Fundraising Fox

Gordon Wintrob

Unicorn founder

Founder/CTO at Newfront · Founder/CEO at StackLead

San Francisco, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedNewfront$2.2B · YCStackLead · YC

About

Gordon Wintrob is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Newfront, an insurance brokerage that uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence. He previously co-founded StackLead in 2014, a company building automated research tools for sales teams that was acquired by LinkedIn, where he later worked as an engineering manager on the Jobs product. Based in San Francisco, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (2012) and works as an angel investor focused on the future of work, developer tools, and insurtech.

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Founder/CTO at NewfrontYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Gordon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

Co-founders at Newfront

SLSpike Lipkin
Spike LipkinFounder/CEO

Founder/CEO at StackLeadYC W14

Intro paths

YC

Gordon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

Co-founders at StackLead

TTTed Tomlinson

Experience

  1. Newfront InsuranceEntrepreneur & Co-Foundercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. LinkedInEngineering Manager2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  3. StackLeadCo-Founder and CEO2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  4. CardSpring (acquired by Twitter)Software Engineer2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Goldman SachsSummer Analyst, Investment Banking2011New York, NY
  6. The Blackstone GroupWinter Analyst, Technology M&A2011Boston, MA
  7. Morgan StanleySummer Analyst, Proprietary Trading2010New York, NY
  8. University of Southern CaliforniaResearcher, Department of Computational Biology2009Los Angeles, CA
  9. Eos NeuroscienceVisiting Scholar2009Los Angeles, CA
  10. Canyon Capital AdvisorsSummer Analyst2008Los Angeles, CA
  11. The Broad InstituteResearch Assistant2006Cambridge, MA

Skills & more

PythonRuby on Rails35Java30Computer Science24Software Engineering23JavaScript15Algorithms17Investment Banking13Ruby12Git8Software Development8C6
+6 moreC++MatlabMachine LearningLinuxWeb CrawlingData Mining

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gordon Wintrob?
Gordon Wintrob is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Newfront, an insurance brokerage that uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence. He previously co-founded StackLead in 2014, a company building automated research tools for sales teams that was acquired by LinkedIn, where he later worked as an engineering manager on the Jobs product. Based in San Francisco, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (2012) and works as an angel investor focused on the future of work, developer tools, and insurtech.
Where does Gordon Wintrob work?
Gordon Wintrob is Founder/CTO of Newfront and Founder/CEO at StackLead.
What check size does Gordon Wintrob write?
Gordon Wintrob typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Gordon Wintrob found?
Gordon Wintrob founded Newfront, StackLead.
Where did Gordon Wintrob go to school?
Gordon Wintrob studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Harvard-Westlake School.

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