Raj Lad
FounderCofounder & CTO at Infinite
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedInfinite · YC
About
Raj Lad is cofounder and CTO at Infinite. He previously worked as a payments technology lead at Sardine, where he oversaw development of stablecoin payments and credit risk workflow products.
Cofounder & CTO at InfiniteYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Raj went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Infinite's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Raj can intro founders to Infinite's investors below.
Infinite's investors · 10
468 CapitalBerlinBalnord Sp. z o.o.Luxembourg · $550K – $3.3M checks · since 2025European Innovation Council Fundsince 2025GSR VenturesBeijing · $2.3M – $74M checks · since 2025LGVPNew York · since 2025Matterwave VenturesMunich · $1.1M – $10.8M checks · since 2025Newfund CapitalParis · $250K – $2M checks · since 2025Stepstone GroupCharlotte · since 2025Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Infinite
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Nikhil SrinivasanCofounder & CEO
Experience
- InfiniteCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Sphere LabsAdvisor2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- SardineTech Lead - Payments2022 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- ChannelMeterLead Software Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- ChannelMeterFounding Software Engineer2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- The League - Meet IntelligentlySoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Node.js12Python12Object Oriented Design16Project Management14Algorithms8Product Development5Data Structures6Distributed SystemsService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Web ApplicationsGraphQL2PostgreSQL3
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React.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)MySQLC++MatlabRubyDjangoMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptDatabasesFlaskFrom Raj's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raj Lad?
- Raj Lad is cofounder and CTO at Infinite. He previously worked as a payments technology lead at Sardine, where he oversaw development of stablecoin payments and credit risk workflow products.
- Where does Raj Lad work?
- Raj Lad is Cofounder & CTO of Infinite.
- What companies did Raj Lad found?
- Raj Lad founded Infinite.
- Where did Raj Lad go to school?
- Raj Lad studied at Y Combinator (W25); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Engineering).
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University of Waterloo mafia200
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Sardine mafia3
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Shared employers
Also worked at Infinite1
Also worked at Sphere Labs2
Also worked at Sardine11
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