Who founded Well Principled?

Well Principled was founded by Ryan Richt, Christopher Shafer, Joseph Wingbermuehle in 2018.

Who are Well Principled's investors?

Well Principled's investors include Soma Capital, VentureSouq, Y Combinator, Cultivation Capital, Founders Fund, Global Founders Capital, Liquid Ventures.

Where is Well Principled headquartered?

Well Principled is headquartered in St. Louis, US.

Well Principled

YC S19

St. Louis, US · Founded 2018 · 3 employees · 7 known investors

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Well Principled builds AI models for optimization across multiple domains: consumer durable purchasing behavior for marketing and supply chain planning, battery electrochemistry for materials science, and personalized metabolic modeling for fitness applications.

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S19)

Well Principled was founded in 2018 by Ryan Richt, Christopher Shafer, and Joseph Wingbermuehle.

Ryan Richt Founder & CEORyan held roles in distributed analytics at an academic lab and in computational biology and cloud teams at Monsanto. He later grew engineering and data science teams at VC-backed CiBO. He holds an MBA from Olin and a BA in probability and statistics from Washington University.

Christopher Shafer Co-FounderChristopher Shafer has worked as a customer-facing engineer on data-intensive applications spanning agricultural genetics, satellite imagery, and environmental modeling. He brings expertise in cloud infrastructure and data visualization to build products and lead technical teams.

Joseph Wingbermuehle Co-Founder & Principal Platform EngineerJoe Wingbermuehle has 15 years of experience building backend infrastructure and platforms, including middleware systems at AT&T and work across FPGA-accelerated trading, data processing, and network security (one company acquired by Cisco). He holds degrees in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis.

David WornPresident and CEO

Leah MartinVice President Product

Joe Founder

Chris Founder

Anne Marie

Drew WetheringtonSoftware Engineer2020–2021

Investors · 7

Soma Capitallisted by Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K

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VentureSouqlisted by VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $100K – $10M

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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Cultivation CapitalreportedSt. Louis · $100K – $3.5M

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Founders FundreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $5M

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Global Founders CapitalreportedBerlin · $1M

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Liquid VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $5M

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The YC application· Summer 2019 batch

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Frequently asked questions

What does Well Principled do?: Well Principled builds AI models for optimization across multiple domains: consumer durable purchasing behavior for marketing and supply chain planning, battery electrochemistry for materials science, and personalized metabolic modeling for fitness applications.
Who founded Well Principled?: Well Principled was founded by Ryan Richt, Christopher Shafer, Joseph Wingbermuehle in 2018.
Who are Well Principled's investors?: Well Principled's investors include Soma Capital, VentureSouq, Y Combinator, Cultivation Capital, Founders Fund, Global Founders Capital, Liquid Ventures.
Where is Well Principled headquartered?: Well Principled is headquartered in St. Louis, US.