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Benjamin Fernandes

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Founder at NALA

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedNALA · YC

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About

Benjamin Fernandes is a founder based in New York and London who operates NALA, which provides cross-border payment platforms for consumers and stablecoin-based payment infrastructure for businesses in emerging markets.

Founder at NALAYC W19

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YC

Benjamin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran NALA's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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NALA's investors · 29

9Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checksAccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2022Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checksAlumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksAmplo VenturesHouston · since 2022Aspect VenturesPalo AltoBessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $50K – $100M checksBogarooDFS LabParis · $50K – $1M checks · since 2022DFS Lab FrontierDigital Currency GroupNew YorkEquip Capital ASOsloHard YakaMuir BeachHeron Rock AL Access FundsSeattleHOF CapitalNew York · $500K – $10M checksInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcMenlo ParkIris CapitalParis · $1.1M – $32.4M checksLiquidity CapitalLondonMetis CapitalLagos · $10K – $5M checksNorrsken22JohannesburgNycaNew York · $2M checksNyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M checksOurCrowdJerusalemPelion Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $1M – $20M checksShine CapitalNew York · $1M – $10M checksTechstarsBoulder · $220K checksThe MBA FundVentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $100K – $10M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Benjamin Fernandes?
Benjamin Fernandes is a founder based in New York and London who operates NALA, which provides cross-border payment platforms for consumers and stablecoin-based payment infrastructure for businesses in emerging markets.
Where does Benjamin Fernandes work?
Benjamin Fernandes is Founder of NALA.
What companies did Benjamin Fernandes found?
Benjamin Fernandes founded NALA.
What companies has Benjamin Fernandes invested in?
Investments tracked here include a0.dev, Alice.tech, Beacons, Belvo, Bloomy, Cardda, F4 Industries, Flowglad, Goldbridge, Handled, Karoo, Kidato, and 13 more.

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