Emily Damato
FounderFounder at MantleBio
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedMantleBio Β· YC
About
Emily Damato is CEO and co-founder of MantleBio. She previously held software development roles at GRAIL, Arsenal Bio, and The Broad Institute, and holds degrees in computer science and biology from MIT.
Founder at MantleBioYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Emily went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Emily can intro founders to MantleBio's investors below.
MantleBio's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at MantleBio
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Madeline SchadeFounder
Experience
- CollateFounding Staff AI Engineer2025 β 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MantleCEO, Co-Founder2023 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- BetteromicsSenior Software Engineer2021 β 2023Redwood City, California, United States
- ArsenalBioSenior Software Engineer2020 β 2021South San Francisco, California, United States
- GRAIL, Inc.Software Engineer2018 β 2020Menlo Park, California
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMachine Learning Engineer2016 β 2018Boston, MA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2017New York, New York
- D. E. Shaw ResearchResearch Engineer2016New York City
- Broad InstituteResearch Engineer2015 β 2016Cambridge, MA
- Tetra Discovery Partners LLCResearch Engineer2013 β 2014Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Clean Logix LLCSoftware Engineer2012 β 2013Grand Rapids, Michigan
Skills & more
Apache KafkaHL7 StandardsSoftware Development3Research3Amazon Web Services (AWS)Python (Programming Language)PostgreSQLFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Emily Damato?
- Emily Damato is CEO and co-founder of MantleBio. She previously held software development roles at GRAIL, Arsenal Bio, and The Broad Institute, and holds degrees in computer science and biology from MIT.
- Where does Emily Damato work?
- Emily Damato is Founder of MantleBio.
- What companies did Emily Damato found?
- Emily Damato founded MantleBio.
- Where did Emily Damato go to school?
- Emily Damato studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Molecular Biology); Y Combinator.
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