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.
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
Co-founders at Tank Payments
JR
Jad RahbanyFounder
MR
Matthew RybakFounder
Experience
- Tank PaymentsCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentAustin, TX
- AmazonProduct & Engineering2017 — 2021Santa Barbara, California
- GraphiqProduct2016 — 2021Santa Barbara, California Area
- YipitDataProduct2015 — 2016New York City
- Barclays Investment BankAnalyst2012 — 2015New York City, NY
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dane Cook?
- 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.
- Where does Dane Cook work?
- Dane Cook is Founder of Tank Payments.
- What companies did Dane Cook found?
- Dane Cook founded Tank Payments.
- Where did Dane Cook go to school?
- Dane Cook studied at Y Combinator (S22); Columbia University (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude).
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