About
Shahryar Hasnani held a business development leadership role at an Ethereum infrastructure company before founding Karsa, which provides stablecoin savings services for emerging markets.
Founder at KarsaYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Shahryar 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 Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Karsa's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shahryar can intro founders to Karsa's investors below.
Karsa's investors · 2
Co-founders at Karsa
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Dale WilsonFounder
Experience
- Karsa (YC W25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- ScrollPartnerships Lead2024New York, United States
- ScrollPartnerships Manager2022 — 2024
- L.E.K. ConsultingAssociate2021 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Capital OneProduct Management & Analytics Intern2020
- Newmarket CapitalAnalyst Intern2019Greater Philadelphia
Skills & more
Microsoft Office5Leadership6Public Speaking5Microsoft Word1Microsoft PowerPoint1Microsoft Excel1
From Shahryar's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shahryar Hasnani?
- Shahryar Hasnani held a business development leadership role at an Ethereum infrastructure company before founding Karsa, which provides stablecoin savings services for emerging markets.
- Where does Shahryar Hasnani work?
- Shahryar Hasnani is Founder of Karsa.
- What companies did Shahryar Hasnani found?
- Shahryar Hasnani founded Karsa.
- Where did Shahryar Hasnani go to school?
- Shahryar Hasnani studied at Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and Creative Writing).
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