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Adam Carrigan

Founder

Founder at MindsDB

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedMindsDB · YC

About

Adam Carrigan is a co-founder of MindsDB who previously worked as a management consultant at Deloitte and holds a degree from Cambridge University.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at MindsDBYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Adam went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran MindsDB's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Adam can intro founders to MindsDB's investors below.

MindsDB's investors · 16

Angel InvestBerlin · $135K checksBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2023Benhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M checksBerkeley SkyDeck FundBerkeley · $200K checksMayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksMMC VenturesLondon · $635K – $13M checks · since 2021NVenturesSingapore · $25K – $2.5M checks · since 2023NVenturesSanta ClaraNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023OpenOceanHelsinki · $2.2M – $5.5M checks · since 2021SpeedinvestVienna · $5M – $30M checks · since 2021Talis CapitalLondon · $1M – $10M checksTq Ventures LlcNew YorkUC Berkeley SkydeckBerkeley · $200K checks · since 2021Walden CatalystSan Francisco · $550K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at MindsDB

JTJorge Torres
Jorge TorresFounder

Experience

  1. MindsDBCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Real Life AnalyticsCo-Founder & CEO2013 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
  3. MassChallengeAlumni/Entrepreneur in Residence2015 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
  4. Deloitte UKManagement Consultant2013 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
  5. Cambridge Judge Business SchoolResearcher2013 — 2014Greater Cambridge Area
  6. Australian National UniversityResearch Analyst2011 — 2012Crawford School of Economic and Public Policy
  7. TabcorpBusiness Analyst2007 — 2010Greater Brisbane Area

Skills & more

Analysis14Management18Strategy5Excel1S-Plus1R1Cognos1Eviews5Microsoft Office16Economics39Business Analysis16Customer Service13
+12 moreData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisGovernment RelationsCustomer RelationsUnicaBloomberg TerminalAcademic TutoringCashflow AnalysisData VisualizationFinancial ModelingEconometricsStatistics

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Adam Carrigan?
Adam Carrigan is a co-founder of MindsDB who previously worked as a management consultant at Deloitte and holds a degree from Cambridge University.
Where does Adam Carrigan work?
Adam Carrigan is Founder of MindsDB.
What companies did Adam Carrigan found?
Adam Carrigan founded MindsDB.
Where did Adam Carrigan go to school?
Adam Carrigan studied at Y Combinator (W20); University of Cambridge (MPhil); The Australian National University (Masters, Finance).

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