About
Ben Nelson co-founded Bloom Institute of Technology, which was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2017 cohort.
Founder at Bloom Institute of TechnologyYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Ben went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ben can intro founders to Bloom Institute of Technology's investors below.
Bloom Institute of Technology's investors · 4
Co-founders at Bloom Institute of Technology
AA
Austen AllredFounder/CEO
Experience
- KnetycCTO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- MXEngineering Manager2024 — 2025Lehi, Utah, United States
- BloomTechCo-Founder2017 — 2020
- iFit - fitness technologyFull-Stack Software Engineer2015 — 2017
- DevMountainLead Instructor - Web Engineering2015 — 2016Salt Lake City
- Molio Inc.Web Developer2014 — 2015Bluffdale, UT
- Brigham Young UniversityMTC Mandarin Instructor2013Provo, Utah Area
Skills & more
JavaScript96Node.js78Web Development70Angular.js38HTML 541Git51CSS63jQuery59Express.js36MongoDB41React.js16SQL35
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Backbone.jsExt JSSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingD3MandarinHTML5iOS DevelopmentObjective-CSwiftC++AngularJSLanguages Mandarin Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Nelson?
- Ben Nelson co-founded Bloom Institute of Technology, which was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2017 cohort.
- Where does Ben Nelson work?
- Ben Nelson is Founder of Bloom Institute of Technology.
- What companies did Ben Nelson found?
- Ben Nelson founded Bloom Institute of Technology.
- Where did Ben Nelson go to school?
- Ben Nelson studied at Y Combinator; Brigham Young University (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science).
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Brigham Young University mafia47
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Shared employers
Also worked at MX18
Sid KrommenhoekPartner at AlbumSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker CapitalDerek ZanuttoInvestor at CapitalGVictor Pascucci IIIManaging General Partner, Cofounder at Energy Capital VenturesRob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesPeter KightSenior Advisor at Commerce Ventures
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