Fundraising Fox

Drew Kim

Founder

Founder at Pelm

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPelm · YC

About

Drew Kim is a software engineer.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at PelmYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Drew went through Y Combinator (Winter 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 Pelm's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Drew can intro founders to Pelm's investors below.

Pelm's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Experience

  1. OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. ChromaMember of Technical Staff2024 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  4. PatchSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  5. PelmCo-Founder2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  6. Affirm, Inc.Software Engineer2019 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science
  2. Y Combinator
  3. Menlo School

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship12Back-end Development12Public Speaking13

From Drew's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Also attended Y Combinator1,463

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

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Menlo School30

Jack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupDaniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalBuzz FannInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sam ParkerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Jenn Kranz GuillenInvestor at Mucker Capital

+ 24 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pioneer Fund56

Ganesh NayakFundraising and Capital Markets at Avataar Venture PartnersZach WaterfieldInvestor at Ripple VenturesNicholas GoldnerVenture Partner at Alix VenturesDave MessinaAdvisor at Harmonix FundMichael ZhaoPrincipal at Eniac VenturesSaad RizviChief Product Officer at Superlayer

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Also worked at Chroma1

Shaun JohnsonFounding Partner at AIX Ventures

Also worked at Patch5

Tyler LancasterPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesKarly WentzPartner at B4 CapitalNisha PatelInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALPatricia SilvaVenture Partner at SatganaCaryn MarooneyInvestor at Coatue Management

Also worked at Affirm, Inc.29

Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalChristina (Phillips) Melas-KyriaziPartner at Bain Capital VenturesAlex RampellGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzJC Bahr-de StefanoInvestor at Better Tomorrow Ventures

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