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Known for these resultsRole60%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 60% 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.Bio60%Bio coverage: 60% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School0%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 0% of these rows have at least one match.
- Norman MüllerFounder · FondeadoraW20Fintech · Mexico City
- Rene SerranoFounder · FondeadoraW20Fintech · Mexico City
- David J. Phillips@davjFounder/CEO · FondoW18B2B · San Francisco
- Sunny Tsang 🌞@SunnyTsangFounder/Chief Designer · FondW12B2B · San Francisco
- Taro Fukuyama@taro_fFounder/CEO · FondW12B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Norman MüllerFondeadoraFounderWinter 2020FintechMexico City, Mexico160—Rene SerranoFondeadoraFounderWinter 2020FintechMexico City, Mexico160—David J. PhillipsFondoFounder/CEOWinter 2018B2BSan Francisco, United States80https://x.com/davjSunny Tsang 🌞FondFounder/Chief DesignerWinter 2012B2BSan Francisco, United States51https://x.com/SunnyTsangTaro FukuyamaFondFounder/CEOWinter 2012B2BSan Francisco, United States51https://x.com/taro_f
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David J. Phillips
Founder/CEO·Fondo
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size80
BatchWinter 2018
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
CEO at Fondo — accounting on autopilot for 2,000+ startups. Angel investor: Flexport, LiquidDeath, Rippling, 100+. Started my career as an accountant at Deloitte, then learned to code. I was previously co-founder & CEO at Hackbright Academy, a 3 month coding school, where we trained 1,000+ software engineers and helped them get jobs at Uber, Google, Lyft, Meta, Disney and others. We bootstrapped to $3.6M per year in revenue were acquired by Capella University (NASDAQ: $CPLA) for $18M.
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
Exit mentioned in bio
