Bethany Crystal
Program Director, Decoded Futures at Tech:NYC
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Chief Curiosity Officer
2025 - Current
With 15 years of experience helping people use technology, Bethany created MuseKat to turn every museum visit into an epic adventure for kids. She's on a mission to transform art & museum exhibits into treasure hunts and spark curiosity at every corner.
Founder, Fractional General Management & Community Work
2022
My expertise is around finding cohesion and multiplier effects between industries or projects that don’t usually fit together. In the past, that’s included bringing together tech startups (including crypto & AI) with public education. Through my company, Create Connections, I'll help you find cohesion and kickstart new initiatives at your organization. See my /now page for what's currently piquing my curiosity: https://www.bethanycrystal.com/now
Independent Director
2024
Independent Director for Hiro Systems Board of Directors
Hiro builds developer tools for Stacks that enable apps and smart contracts for bitcoin.
Interim Program Director, Decoded Futures
2024 - 2025
Decoded Futures builds bridges between nonprofits, tech providers, and intermediaries that work together to tackle NYC’s greatest challenges with AI.
Interim GM
2024 - 2024
Grants Strategy
2023 - 2024
Community Builder-In-Residence
2022 - 2023
Variant is an early-stage venture firm investing in crypto networks & platforms building The Ownership Economy.
Content Strategist & Project Manager
2022 - 2023
Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols.
Raised $10,920,000.00 from Holon Global Investments, Kosmos Ventures, MRTNZ Ventures, BlueYard Capital, Boost VC and FundersClub.
VP, Portfolio Partnerships
2020 - 2022
Bolster is a platform that connects CEOs with access to executive talent and capital through our on-demand marketplace, programmatic coaching, and financing support
Bolster helps startup CEOs scale themselves, their leadership teams, and their boards.
Raised $21,953,074.00 from Alumni Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Capital Factory, Costanoa Ventures, High Alpha, Alumni Ventures, Foundry Group and SVB Financial Group.
Director, Tech Year NYC
2022 - 2022
Tech Year NYC serves as the citywide connective tissue for job opportunities & career advancement in NYC’s tech sector for young adults from populations historically under-represented in tech. Read more at https://www.technyc.org/techyear
Education
BSJ
2005 - 2009