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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.Bio40%Bio coverage: 40% 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.School20%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 20% of these rows have at least one match.
- Fernando San MartinFounder/CTO · ThymeS24B2B · San Francisco
- Gabriel SaruhashiFounder · Emerge CareerS22Education · New York
- Andre BernardesFounder · ZippiS19Fintech · São Paulo
- Bruno LucasFounder · ZippiS19Fintech · São Paulo
- Ludmila PontremolezFounder · ZippiS19Fintech · São Paulo
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Fernando San MartinThymeFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Gabriel SaruhashiEmerge CareerFounderSummer 2022EducationNew York, United States8—Andre BernardesZippiFounderSummer 2019FintechSão Paulo, Brazil60—Bruno LucasZippiFounderSummer 2019FintechSão Paulo, Brazil60—Ludmila PontremolezZippiFounderSummer 2019FintechSão Paulo, Brazil60—
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Uzoma "Zo" Orchingwa
Co-Founder, Co-CEO·Emerge Career
PRIMARY INFO
RoleCo-Founder, Co-CEO
Team size8
BatchSummer 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder. In 2022, Zo and Gabe co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication products for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge seeks to address. Zo holds a Masters degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, and a JD-MBA from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsMBA
DisciplineBusinessKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Emerge Career
All-in-one re-entry & workforce development training platform
IndustryEducation
Websiteemergecareer.com/
Team size8
X—
LocationNew York, United States
BatchSummer 2022
Co-foundersGabriel Saruhashi
