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Daniele Perito

Unicorn founder

Founder at Faire

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFaire$12.4B · YC

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865 people in our graph share verified history with Daniele — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Daniele Perito is Co-Founder of Faire and depthfirst, where he serves as Executive Chairman. Earlier in his career, he was a founding team member at Cash App, where he led security and anti-fraud efforts.

Founder at FaireYC W17

Intro paths

YC

Daniele went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Daniele can intro founders to Faire's investors below.

Faire's investors · 11

A*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksForerunner VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2022Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Garage CapitalWaterlooGolden VenturesToronto · $500K – $2.5M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2018MischiefSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSV AngelSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Faire

MRMax Rhodes
Max RhodesFounder/CEO
MCMarcelo Cortes
Marcelo CortesFounder/CTO
MR
MATTHEW RHODESExecutive Officer, Director
JKJeffrey Kolovson
Jeffrey KolovsonFounder

Experience

  1. depthfirstExecutive Chairman & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
  2. FaireBoard Member & Co-Foundercurrent2023 — present
  3. FaireChief Data Officer & Co-Founder2017 — 2023San Francisco, California
  4. SquareFounding team - Director of security and risk2012 — 2017San Francisco
  5. UC BerkeleyPostdoctoral Researcher2011 — 2012
  6. Stanford UniversityResearch Visitor2010
  7. UC IrvineResearch Visitor2009
  8. INRIAResearch Intern2008
  9. IndependentSecurity Consultant2006 — 2007

Skills & more

C10Linux10Network Security7Cryptography3Computer Security11Computer Science11Security9Python8LaTeX1Ruby1Java6Machine Learning3
+12 morePHPx86 AssemblyEmbedded SystemsBashData MiningProgrammingMatlabSQLAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMySQLUnix

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Daniele Perito?
Daniele Perito is Co-Founder of Faire and depthfirst, where he serves as Executive Chairman. Earlier in his career, he was a founding team member at Cash App, where he led security and anti-fraud efforts.
Where does Daniele Perito work?
Daniele Perito is Founder of Faire.
What companies did Daniele Perito found?
Daniele Perito founded Faire.
Where did Daniele Perito go to school?
Daniele Perito studied at University of California, Berkeley (Postdoc, Computer Science); INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes (Ph.D, Computer Science); Sapienza Università di Roma (MSc, Computer and Network Security).

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