robotics, quantum, cybersecurity, compute, manufacturing, and autonomous systems.

Active Summer 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for robotics and the machine economy. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Technology platform anchor tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for Big Tech platforms. Its inclusion describes enabling infrastructure and does not imply that the whole company is crypto-native.

Technology investment firm leading early-stage rounds across cloud, devices, frontier technologies, silicon, AI infrastructure, and advanced computing.

Public multi-asset electronic broker founded by Thomas Peterffy in 1977. Interactive Brokers offers crypto trading in eligible accounts through Paxos or Zero Hash while keeping crypto execution and custody with those named providers; it is not presented here as a crypto-native exchange or bank.

Active Spring 2026 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Winter 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Active Summer 2021 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Public quantum-computing company developing trapped-ion systems, quantum networking, sensing, and cloud access.

Research-driven crypto venture firm backing protocol, infrastructure, DeFi, security, gaming, and AI founders since 2017.

Active Winter 2022 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for hardware and chips. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Independent nonprofit strategic investor created to move frontier commercial technologies into U.S. national-security missions and allied government applications.

Austin sector-focused investor backing early-stage companies modernizing manufacturing, construction, energy, transport, and industrial supply chains.

Active Fall 2025 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Growth-stage venture firm partnering with technology companies across AI, enterprise, fintech, crypto, infrastructure, and consumer markets.

Boston early-stage venture firm backing technologies in advanced computing, biomedical engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and government and national-security markets.

Private global quantitative-trading and liquidity firm applying research, technology, and collaborative trading across a broad range of financial products from its largest office in New York and additional global hubs.

Global financial-services group tracing its founding to 1799, led by Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon across consumer and commercial banking, payments, investment banking, markets, securities services, and asset management.

Early-stage technology investor backing founders across AI-enabled application software, fintech, crypto, and infrastructure from offices in Chicago and New York.

Jump Trading Group division building crypto infrastructure, open-source software, and digital-asset trading systems.

Digital-asset market data, analytics, indices, pricing, and monitoring infrastructure for institutions and regulators.

Prediction market. Recorded as active in the project directory.

Karsa is a YC-backed stablecoin neobank operated by Serai, Inc. It lets people in emerging markets buy and save dollar-denominated stablecoins, receive and withdraw funds, and spend through a Visa card. Karsa describes its wallet as self-custody and its Delaware company terms as having a principal place of business in New York; the map pin records the published legal address rather than claiming a customer-facing office.

Fintech app that combines a self-custody crypto wallet with Visa virtual and physical cards, allowing users to fund balances with crypto and spend through regulated card and payment partners. Karta discloses a Delaware registration and a separate Bali physical office.

Active Winter 2024 Y Combinator company tracked in the adjacent-technology layer for AI and agent infrastructure. The YC profile supplies the directory classification and displayed location; the profile does not imply a crypto-native business unless the relevance badge says direct.

Formerly Bitfarms, Keel Infrastructure is now focused on energy-secured sites and data centers for high-performance and AI compute.