Founder Directory
Built by Keitoto
Founders31
Known for these resultsRole35%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 35% 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.Bio84%Bio coverage: 84% 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-company23%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 23% of these rows have at least one match.School35%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 35% of these rows have at least one match.
- Francois Chollet@fcholletFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Mike Knoop@mikeknoopFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Philip AbelFounder/CTO · ClevaW24Fintech · Lagos
- Tolu Alabi@tolu_tols1Founder/CEO · ClevaW24Fintech · Lagos
- Divyagnan KandalaFounder · LinkGrepW23B2B · Jacksonville
- TJ KandalaFounder · LinkGrepW23B2B · Jacksonville
- Ambareesh BalajiFounder · HyperbeamW22B2B · Waterloo
- Philip ScottFounder · HyperbeamW22B2B · Waterloo
- David Tran@dtran320Founder · Flow ClubS21B2B · San Francisco
- Raffaele Colella@raf_colFounder · MindmeshS21B2B · Boston
- Ulysse MizrahiFounder · MindmeshS21B2B · Boston
- Curtis Fonger@CurtisFongerFounder · WhalesyncS21B2B · St. Petersburg
- Kevin Simons@ksimonsFounder · KitemakerW21B2B · Oslo
- Sigurd Seteklev@SigurdSeteklevFounder · KitemakerW21B2B · Oslo
- Christopher TrioloFounder · ModernLoopW21B2B · San Francisco
- Lydia Han@lydiajhanFounder · ModernLoopW21B2B · San Francisco
- Collin Pham@collinjphamFounder · StableW20B2B · New York
- Sarah AhmadFounder · StableW20B2B · New York
- David CottrellFounder · ZynqW20B2B · San Francisco
- Zerzar Bukhari@ZerzarBukhariFounder · ZynqW20B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Francois CholletNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/fcholletMike KnoopNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/mikeknoopPhilip AbelClevaFounder/CTOWinter 2024FintechLagos, Nigeria30—Tolu AlabiClevaFounder/CEOWinter 2024FintechLagos, Nigeria30https://x.com/tolu_tols1Divyagnan KandalaLinkGrepFounderWinter 2023B2BJacksonville, United States2—TJ KandalaLinkGrepFounderWinter 2023B2BJacksonville, United States2—Ambareesh BalajiHyperbeamFounderWinter 2022B2BWaterloo, Canada3—Philip ScottHyperbeamFounderWinter 2022B2BWaterloo, Canada3—David TranFlow Club2× YCFounderSummer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/dtran320Raffaele ColellaMindmeshFounderSummer 2021B2BBoston, United States7https://x.com/raf_colUlysse MizrahiMindmeshFounderSummer 2021B2BBoston, United States7—Curtis FongerWhalesyncFounderSummer 2021B2BSt. Petersburg, United States8https://x.com/CurtisFongerKevin SimonsKitemakerFounderWinter 2021B2BOslo, Norway5https://x.com/ksimonsSigurd SeteklevKitemakerFounderWinter 2021B2BOslo, Norway5https://x.com/SigurdSeteklevChristopher TrioloModernLoopFounderWinter 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States15—Lydia HanModernLoopFounderWinter 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States15https://x.com/lydiajhanCollin PhamStableFounderWinter 2020B2BNew York, United States30https://x.com/collinjphamSarah AhmadStableFounderWinter 2020B2BNew York, United States30—David CottrellZynqFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States7—Zerzar BukhariZynqFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/ZerzarBukhari
Showing 1–20 of 31 founders
Philip Scott
Founder·Hyperbeam
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2022
LocationWaterloo, Canada
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Philip is the co-founder and CEO of Hyperbeam, an API for embedding multiplayer web browsers. He studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he met his co-founders Ambareesh Balaji and Declan Goncalves. For their capstone project, they created a watch party site called Tutturu.tv to watch anime with their friends. Tutturu.tv garnered 150K monthly active users and evolved into Hyperbeam. He has interned at numerous startups and big tech companies, including Lumina and Yahoo.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
HyperbeamAPI for shared embeddable web browsers
Co-foundersAmbareesh Balaji
