DOSSIER · UPDATED 18 NOV 2025

SFOX

SFOX Inc. operates as a cryptocurrency prime dealer. The Company offers a cryptocurrency trading platform, which aims to centralize prices from different exchanges into one application. SFOX serves large-scale investors such as funds,…

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Founded: 2014
Headcount: 70
Open roles: 2
Last raised: Series A · $23M

SECTION I · THE BRIEF

Inside SFOX

Brief #72780Updated 18 NOV 2025LOS ANGELESY COMBINATORSERIES A

Employbl Dossier

SFOX

Founded: 2014
Headcount: 70
Open roles: 2
Last raised: Series A · $23M

Section II · Premium ProfileMembers only

01Engineering interview process at SFOXLocked
02Tech stack & infrastructure choicesLocked
03Culture & day-to-day work styleLocked
04Why join now vs. 6 months from nowLocked
05Hiring focus & open headcount by teamLocked
06Comp philosophy and band contextLocked

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Akbar Thobhani

Founder at SFOX Inc

SFOXPlaypassAirbnb, Inc.BalancedBOKULehman BrothersMIT Sloan School of ManagementCalifornia State University NorthridgeStanford University

George Melika

CTO at SFOX

SFOXPlaypassNuveenArtilientStamps.comUNXY CombinatorUniversity of Southern California Marshall School of BusinessLoyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles High School

OPEN ROLES

Hiring at SFOX

FUNDING

Capital raised

Total Amount Raised: $23,120,000

SFOX's Investors

Y Combinator

Sv Angel

SFOX Funding Rounds

Series A
$23,000,000
Aug 16, 2018
Series A
$23,000,000
Aug 15, 2018
Series A Investors
Social + Capital Partnership
Tribe Capital
Nathan Blecharczyk
Y Combinator
DHVC (Danhua Capital)
Digital Currency Group
Joseph Melika
SV Angel
Oyster Ventures
Upside Partnership
Seed
$120,000
Jul 16, 2014
Seed
$120,000
Jul 15, 2014
Seed Investors
Y Combinator
Boost VC