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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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-company75%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 75% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Om AgarwalFounder/CTO · MinervaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Peter ZhuFounder/CEO · MinervaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Alan Chan@alanchan_twFounder · HeptabaseW22Consumer · Manchester
- Alisha Fredriksson@lishafredFounder · SeaboundW22Industrials · London
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Om AgarwalMinervaFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Peter ZhuMinervaFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Alan ChanHeptabaseFounderWinter 2022ConsumerManchester, United Kingdom10https://x.com/alanchan_twAlisha FredrikssonSeaboundFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsLondon, United Kingdom18https://x.com/lishafred
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Alan Chan
Founder·Heptabase
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size10
BatchWinter 2022
LocationManchester, United Kingdom
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I'm the co-founder and CEO of Heptabase. I previously studied CS at Minerva University (2019), Physics & Math at National Taiwan University (2016) and voluntarily dropped out from both of them to pursue better ways of learning. I want to help people learn better, think deeper, and make sense of the massive information in our complex world. To achieve that, we're building the best learning tools that will sit on top of a global knowledge discovery platform.
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.
CredentialsDropout / Thiel
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
HeptabaseAn intelligent, visual knowledge base for learning complex topics.
