Glen Wise
FounderFounder at Cinder
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
FoundedCinder · YCCinder
About
Glen Wise graduated from Carnegie Mellon and worked as a security engineer at Meta (formerly Facebook) for over three years, where he helped build community threat intelligence infrastructure. He founded Cinder in 2021 to address trust and safety challenges for other organizations.
Founder at CinderYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Glen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Cinder's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Glen can intro founders to Cinder's investors below.
Cinder's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cinder
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Phil BrennanFounder
Founder at Cinder
Intro paths
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In turn, Glen can intro founders to Cinder's investors below.
Cinder's investors · 8
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2026J2 VenturesBostonM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026Mozilla VenturesOUTPOST VENTURESAlexandria · since 2026Radical VenturesToronto · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026Webb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026
Co-founders at Cinder
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Brian FFounder
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Declan CummingsFounder
PB
Philip BrennanFounder
Experience
- CinderCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — present
- MetaPrivacy Engineer, Red Team2021District of Columbia, United States
- MetaSecurity Engineer, Threat Discovery2019 — 2021Washington D.C. Metro Area
- US GovernmentCyber Analyst2015 — 2019
- FacebookSecurity Engineering Intern, eCrime2018Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeaching Assistant2016 — 2018
Skills & more
Leadership15Python8Creative Direction9Public Speaking15Piano14Music Production11Project Management6HTML4CSSSQL2Web Development3Pro Tools2
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PhotoshopGraphic DesignMarketingRuby on RailsLanguages English · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Glen Wise?
- Glen Wise graduated from Carnegie Mellon and worked as a security engineer at Meta (formerly Facebook) for over three years, where he helped build community threat intelligence infrastructure. He founded Cinder in 2021 to address trust and safety challenges for other organizations.
- Where does Glen Wise work?
- Glen Wise is Founder of Cinder.
- What companies did Glen Wise found?
- Glen Wise founded Cinder, Cinder.
- Where did Glen Wise go to school?
- Glen Wise studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Systems); Y Combinator.
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