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Elise Nguyen

Founder

Founder at Stellar

United States

FoundedStellar · YC

About

Elise Nguyen is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Stellar. Previously, she led product design at LinkedIn for the Talent Solutions division, overseeing design for job search, compensation, and equity features. She also worked at Symphony, where she developed the initial mobile platform for financial services professionals.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at StellarYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Elise 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 Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Stellar's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Elise can intro founders to Stellar's investors below.

Stellar's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Stellar

ADAngela Dao
Angela DaoFounder
QZQuan Zhou
Quan ZhouFounder

Experience

  1. Frame.ioStaff Product Designercurrent2026 — present
  2. Frame.ioSenior Product Designer2023 — 2026
  3. Stellar (YC S22)Co-Founder2022 — 2023
  4. LinkedInProduct Design Lead2021 — 2022
  5. LinkedInSenior Product Designer2020 — 2021
  6. LinkedInProduct Designer2018 — 2020
  7. Symphony.comProduct Designer - Desktop & Mobile2015 — 2018
  8. TDA Group - Integrated Content MarketingVisual Designer2013 — 2015Mountain View, California

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. San José State UniversityBachelor's Degree, Graphic Design

Skills & more

WireframingInteraction DesignPrototypingUX ResearchUser-centered DesignProduct DesignBasic HTML8Lightroom62D graphics63D sketches6Graphics13Logo Design7
+12 morePhotoshopUser ExperienceUser Interface DesignInDesignGraphic DesignTeamworkAdobe Creative SuiteAdobe PhotoshopCommunicationCollaborative Problem SolvingDesignUsability Testing

Languages English

From Elise's professional profile.

Same school

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 San José State University84

Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesCarrie RuleVP Finance at Redpoint VenturesJamie WatsonGTM Coordinator at Scale Venture PartnersDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCKim TranFinance at Lux Capital

+ 78 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Frame.io3

Nikhil Basu TrivediPartner at FootworkKurt VarnerDesign Advisor at Basis Set VenturesConnor GuessVice President at Insight Partners

Also worked at Stellar (YC S22)1

Angela DaoFounder at Stellar

Also worked at LinkedIn136

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDeep NisharInvestment Team at General Catalyst

+ 130 more

Also worked at Symphony.com5

Gary OffnerHead of Nasdaq Ventures at Nasdaq VenturesSean Sang Sub LeeInvestment Director at Prosperity7 VenturesTim PengSr. Investment Principal at Prosperity7 VenturesHannah SkingleBrand & Platform Lead at Frontline VenturesDavid GurleSenior Practitioner Advisor at SC Ventures