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Dane Cook

Founder

Founder at Tank Payments

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

FoundedTank Payments · YC

About

Dane Cook managed product teams at Amazon before co-founding Tank Payments. He previously worked at startups focused on semantic knowledge graphs and financial data services, and began his career at a Wall Street investment bank.

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Founder at Tank PaymentsYC S22

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Tank Payments's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Dane can intro founders to Tank Payments's investors below.

Tank Payments's investors · 2

Soma CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Tank Payments

JRJad Rahbany
Jad RahbanyFounder
MRMatthew Rybak
Matthew RybakFounder

Experience

  1. Tank PaymentsCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentAustin, TX
  2. AmazonProduct & Engineering2017 — 2021Santa Barbara, California
  3. GraphiqProduct2016 — 2021Santa Barbara, California Area
  4. YipitDataProduct2015 — 2016New York City
  5. Barclays Investment BankAnalyst2012 — 2015New York City, NY

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS22
  2. Columbia UniversityPhi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,476

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 Columbia University563

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Tank Payments2

Jad RahbanyFounder at Tank PaymentsMatthew RybakFounder at Tank Payments

Also worked at Amazon365

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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Also worked at Graphiq5

Ivan BercovichOperating Partner at ScOp Venture CapitalKevin DavisInvestor at Santa Barbara Venture PartnersJohn ZucchiFounder at AgaveJad RahbanyFounder at Tank PaymentsMatthew RybakFounder at Tank Payments

Also worked at YipitData8

Jon KossowManaging Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersEzgi BereketliProduct Manager at Asymmetric Capital PartnersJason FingerManaging Partner at Upper90Danny SchultzCo-Founder and Managing Director at Gotham VenturesUnaiz KabaniPartner at Tiger Global ManagementRan DingPartner at Norwest Venture Partners

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