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Anson Kao

Founder

Founder at Rally

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedRally · YC

About

Anson Kao is the CTO of Rally and has worked in web development and engineering roles across multiple Toronto-based startups over the past decade. He holds a mechatronics degree from the University of Waterloo (2010).

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Founder at RallyYC S20

Intro paths

YC

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

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In turn, Anson can intro founders to Rally's investors below.

Rally's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Rally

AJAli Jiwani
Ali JiwaniFounder
ALAmy Liu
Amy LiuFounder

Experience

  1. Hotpot StudiosCofoundercurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  2. Discopixel StudioCofounder2023 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. MintParty Inc.Cofounder2022Metaverse
  4. RallydotvideoCofounder & CTO2020 — 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  5. Rose RocketIntegrations Engineering2018 — 2020Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  6. Symbility IntersectSolutions Architect2016 — 2018Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  7. Phrase Technologies Inc.Cofounder & CEO2015 — 2016Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  8. Music Technology MeetUp GroupFounding Co-organizer2015 — 2016Toronto
  9. TeamBuy Inc.Lead Developer - User Experience2011 — 2013Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  10. StudyMonkey, Inc.Cofounder & CTO2010 — 2011Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  11. CASA Charity Fashion ShowExecutive Music Producer2009 — 2010
  12. Xerox Research Centre of CanadaElectrical Test Engineer2009
  13. Evolution Robotics Retail, Inc.Computer Vision Scientist2008

Education

  1. University of WaterlooB.A.Sc., Honours Mechatronics Engineering2005 — 2010

Skills & more

Video ProductionEntrepreneurship5User Experience19User Interface Design13Web Design6Web Services5Mobile Devices5Music Theory5Information Architecture5Business Strategy2Responsive Web Design2Web Analytics1
+12 moreCubaseTechnology Start-upAbleton LiveUser Experience Design (UED)WebSocketSketchJavaScriptCSSjQueryPHPMySQLHTML 5

From Anson's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo206

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at Rose Rocket7

Alexander NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersIan LoganInvestor at Ripple VenturesMatt CohenFounder and Managing Partner at Ripple VenturesKevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation CapitalAlyssa SpagnoloAssociate at OMERS VenturesAli JiwaniFounder at Rally

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Also worked at Xerox Research Centre of Canada41

Yu-Hsin WangAssociate at QuantonationMark MavroudisManaging Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ares Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at BootstrapLabsJonathan LimPartner at SignalFireBenedek OrbanHead of Ecosystem, CV VC & CV Labs at CV LabsGil AddoOperating Partner at Waterline VenturesChris HillockVP, Portfolio Development at Dell Technologies Capital

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