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Known for these resultsRole56%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 56% 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.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Anson Yu@ansonyuuFounder/CEO · NormalS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Isabelle Ilyia@isabelleilyiaFounder/CTO · CedarW25B2B · San Francisco
- Roman Zubenko@romanzubenkoFounder/CEO · Afternoon.coF24B2B · New York
- Matt DuVall@mduvall_Founder · NumeralW23B2B · San Francisco
- Raphael Schaad@raphaelschaadFounder/CEO · CronW20B2B · San Francisco
- Omar SkalliFounder · FlowdashW20B2B · San Francisco
- James Zhang@jamesfzhangFounder · PollyS17Consumer · San Francisco
- Jamie Quint@jamiequintFounder · Interstate AnalyticsW16B2B · San Francisco
- Liz Wessel@lizwesselFounder/CEO · WayUpW15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Anson YuNormalFounder/CEOSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ansonyuuIsabelle IlyiaCedarFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/isabelleilyiaRoman ZubenkoAfternoon.coFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States4https://x.com/romanzubenkoMatt DuVallNumeralFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States110https://x.com/mduvall_Raphael SchaadCronFounder/CEOWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/raphaelschaadOmar SkalliFlowdashFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States5—James ZhangPollyFounderSummer 2017ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/jamesfzhangJamie QuintInterstate AnalyticsFounderWinter 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/jamiequintLiz WesselWayUpFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States50https://x.com/lizwessel
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Liz Wessel
Founder/CEO·WayUp
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size50
BatchWinter 2015
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageGrowth
BIO
I am 1 of 4 investing Partners at First Round Capital. First Round is a generalist firm who led the seed rounds of Uber, Roblox, Notion & more. I lead our YC investing strategy, having led the Seed rounds of Reducto, David AI, Gumloop & many more. Before First Round, I was a Visiting Partner @ YC working w/ hundreds of companies. Before that, I was a CEO/Cofounder of WayUp for 7.5 years through our exit, and also was an Angel investor in the seed rounds of Scale AI, Ramp, Ro & more
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
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
WayUpMarketplace for employers to recruit college students and recent grads
TagsMarketplace
Co-foundersJJ Fliegelman@JdotJdotF
