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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.Bio79%Bio coverage: 79% 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-company29%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 29% of these rows have at least one match.School29%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 29% of these rows have at least one match.
- Alon Zuman@alonzumanFounder/CEO · PopsX26Consumer · New York
- Ludovic Granger@ludograngerFounder/CEO · LeadbayF25B2B · San Francisco
- Daniel SunFounder · Breez LabsW24B2B · San Francisco
- Alex LiaoFounder/CEO · DragoneyeW24B2B · New York
- Luke Bogus@lukebogusFounder/CEO · DropbackW24Fintech
- Nick Siscoe@siscoe_Founder/CTO · DropbackW24Fintech
- Josh Green@jvgreen5Founder · PursuitW22Real Estate and Construction · Denver
- Mason MeierFounder · PursuitW22Real Estate and Construction · Denver
- Christal WangFounder · ShimmerS21Healthcare · San Francisco
- Vikram Sreedhar@vikramsreedharFounder · ShimmerS21Healthcare · San Francisco
- Suhail Doshi@suhailFounder · PlaygroundS19Consumer · San Francisco
- Avishay CohenFounder/CEO · Anima AppS18B2B · Tel Aviv
- Michal CohenFounder/COO · Anima AppS18B2B · Tel Aviv
- Mariya NurislamovaFounder · ScentbirdS15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alon ZumanPopsFounder/CEOSpring 2026ConsumerNew York, United States1https://x.com/alonzumanLudovic GrangerLeadbayFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/ludograngerDaniel SunBreez LabsFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Alex LiaoDragoneyeFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BNew York, United States2—Luke BogusDropbackFounder/CEOWinter 2024FintechUnknown2https://x.com/lukebogusNick SiscoeDropbackFounder/CTOWinter 2024FintechUnknown2https://x.com/siscoe_Josh GreenPursuitFounderWinter 2022Real Estate and ConstructionDenver, United States4https://x.com/jvgreen5Mason MeierPursuitFounderWinter 2022Real Estate and ConstructionDenver, United States4—Christal WangShimmerFounderSummer 2021HealthcareSan Francisco, United States9—Vikram SreedharShimmerFounderSummer 2021HealthcareSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/vikramsreedharSuhail DoshiPlayground2× YCFounderSummer 2019ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/suhailAvishay CohenAnima AppFounder/CEOSummer 2018B2BTel Aviv, Israel20—Michal CohenAnima AppFounder/COOSummer 2018B2BTel Aviv, Israel20—Mariya NurislamovaScentbirdFounderSummer 2015ConsumerNew York, United States165—
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Akshaj Kadaveru
Founder·Breez Labs
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Akshaj is the co-founder and CTO of MathDash. He is a former serial math competition participant (two-time top-12 finisher in the ESPN nationally broadcasted MATHCOUNTS Countdown Round) who spent thousands of hours of his childhood playing an online math game. He studied CS at MIT, and built (with Daniel) a MIT class comparison site with 2000 users, a guess-the-song game with 6000 players, and worked at Gather, Jump Trading, and Wormhole Labs as a software engineer.
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
First YC company on record
