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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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-company38%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 38% of these rows have at least one match.School38%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 38% of these rows have at least one match.
- Karan Brar@deepmatmulFounder/CEO · hiloopS26B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas Boser@thomasboserFounder/CTO · hiloopS26B2B · San Francisco
- Naman Bansal@namanbansal0611Founder · ManiculeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Shreyans Jain@shreyansjFounder/CEO · ManiculeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Adit Abraham@AbrahamAditFounder/COO · ReductoW24B2B · San Francisco
- Raunak Chowdhuri@raunakdoesdevFounder/CEO · ReductoW24B2B · San Francisco
- Ayush Sharma@ayushswritesFounder · WarpW23B2B · New York
- Liz Wessel@lizwesselFounder/CEO · WayUpW15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Karan BrarhiloopFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/deepmatmulThomas BoserhiloopFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/thomasboserNaman BansalManiculeFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/namanbansal0611Shreyans JainManiculeFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/shreyansjAdit AbrahamReductoFounder/COOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/AbrahamAditRaunak ChowdhuriReductoFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/raunakdoesdevAyush SharmaWarpFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States80https://x.com/ayushswritesLiz 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
