About
Sami Start is Co-Founder and CEO of Transak, a company that provides APIs enabling applications to convert between fiat and cryptocurrencies or stablecoins. Transak maintains entities, licenses, payment rails, and compliance processes across multiple jurisdictions, serving use cases such as crypto wallets, remittance applications, and neo-banking.
Founder at Transak
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Transak's investors · 20
1k(x)Austin1kxRoad Town, Tortola · $50K – $1M checksBitDAOBR CapitalCoral GablesCE Innovation CapitalConsenSys MeshZugFuel Venture CapitalMiami · $250K – $10M checksFuel VenturesLondon · $317.5K – $9.5M checksGobi PartnersHong Kong · $709K – $37M checksGraph Paper CapitalSeattleIDG CapitalHong Kong · $3M – $200M checks · since 2025IOSG VenturesHong Kong · $10K – $100K checksMantle NetworkNarcissus VenturesPRIMAL CAPITALTokyoProtein Capital ManagementLuxembourgSBI Ven CapitalSingapore · $1.1M – $20M checksSignum CapitalSingapore · $1.6M – $31M checksTetherHong Kong · $1.5M – $775M checks · since 2025Woodstock Fund
Co-founders at Transak
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Yeshu AgarwalExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- TransakCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
- Entrepreneur FirstEF10 Cohort2018London, United Kingdom
- SmarketsSoftware Engineer2016 — 2018
- OptiverDeveloper2015 — 2016The Randstad, Netherlands
- STFCTechnology Evaluation Executive2013 — 2014Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Skills & more
C++26Java23JavaScript5Databases4Python4BashTrading SystemsFlaskMatlab2Project Management20Programming18Team Management10
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PhysicsFinanceBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentStart-upsProject PlanningInvestmentsIntellectual PropertyManagementResearchHigh Frequency TradingTechnology TransferLanguages Arabic · English · French · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sami Start?
- Sami Start is Co-Founder and CEO of Transak, a company that provides APIs enabling applications to convert between fiat and cryptocurrencies or stablecoins. Transak maintains entities, licenses, payment rails, and compliance processes across multiple jurisdictions, serving use cases such as crypto wallets, remittance applications, and neo-banking.
- Where does Sami Start work?
- Sami Start is Founder of Transak.
- What companies did Sami Start found?
- Sami Start founded Transak.
- Where did Sami Start go to school?
- Sami Start studied at Imperial College London (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics); UCL (Computer Science MSc, Computer Science).
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