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Brent Traut

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Founder at Rainmaker

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedRainmaker · YC

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About

Brent Traut is a co-founder of Rainmaker with previous experience at Apple, Microsoft, Pinterest, and Hashflow.

Founder at RainmakerYC W23

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Brent went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Rainmaker's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Rainmaker's investors · 6

Champion Hill Ventures$500K – $1M checks · since 2024Day One VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2024Navya Capital LPSeattleTamarack GlobalGreenwich · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Rainmaker

CRCarlos Reyes Stoneham
Carlos Reyes StonehamFounder

Experience

  1. OpenAISoftware Engineercurrent2026 — present
  2. FigmaSoftware Engineer2026
  3. GatherStaff Engineer2024 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. RainmakerCo-Founder2023 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. HashflowVP of Engineering2022 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. PinterestEngineering Manager2017 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
  7. Ten Four Software, LLCFounder2016 — 2017Hayward, CA
  8. MicrosoftSenior Software Engineer2014 — 2016Redmond, WA
  9. Ten Four Software, LLCFounder2012 — 2014Bellevue, WA
  10. Apple Inc.Software Developer2009 — 2012Cupertino, California
  11. CampusRoostCTO, Co-founder2008 — 2009
  12. Coborn's, Inc.IT Support Specialist2005 — 2007
  13. University of Michigan - Center for Health Communications ResearchWeb Developer, IT Support Specialist2004 — 2007

Skills & more

React.jsJavaScript7PHP1MySQL1CSS6jQuery1Objective-C1Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)1CryptoPeople ManagementCryptocurrencyweb 3
+12 moreSoftware DevelopmentTypeScriptProduct DevelopmentProduct DesignProduct MarketingFront-End DevelopmentProject ManagementMentorshipPlatform ArchitectureFront-end EngineeringBack-End Web DevelopmentWeb Development

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brent Traut?
Brent Traut is a co-founder of Rainmaker with previous experience at Apple, Microsoft, Pinterest, and Hashflow.
Where does Brent Traut work?
Brent Traut is Founder of Rainmaker.
What companies did Brent Traut found?
Brent Traut founded Rainmaker.
Where did Brent Traut go to school?
Brent Traut studied at University of Michigan (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science).

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