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Exclusive | Crypto Venture Firm New Form Aims to Raise $100 Million Fund

Reported by Wsj
May 20, 2024· 2 min read
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Key Takeaways
  • • Fin.com, a stablecoin infrastructure startup, closed a $20 million seed round led by Expa and Uber cofounder Garrett Camp, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, and Gulf/Africa family offices.
  • • The company addresses the "last mile" payment problem by providing white-label infrastructure that enables users to convert stablecoins into fiat currency accessible via local bank accounts and digital wallets.
  • • Fin.com's platform serves financial services firms, consumer platforms, and prediction markets, collectively reaching over 800 million users through clients including major crypto exchanges.
  • • Co-founders Nabeel Alamgir and Mustafa Dar, immigrant technology entrepreneurs, positioned the company's mission around cross-border money movement and international payment settlement.
  • • The funding round closed in August 2024, with the company emerging from stealth in May 2024, indicating a critical infrastructure play in the expanding stablecoin-to-fiat conversion market.
Summary
Fin.com, a New York-based fintech startup, has emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed round closed in August 2024, addressing a critical infrastructure gap in the global stablecoin ecosystem. The round was led by Expa and Uber cofounder Garrett Camp, with significant participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, the founders of Figure Technologies, Mesh founder Bam Azizi, Second Sight Ventures, and sovereign and royal family offices across the Gulf and Africa.

The startup was co-founded by Nabeel Alamgir and Mustafa Dar, immigrant technology entrepreneurs who have articulated their mission around solving cross-border money movement challenges. As Alamgir explained to Fortune, "We believe that money movement is like a plane taking off from one airport, but it has to land somewhere else. We want to solve the last mile delivery problem." The company's name—an abbreviation for "finishing the job"—reflects this focus, with both founders tattooing the name on their bodies to signal commitment to the mission.

Fin.com operates a white-label payment infrastructure platform targeting financial services firms, consumer platforms, and prediction market operators. The platform enables cryptocurrency users to fund wallets from major exchanges such as Binance and Crypto.com while facilitating corporate fund transfers across international borders. While the company declined to identify specific clients, it disclosed that its customer base collectively serves more than 800 million users globally.

The funding reflects investor confidence in the stablecoin infrastructure market, where the practical conversion of digital currencies into accessible local funds remains a significant operational challenge. The diverse investor syndicate—combining venture capital firms, crypto-native funds, and institutional family offices—underscores cross-sector appetite for payment infrastructure solutions. The company declined to disclose its valuation following the seed round.

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