Tipjoy
DefunctYC W08Founded 2008 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
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Javier Solterounlockedknows Ivan Kirigin · together at Carnegie Mellon University (overlapped)
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Tipjoy built a payments platform enabling merchants to monetize digital goods, nonprofits to collect donations, and individuals to transfer money to each other.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W08)
Tipjoy was founded in 2008 by Ivan Kirigin and Abigail Kirigin.
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Ivan Kiriginin𝕏Founder/CTOIvan Kirigin founded Tipjoy (YC W08) and YesGraph (YC W15). He previously worked at iRobot, Facebook, Dropbox, and Lyft, and currently invests in machine learning, automation, and robotics at Tango.vc.
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Abigail KirigininFounder/interaction designerAbigail Kirigin is an interaction designer and founder with a background in education technology and nonprofit work. She holds an Ed.D. in Cognitive Diversity in Education from Bridges Graduate School, a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon, and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science & Philosophy from NYU; prior to founding Tipjoy, she served as Executive Director of REEL, a nonprofit supporting twice-exceptional students, and as Administrative and Advancement Director at Touchstone Learning.
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Tipjoy.com: Announcing Series A financing lead by Betaworkstipjoys2cents.blogspot.com · Sep 2008Frequently asked questions
- What does Tipjoy do?
- Tipjoy built a payments platform enabling merchants to monetize digital goods, nonprofits to collect donations, and individuals to transfer money to each other.
- Who founded Tipjoy?
- Tipjoy was founded by Ivan Kirigin, Abigail Kirigin in 2008.
- Who are Tipjoy's investors?
- Tipjoy's investors include Y Combinator.