David Tran
FounderFounder at Flow Club · Founder/CTO at Upbeat
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedFlow Club · YCUpbeat · YC
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About
David Tran co-founded Crowdbooster/Upbeat (YC S2010) and was an early engineer at Alchemy. He is currently co-founder of Flow Club.
Founder at Flow ClubYC S21
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Flow Club's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Flow Club's investors · 13
Founder/CTO at UpbeatYC S10
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, David can intro founders to Upbeat's investors below.
Upbeat's investors · 13
Co-founders at Upbeat

Experience
- Flow.ClubCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — present
- AlchemyEngineering2018 — 2019
- UpbeatCo Founder and CTO2015 — 2018San Francisco
- CrowdboosterCo-Founder2010 — 2016
- Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial StudentsCTO2008 — 2010
- Mozilla CorporationTechnical Intern2009
- Yahoo!Technical Intern2008
- NASA Ames Research CenterTechnical Intern2007NASA Ames Research Center
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React.jsOpen SourceLanguages English · Teochew
- Flow Club Host — Flow Club
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Tran?
- David Tran co-founded Crowdbooster/Upbeat (YC S2010) and was an early engineer at Alchemy. He is currently co-founder of Flow Club.
- Where does David Tran work?
- David Tran is Founder of Flow Club and Founder/CTO at Upbeat.
- What companies did David Tran found?
- David Tran founded Flow Club, Upbeat.
- Where did David Tran go to school?
- David Tran studied at Y Combinator (S10, S21); Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science); Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science).
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Alchemy mafia11
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