Nemil Dalal

Visiting Partner

Y Combinator · San Francisco Bay Area

Present

Enabling founders and helping Y Combinator support the next wave of crypto builders.

Senior Director of Product, Coinbase Developer Platform

Coinbase · San Francisco Bay Area

I led product for Coinbase Developer Platform (cdp.coinbase.com), creating the building blocks so that a million developers can build onchain experiences for a billion users. Working directly for our CEO, we launched wallets, 1 click onramps, data APIs, and built the easy to use and secure developer platform we wished existed. We also launched x402, finally bringing payments natively to the internet.

Director of Product, Crypto

Coinbase · San Francisco Bay Area

I led Coinbase's Crypto teams. Under my leadership, we: - Doubled the number of assets on Coinbase's platform, adding Solana, Filecoin, Aave, Uniswap, and more - Enabled key staking and DeFi rewards, including launching staking for Ethereum - Launched Rosetta, a cross-blockchain API standard used by the world's leading blockchains (https://www.rosetta-api.org) - Launched the Coinbase Community Fund, supporting foundational crypto open source development and research - Developed tools to secure access and custody of $200 BN+ of funds

Senior Product Manager, Usdc

Coinbase · San Francisco, California, United States

I led Coinbase's USDC team, working closely with Circle and Centre to create a trusted, global, dollar-based crypto currency. We jointly grew USDC—the world's largest, trusted USD-backed cryptocurrency stablecoin—to $70 BN market cap and growing. Under my leadership, the Coinbase team: - Launched the USDC Bootstrap Fund with investments in Uniswap, Compound, dYdX, PoolTogether and more; DeFi summer was the first massive growth wave for USDC - Pitched leading policy makers and regulators (e.g., the US Federal Reserve) on the benefits of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) - Supported the integration of USDC into leading DeFi protocols like Uniswap

Ceo

CryptoFin · San Francisco Bay Area

Developed one of the earliest DeFi protocols. Our Bskt token protocol enabled the creation of a rebalanceable index token. Our first product was a top 10 index token, composed of leading ERC20 tokens. Co-authored key early Ethereum community documentation, including the Consensys Smart Contract Best Practices guide. Audited leading projects in the Ethereum ecosystem (e.g., dYdX, Rarebits). Acquired by Coinbase.

Founder and Ceo

dreamforge · San Francisco, CA

Managed team to develop CAD software for the 3D printing industry, with a focus on web-based CAD tools in consumer products and jewelry. Dreamforge was a graduate of Y Combinator (Summer 2012) and funded by Tencent Holdings.

Senior Product Manager

Wildfire Interactive, Inc. · San Francisco Bay Area

Hired by cofounder as first product manager Led product teams for social media marketing tools including wireframing, backlog, and product strategy. Key product focuses were social media messaging, social media promotional app, and small business education.

Intern, Special Initatives

mChek · Bengaluru Area, India

Led working groups with CEO and senior management team of India’s leading mobile payments company to identify business expansions opportunities amongst lower incomes users. Managed microfinance initiative, leading to India's first mobile payment and microfinance pilot.

Consultant, Financial Services for the Poor

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation · Greater Seattle Area

Authored investment committee reviews for $55 MM in financial services grants related to microinsurance, microfinance, and mobile payments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Functioned as a subject matter expert on insurance.

Management Consultant

Oliver Wyman · Greater New York City Area

Advised leading bank and insurance leadership teams (CFO, CRO) on core financial operational, strategic, and organizational issues. Developed and assessed financial forecast, valuation, and risk management models. Selected work: - Led team of five consultants to assess internally developed insurance and pricing models for a large US financial firm. Identified major loss forecasting model shortcomings (hundreds of millions of dollars) - Developed economic capital tool for large US health insurer using Monte Carlo simulation techniques. Led weekly sessions with senior working team and structured key interviews with various business unit heads. - Assessed balance sheet management strategy for a top-3 US diversified bank using financial projection assessments. Identified underperforming units and evaluated potential investment scenarios that were presented directly to the CFO.

Consultant, Timor-Leste Country Office

The World Bank · Timor-Leste

Assessed key projects for World Bank in East Timor, with a focus on small/medium enterprise activities and microfinance. Select projects: - Compiled and authored bi-annual donor update of World Bank activities in East Timor, analyzing initiative successes, underlining implementation weaknesses and providing an update on donor fund disbursement. - Edited nationwide daily media monitoring bulletin for distribution to the Associated Press, national government, and international development organizations.