About
Ania Lipinska is a UX designer and Head of Product at Notabene, with prior experience on design initiatives at companies including Comcast, Booking.com, and Blade.
Founder at NotabeneYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Ania went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Notabene's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ania can intro founders to Notabene's investors below.
Notabene's investors · 11
Digital Currency GroupNew YorkDRW Venture CapitalChicago · $1M – $5M checks · since 2026F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks · since 2026Green Visor CapitalNew YorkIlluminate FinancialLondon · $1M – $8M checksJump CapitalChicagoParaFi CapitalNew YorkRippleSan Francisco · since 2026Signature VenturesAyingWintermuteLondonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Notabene
Experience
- NotabeneCo-founder & Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- NotabeneCo-Founder and Chief Product Officercurrent2020 — present
- ConsenSysSenior Product Designer at uPort2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- JustworksProduct Designer2018Greater New York City Area
- Charming RobotLead UX Designer (web and mobile)2014 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- Grupa AllegroUX Designer (mobile iOS)2014 — 2015Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland
- IsobarUX Designer (web and mobile)2014Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland
- FreelancerUX/UI Designer (freelancer)2012 — 2014Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland
Skills & more
HTML1User Experience10Mobile Devices9E-commerce4User Interface Design12Usability Testing3User Research3
Languages English · Polish · Russian
From Ania's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ania Lipinska?
- Ania Lipinska is a UX designer and Head of Product at Notabene, with prior experience on design initiatives at companies including Comcast, Booking.com, and Blade.
- Where does Ania Lipinska work?
- Ania Lipinska is Founder of Notabene.
- What companies did Ania Lipinska found?
- Ania Lipinska founded Notabene.
- Where did Ania Lipinska go to school?
- Ania Lipinska studied at The New School (Open Campus - Continuing Education, 3D Modeling Fundamentals); Jagiellonian University (MA of Linguistics); Saint Petersburg State University.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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ConsenSys mafia21
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Freelancer mafia12
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Vahur HansenFull-stack Grails developerFounded Roleo +1Satya BansalProfessional practice as CAFounded BarclaysMirko NovakovicPerformance Engineer and Software ArchitectFounded Dash0Gal RingelFreelancer - Software Development & Startup AdvisorFounded MineArjun BhatnagarFractional CTO & COOFounded CloakedDavid MerrimanDirect Response Copywriter & Affiliate MarketerFounded Magic
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Saint Petersburg State University mafia7
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Jagiellonian University mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The New School16
Sri PedduInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesAndrew NealonPartner & CTO at Joyance PartnersBeatrix von SchröderVenture Partner at noaAlex WolfCOO at AF VenturesSheetal BahlPartner at Merak VenturesAleksandra ImbascianiInvestor at Benchstrength Partners
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Also attended Jagiellonian University18
Marguerite BensonSenior Advisor at Audere CapitalMagda PoslusznyPrincipal at Partech VenturesJoanna SorokaInvestment Partner at Hitachi VenturesAlexander KölpinFounder and Managing Director at Seed+SpeedKarolina ZapadkaSenior Investment Manager at Parkwalk AdvisorsMarta MrozowiczInvestment Team at Heal Capital
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Also attended Saint Petersburg State University18
Nick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupAndrew KozlovManaging Partner at 4BIO CapitalSarah LaznowskiSenior Associate at AFI VenturesSvetlana SirotkinaInvestment Associate at First Imagine!Gauthier van der ElstPartner at ScaleFundIda PolakChief Legal Officer, Executive Board at Raison
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Shared employers
Also worked at Notabene9
Robb HutchinsPartner, Portfolio Growth at Jump CapitalAlexander RossGeneral Partner & Head of New York at Illuminate FinancialCharlton HookInvestor at Illuminate FinancialDavid JegenManaging Partner, Tech Fund at F-Prime Capital PartnersKimberly TrautmannPartner at DRW Venture CapitalLauren NicholsVice President of Sales at AlphaPoint
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Also worked at ConsenSys51
Mason NystromInvestor at Pantera CapitalDanny CrichtonPartner, Research at Lux Capital, publishing the Securities newsletter and RiskgamingKavita GuptaSpecial Advisor at Buckhill CapitalJoseph LubinChairman at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Min TeoManaging Partner & Co-CIO at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Praneeth SrikantiTechnical Investment Partner at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.
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Also worked at Justworks9
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesElliot GeidtManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJos WhiteGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalSkylar DorosinPrincipal at NVP CapitalMatt BrennanCo-founder and General Partner at Strata Capital PartnersAlex ClaytonPartner at Meritech Capital Partners
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