Dayton Thorpe
InvestorFounderSenior Data Scientist at Bison Trails · Founder at Mercator
United States
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedMercator · YC
Founder at MercatorYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Dayton went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Dayton can intro founders to Mercator's investors below.
Mercator's investors · 1
Co-founders at Mercator
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Andrew DubersteinFounder
Experience
- CoinbaseSenior Data Scientistcurrent2025 — present
- InstacartSenior Data Scientist II2024 — 2025
- MercatorCo-Founder & CEO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- InstacartSenior Data Scientist2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- InstacartData Scientist2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Valor Equity PartnersData Scientist2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Generative AIMachine LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)Python (Programming Language)SQL
From Dayton's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bison Trails
Aklil Ibssa
Investor at Coinbase Ventures
Alesia Haas
CFO at Coinbase Ventures
Alfonso Bauzá de Mirabó Vidal
Co-Founder & COO at Vega
Antonio Garcia-Martinez
Founder/CEO at AdGrok
Brandon Myint
Investor at Coinbase Ventures
Brian Armstrong
Co-founder & CEO of Coinbase
Brian Foster
Director, Coinbase Prime & Coinbase Ventures at Coinbase Ventures
Catherine Ferdon
Angel at First Round Capital
Network1
Investors connected to Dayton in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dayton Thorpe?
- Angel
- Where does Dayton Thorpe work?
- Dayton Thorpe is Founder of Mercator and Senior Data Scientist at Bison Trails.
- What check size does Dayton Thorpe write?
- Dayton Thorpe typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Dayton Thorpe found?
- Dayton Thorpe founded Mercator.
- Where did Dayton Thorpe go to school?
- Dayton Thorpe studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science, Math and Physics).
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