Blaze

Global Venmo for cross border payments

Y CombinatorSummer 2024ActiveFintechPaymentsFintechCrypto / Web3PaymentsFinance

What they do

Problem

Cross-border peer-to-peer payments are slow and expensive for people sending money internationally.

Solution

Blaze is a mobile P2P payments app that uses USDC to enable fast, low-cost cross-border transfers between individuals worldwide.

Who it's for

Individuals who need to send and receive money across borders (e.g., users in the US and Mexico).

Founders

Faiyam Rahman

Founder

Faiyam is a full-stack engineer with a bachelors in mathematics from Duke and a masters of engineering from Cornell Tech. He is now the cofounder and CEO of Blaze Payments. He is an avid traveler, most recently having completed a 6 month tour of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bali and Portugal. He is also an avid practitioner of yoga and meditation, and he enjoys long walks, the spoken word, and celebrating the joy of being alive.

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Luc Succès

Founder

Luc is a 2 time VC backed founder. His first startup, Often, launched a keyboard app that enabled you to text your friends with Drake lyrics. Upon launch, Often blew up to #1 on the App Store and got over 400k downloads. He scaled his second startup Seasons, a rental service for high end menswear to $1mm in ARR. Luc is a seasoned tech leader, having led teams at Artsy & Spotify. He is also an avid traveler, having lived and worked in over 50 countries worldwide.

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