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Chris Best

Founder

Founder/CEO at Substack

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSubstack · YC

About

Chris Best is co-founder and CEO of Substack. He previously served as co-founder and CTO at Kik.

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Founder/CEO at SubstackYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Chris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Chris can intro founders to Substack's investors below.

Substack's investors · 8

Andreessen HorowitzBond Capital ManagementConnetic VenturesFundersClubJ17 CapitalWisdom VenturesWonder VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Substack

JSJairaj Sethi
Jairaj SethiFounder
HMHamish McKenzie
Hamish McKenzieFounder/COO

Experience

  1. SubstackFounder and CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SubstackFounder at Substackcurrent2017 — present
  3. Kik Interactive, Inc.Co-Founder and CTO2009 — 2017
  4. Airline Intelligence SystemsSoftware Development Intern2008
  5. iAnywhereApplication Developer (co-op)2008
  6. SandvineSoftware Engineering - QA (co-op)2006
  7. Schaeffler Canada Inc.Programmer Analyst (co-op)2006

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW182018
  2. University of WaterlooBachelor of Applied Science, Systems Design Engineering2005 — 2010

Skills & more

Software Development18Mobile Applications3Algorithms1Object Oriented Design2Software Engineering4Software Design1Java3JavaScript1Git1Android1

From Chris'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

+ 1,457 more

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

+ 200 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Substack7

Sriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorMichael FertikManaging Partner and Founder at Heroic VenturesKate DelhagenFounder, Oregon Sports Angels at The 98Ashwini NagappanResearch at Rock HealthKeriana KingHead of Ecosystem, Scalare Partners at Australian Technologies CompetitionLi JinCo-Founder and General Partner at Variant Fund

+ 1 more

Also worked at Kik Interactive, Inc.3

Shums KassamFounder at HatchwaysJaclyn LingFounder at HatchwaysAyman NadeemFounder at Nuanced

Also worked at Airline Intelligence Systems1

Dave KoladaManaging Partner at Greensoil PropTech Ventures

Also worked at iAnywhere1

Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital