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Chen Atlas

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Founder at Optery · Founder at Cleanly

New York, New York, United States

FoundedCleanly · YCOptery · YC

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About

Chen Atlas co-founded Cleanly, an on-demand laundry service, and As You Stay, and later served as tech lead and architect overseeing 50+ engineers at Runa HR. He holds a BA from Bar-Ilan University and participated in Y Combinator's W15 batch with Cleanly.

Founder at OpteryYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Chen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Optery's investors · 12

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025DVCRotterdamEight CapitalNorwalkFlex Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checksGlobal Founders CapitalBerlin · $1M checks · since 2023Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2023PioneerToronto, OntarioSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2023TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023Tribe CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $40M checksUncorrelated VenturesLas VegasY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Optery

LGLawrence Gentilello
Lawrence GentilelloFounder
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Dekel BarzilayFounder
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Dekel Barzilay. Who isFounder

Founder at CleanlyYC W15

Intro paths

YC

Chen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Chen can intro founders to Cleanly's investors below.

Cleanly's investors · 15

500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K checks · since 2015AddventureNicosia · $1M – $10M checks · since 2018Agrolimen Venturessince 2018AltaIR CapitalHerzliya · since 2018BEENEXTSingapore · since 2018FundersClubSan Francisco · $290K checks · since 2018HaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checks · since 2018Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2018Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2018Ludlow VenturesOak Park · $50K – $1M checks · since 2018Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2018Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks · since 2018Venture Investment AssociatesPeapack · since 2018WefunderSan Francisco · since 2018Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Cleanly

THTom Harari
Tom HarariFounder
IFItay Forer
Itay ForerFounder

Experience

  1. OpteryCTO & Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. RunaTech Lead2019 — 2020
  3. Feature.fmVP Product2018 — 2020New York
  4. As You StayCTO & Co-Founder2016 — 2018New York
  5. CleanlyCo-Founder and CTO2014 — 2016New York
  6. ExzacSolution Architect2011 — 2014United States, New York
  7. MamramIDF - C# Programmer2005 — 2009
  8. MamramIT Project Manager2005 — 2008
  9. MamramISO Quality Manager of Department2005 — 2008

Skills & more

ManagementOOP40Web Applications54Web Services20Scrum12Server Architecture7Database Design8Software Development10System Architecture7Object Oriented Design4Software Design3Design Patterns3
+12 moreSoftware EngineeringNHibernateNagiosServer AdministrationIP NetworkingSoftware Project ManagementService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Product ManagementObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)C#.NETSQL
  • CCNA 1/CCNA 2 — Cisco NetAcademy
  • Network and Infrastructure Architecture — John Bryce
  • Quality Management — IDF
  • Oracle Database Administration (DBA) — John Bryce
  • SQL Server Database Administration (DBA) — John Bryce
  • C# Programming — Microsoft
  • Design Patterns — Basmach, IDF

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chen Atlas?
Chen Atlas co-founded Cleanly, an on-demand laundry service, and As You Stay, and later served as tech lead and architect overseeing 50+ engineers at Runa HR. He holds a BA from Bar-Ilan University and participated in Y Combinator's W15 batch with Cleanly.
Where does Chen Atlas work?
Chen Atlas is Founder of Cleanly and Founder at Optery.
What companies did Chen Atlas found?
Chen Atlas founded Cleanly, Optery.
What companies has Chen Atlas invested in?
Investments tracked here include BBy, Current Foods, HOKALI, Justo, Karate Labs, Queue, Todos Comemos.
Where did Chen Atlas go to school?
Chen Atlas studied at Y Combinator; Y Combinator (Business); Bar-Ilan University (BA, Technological Management).

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