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Graham McNicoll

Founder

Founder at GrowthBook

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGrowthBook · YC

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133 people in our graph share verified history with Graham — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Javier SolterounlockedGraham: together at Carnegie Mellon University (1996–2000)
×11Graham: together at Carnegie Mellon University

About

Graham McNicoll is co-founder and CEO of GrowthBook. He previously served as CTO at Education.com for six years before its 2019 acquisition, and has founded multiple earlier ventures including an international nonprofit focused on communication access in developing regions. He holds a degree in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Founder at GrowthBookYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Graham went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran GrowthBook's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Graham can intro founders to GrowthBook's investors below.

GrowthBook's investors · 5

Data TechSeattle · since 2025Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2025Nava VenturesSan Francisco · since 2025Nexus Venture PartnersPort Louis, Port Louis · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at GrowthBook

JDJeremy Dorn
Jeremy DornFounder

Experience

  1. GrowthBook (YC W22)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — present
  2. PlatoMentor, Engineering Leadership2020 — 2022
  3. Education.comVice President of Product and Engineering2020San Mateo, California, United States
  4. Education.comCTO2014 — 2020San Mateo
  5. Education.comSystems Architect2011 — 2014Redwood City, CA
  6. Education.comSenior Software Engineer2007 — 2011Redwood City
  7. Worldlinked, IncCo-founder and senior software engineer2004 — 2007
  8. GC InfoTechSenior Consultant2005 — 2007

Skills & more

Product Development9Engineering Management18Creative Ideation9SEO6Database Design3Graphic Design2User Experience5Linux server administration1User Interface1Search Engine Optimization (SEO)2Web Development2User Experience (UX)1
+12 moreMySQLJavaScriptPHPCSSLAMPHTML5HTML 5ElasticSearchMootoolsNagiosSphinxAB Testing

Languages English · Swahili

  • Certified ScrumMaster — Scrum Alliance

From Graham's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Graham McNicoll?
Graham McNicoll is co-founder and CEO of GrowthBook. He previously served as CTO at Education.com for six years before its 2019 acquisition, and has founded multiple earlier ventures including an international nonprofit focused on communication access in developing regions. He holds a degree in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Where does Graham McNicoll work?
Graham McNicoll is Founder of GrowthBook.
What companies did Graham McNicoll found?
Graham McNicoll founded GrowthBook.
Where did Graham McNicoll go to school?
Graham McNicoll studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics); Y Combinator (W22).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

+ 10,223 more

Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3

+ 474 more

Plato mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bryan FriminSoftware Engineer (previously Birdly)Founded Probo +1Quang HoangFounder/CEOFounded VybeThomas MazimannGrowth ConsultantFounded TeamOutSuzanne GriffinHead of PeopleFounded CraftworkAbhishek JainMentorFounded KotofitDaniel ArcherEngineering Leadership MentorFounded Naritiv

+ 1 more

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University731

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 725 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Shared employers

Also worked at GrowthBook (YC W22)1

Jeremy DornFounder at GrowthBook

Also worked at Plato10

Vasco PessanhaVenture Partner at MSMJoseph PerlaInvestor at StartXThomas MazimannFounder at TeamOutBryan FriminFounder at DeferSuzanne GriffinFounder at CraftworkPete BulleyCOO at Hackajob

+ 4 more

Also worked at Education.com3

Alan FosterManaging Director at TeleSoft.AIJeremy DornFounder at GrowthBookTodd SchwartzCo-CEO at Education