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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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School17%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 17% of these rows have at least one match.
- Narayan PowderlyFounder · atopileW24B2B · San Francisco
- David Goerz@StrategicCAPMFounder · PowderW24Fintech · San Francisco
- Dominic TullyFounder · PowderW24Fintech · San Francisco
- Kanishk ParasharFounder/CEO · PowderW24Fintech · San Francisco
- Soo Yung ChoFounder/CTO · PowderW24Fintech · San Francisco
- Kanishk ParasharFounder/CEO · CoinW13Fintech · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Narayan PowderlyatopileFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States5—David GoerzPowderFounderWinter 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/StrategicCAPMDominic TullyPowderFounderWinter 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States6—Kanishk ParasharPowder2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States6—Soo Yung ChoPowderFounder/CTOWinter 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States6—Kanishk ParasharCoin2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2013FintechSan Francisco, United States11—
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Karthik Balakrishnan
Founder/CTO·Coin
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size11
BatchWinter 2013
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageGrowth
BIO
PhD in Aero/Astro at Stanford YC W13 - Coin (acq. Fitbit) Then, founded "Airbus UTM" - air traffic control infrastructure for drones Now, co-founder of ACTUAL - infrastructure modeling and finance SaaS
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
CCoin
AcquiredA mobile wallet that allows you to pay everywhere credit cards are…
TagsPayments
Co-foundersKanishk Parashar
