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Striga

YC Winter 2021 Acquired

Compliant Crypto and Banking Infrastructure

https://striga.com/ ↗
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Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”

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People

Prashanth Balasubramanian
Passionate early Bitcoin-er and developer. Left ETH Zurich mid-way through my MSc to build Lastbit/Striga. Working with bitcoin an
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