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Gordon Hempton

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer at Outreach Β· Founder/CEO at Team Apart

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedOutreach$4.4BTeam Apart Β· YC

About

Gordon Hempton co-founded Specset.com, Outreach.io, and Team Apart (a Y Combinator S'08 batch company).

Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer at Outreach

Intro paths

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In turn, Gordon can intro founders to Outreach's investors below.

Outreach's investors Β· 19

408 VenturesPalo AltoBonfire VenturesLos Angeles Β· $2M – $4M checksDFJSan MateoElevate VenturesIndianapolis Β· $20K – $2M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco Β· $500K – $15M checksFloodgateMenlo Park Β· $500K – $5M checksFounders' Co-opSeattle Β· $10K – $250K checks Β· since 2015Madrona Venture GroupSeattle Β· $2M – $10M checks Β· since 2021Mayfield FundCupertino Β· $500K – $12M checksOperator CollectivePalo Alto Β· $500K – $1.5M checksPremji InvestMenlo Park Β· since 2021Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco Β· $5M – $50M checksSapphire VenturesMenlo Park Β· $5M – $20M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park Β· $4.4M – $214M checks Β· since 2021Spark CapitalSan Francisco Β· $500K – $25M checksTechstarsBoulder Β· $220K checksTiger Global ManagementNew York Β· $1M – $100M checks Β· since 2021Trinity VenturesMenlo Park Β· $500K – $6M checksVista Equity PartnersNew York Β· since 2021

Co-founders at Outreach

MMManny Medina
Manny MedinaFounder
WHWes Hather
Wes HatherCo-Founder

Founder/CEO at Team ApartYC S08

Intro paths

YC

Gordon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2008) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Gordon can intro founders to Team Apart's investors below.

Team Apart's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2008

Co-founders at Team Apart

WHWes Hather
Wes HatherFounder
MHMichael Hoisie
Michael HoisieFounder

Experience

  1. SpecsetCEOcurrent2025 β€” presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. SpotCo-Foundercurrent2020 β€” presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  3. OutreachCo-Founder & CTO2013 β€” 2019Seattle, WA
  4. GroupTalentCo-Founder & CTO2011 β€” 2013
  5. Team ApartCo-Founder & CEO2008 β€” 2010
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2007 β€” 2008
  7. University of WashingtonDeveloper/Researcher2006 β€” 2007
  8. WebInSight, University of WashingtonDeveloper/Researcher2006
  9. BlueTux Internet ServicesLead Web Developer2005

Skills & more

Distributed Systems6Mobile Applications13User Interface6Scalability3Software Engineering5Start-ups34User Experience14Software Design39Web Applications3Software Development8Hibernate8Ruby11
+9 moreAndroidGitAmazon Web Services (AWS)PythonRuby on RailsJavaScriptJavaMicrosoft SQL ServerREST

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gordon Hempton?
Gordon Hempton co-founded Specset.com, Outreach.io, and Team Apart (a Y Combinator S'08 batch company).
Where does Gordon Hempton work?
Gordon Hempton is Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer of Outreach and Founder/CEO at Team Apart.
What companies did Gordon Hempton found?
Gordon Hempton founded Outreach, Team Apart.
Where did Gordon Hempton go to school?
Gordon Hempton studied at University of Washington (B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics).

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