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Catherine Jue

Founder

Founder/CTO at Sway Finance Β· Co-Founder & CEO at Kernel

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKernel Β· YCSway Finance Β· YC

About

Catherine Jue is co-founder and CEO of Kernel. She previously co-founded Sway Finance, a company backed by Y Combinator in 2016.

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Founder/CTO at Sway FinanceYC S16

Intro paths

YC

Catherine went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Catherine can intro founders to Sway Finance's investors below.

Sway Finance's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Sway Finance

AKAshwin Kumar
Ashwin KumarFounder/CEO

Co-Founder & CEO at KernelYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Catherine went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Kernel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Catherine can intro founders to Kernel's investors below.

Kernel's investors Β· 2

JetstreamY Combinator

Co-founders at Kernel

RGRafael Garcia
Rafael GarciaCo-founder & CTO

Experience

  1. KernelCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Cash AppEM, Partner Engineering2024 β€” 2025
  3. Cash AppEM, Infrastructure & Automations2023 β€” 2024
  4. Cash AppSenior Partner Engineer2022 β€” 2023
  5. Tekuno Japanese Tea & ObjectsFounder2020 β€” 2024
  6. Nova CreditProduct Manager2020San Francisco, California, United States
  7. Nova CreditSolutions Architect2018 β€” 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Nova CreditSoftware Engineer2017 β€” 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Sway FinanceCo-Founder, CTO2015 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. IndependentiOS Developer & Professional Hackathoner2014 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Self-employedTaekwondo World Champion2007 β€” 2014

Education

  1. Y Combinator2016
  2. UCLABachelor's Degree Linguistics and Computer Science2011 β€” 2014
  3. Y Combinator2025

Skills & more

C++25Objective-C9Node.js1JavaScript4DatabasesLeadership1Management1Object Oriented Design5Algorithms7Customer Service10Web Development7iOS Development1
+5 moreData AnalysisTaekwondoTeaEnglishJapanese

Languages English Β· Japanese

From Catherine's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended UCLA392

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kernel1

Daniel LevineInvestor at Accel

Also worked at Cash App8

Valerie Osband MahoneyInvestor at NFXDustin MoringInvestor at MischiefJames LoftusManaging Partner at PayPal VenturesAlexa DavisPartner at Dorm RoomCatherine FerdonAngel at First Round CapitalAaron NgFounder/CEO at Hyper Online

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Also worked at Nova Credit7

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBYichen FengDirector, Investments at Acumen AmericaArvind AyyalaPartner at Geodesic CapitalWalker ForehandPresident and General Partner at Canapi VenturesMisha EsipovInvestor at Zenda

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