Founder Directory
Built by Keitoto
Founders17
Known for these resultsRole65%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 65% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company100%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 100% of these rows have at least one match.School24%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 24% of these rows have at least one match.
- Mark Nour@marknnourFounder/CTO · BuildboxS26B2B · San Francisco
- Junaid PopalzaiFounder/CTO · CarSignalS26B2B · Los Angeles
- Samuel Fu@samuelsfuFounder/CTO · AlchemizeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Jayram PalamadaiFounder/CEO · ByteportW26B2B · San Francisco
- Yolanda Cao@yolandaaacaoFounder/COO · EverestF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Juan AlzugarayFounder · FlaiS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Daniel Worku@dbworkuFounder/CTO · StarSlingX25B2B · San Francisco
- Hunter Leath@jhleathFounder/CEO · ArchilF24B2B · San Francisco
- Scott Moss@scotupsFounder · DoublezeroS24B2B
- Sean Safahi@scubaseanFounder · AbelW24B2B · San Francisco
- Valerie LiFounder · DuckieW24B2B · San Francisco
- Peter Marton@slashdotpeterFounder · OpenMeterW23B2B
- Tonjé Bakang Tonje@tonjebakangFounder/CEO · MootsW22B2B · New York
- Ain McKendrickFounder · FactionW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Scott Moss@scotupsFounder/CEO · TipeW18B2B · San Francisco
- Tonjé Bakang Tonje@tonjebakangFounder/CEO · AfrostreamS15Consumer · Paris
- Aarthi Ramamurthy@aarthirFounder/CEO · LumoidS13Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Mark NourBuildboxFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/marknnourJunaid PopalzaiCarSignalFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BLos Angeles, United States2—Samuel FuAlchemizeFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/samuelsfuJayram PalamadaiByteportFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Yolanda CaoEverestFounder/COOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States—https://x.com/yolandaaacaoJuan AlzugarayFlaiFounderSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States23—Daniel WorkuStarSlingFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/dbworkuHunter LeathArchilFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/jhleathScott MossDoublezero2× YCFounderSummer 2024B2BUnknown2https://x.com/scotupsSean SafahiAbelFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/scubaseanValerie LiDuckieFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Peter MartonOpenMeterFounderWinter 2023B2BUnknown7https://x.com/slashdotpeterTonjé Bakang TonjeMoots2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States2https://x.com/tonjebakangAin McKendrickFactionFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States25—Scott MossTipe2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2018B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/scotupsTonjé Bakang TonjeAfrostream2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2015ConsumerParis, France11https://x.com/tonjebakangAarthi RamamurthyLumoidFounder/CEOSummer 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/aarthir
Showing 1–17 of 17 founders
Tonjé Bakang Tonje
Founder/CEO·Afrostream
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size11
BatchSummer 2015
LocationParis, France
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder & CEO at Moots AI. Improving human connections through innovation. Second time YC founder. Former CEO at Afrostream (Netflix for Africa) and scaled the business operations to 28 countries.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineBusinessKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
2× YC founder
- S15AfrostreamInactive · this entry
- W22MootsActive
COMPANY CONTEXT
AfrostreamAFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…
TagsVideo
Co-foundersLudovic Bostral@ludobos
Also founded · 1 more YC company
MootsActiveWinter 2022The guest intelligence platform for high-value client events
B2BNew York, United States2Open this entry
