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Nemil Dalal

Visiting Partner at Y Combinator

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Overview

Nemil Dalal is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator as of November 2025[3]. Dalal spent approximately seven years at Coinbase in product leadership roles, including Senior Director of Product for the Coinbase Developer Platform from September 2022 to September 2025[4], and earlier positions leading USDC, crypto asset strategy, staking initiatives, and wallet technology[2]. Prior to Coinbase, Dalal founded and led CryptoFin as CEO from January 2017 to November 2018[7] and previously founded dreamforge, serving as Founder and CEO from October 2011 to February 2015[8]. Dalal holds an MBA in Business from Stanford University Graduate School of Business[11] and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Stanford University[12], and is a Y Combinator alumnus from the S12 cohort[2].

Profile introduction
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Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Previously, built the future of crypto at Coinbase over 7 years: helping lead USDC to $1 BN, leading Coinbase's asset strategy, launching staking, managing billions of dollars in funds through secure wallet tech, leading Coinbase's developer products (cdp.coinbase.com), and launching x402 (x402.org). Y Combinator alum (S12), Stanford MBA and electrical engineer. Early stage venture investing. Blog at nemil.com

Career history

  1. Visiting PartnerNov 2025 to presentY Combinator
  2. Senior Director of Product, Coinbase Developer PlatformSep 2022 to Sep 2025Coinbase
  3. Director of Product, CryptoAug 2019 to Sep 2022Coinbase
  4. Senior Product Manager, USDCNov 2018 to Jan 2020Coinbase
  5. CEOJan 2017 to Nov 2018CryptoFin
  6. Founder and CEOOct 2011 to Feb 2015dreamforge
  7. Senior Product ManagerFeb 2010 to May 2011Wildfire Interactive, Inc.
  8. Intern, Special InitativesJun 2008 to Aug 2008mChek

Education

  1. MBA, Business2007 - 2009Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  2. BS, Electrical Engineering, Economics2000 - 2004Stanford University

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