TRM Labs YC Application

Summer 2019Active

TRM Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2019
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 250
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Esteban CastañoFounder
Rahul RainaFounder

What TRM Labs does

TRM is on a mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. We deliver a blockchain intelligence data platform to financial institutions, crypto companies, and governments to fight cryptocurrency fraud and financial crime. We consider our business - and our profit - as a way to move towards our mission sustainably and at scale. Join our mission ➔

TRM Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

TRM Labs, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TRM Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Blockchain intelligence for safer finance

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build a blockchain intelligence data platform that financial institutions, crypto companies, and governments use to detect and prevent cryptocurrency fraud and financial crime. Our product analyzes blockchain data to surface illicit activity and enable compliance and investigation workflows.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco and the company is based here, with a remote workforce as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco remains our base because it's a key hub for fintech and crypto companies that need our product. Remote work helps us access talent globally while staying close to our customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real TRM Labs YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from TRM Labs's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like TRM Labs would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.