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Known for these resultsRole20%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 20% 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-company0%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 0% of these rows have at least one match.School30%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 30% of these rows have at least one match.
- Eeshan Sharma@eeshansharma19Founder · BharatXW22Fintech · Bengaluru
- Mehul Jindal@mehuljindal18Founder/CEO · BharatXW22Fintech · Bengaluru
- Shyam Murugan@_shyam_king_Founder · BharatXW22Fintech · Bengaluru
- Siddharth VenuFounder · BharatXW22Fintech · Bengaluru
- Mike BignoldFounder · BolsterS21Real Estate and Construction · Calgary
- Blaze CerovcecFounder · MixrS21B2B · Toronto
- Christopher ShaferFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Joseph WingbermuehleFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Ryan RichtFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Bruce Friedrich@BruceGFriedrichFounder/Executive Director · The Good Food InstituteS18Consumer · Washington
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Eeshan SharmaBharatXFounderWinter 2022FintechBengaluru, India14https://x.com/eeshansharma19Mehul JindalBharatXFounder/CEOWinter 2022FintechBengaluru, India14https://x.com/mehuljindal18Shyam MuruganBharatXFounderWinter 2022FintechBengaluru, India14https://x.com/_shyam_king_Siddharth VenuBharatXFounderWinter 2022FintechBengaluru, India14—Mike BignoldBolsterFounderSummer 2021Real Estate and ConstructionCalgary, Canada25—Blaze CerovcecMixrFounderSummer 2021B2BToronto, Canada4—Christopher ShaferWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Joseph WingbermuehleWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Ryan RichtWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Bruce FriedrichThe Good Food InstituteFounder/Executive DirectorSummer 2018ConsumerWashington, United States110https://x.com/BruceGFriedrich
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Christopher Shafer
Founder·Well Principled
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchSummer 2019
LocationSt. Louis, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Chronically the first customer-facing engineer, Chris has delighted customers with deep-data applications from corn germplasm catalogs to global satellite data and environment simulations. Marshalling his broad expertise from cloud architecture to data visualization, Chris delivers outcomes customers love and leads solutions teams to productize them.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Well PrincipledThe neural engine for autonomous robots
