Grey Baker
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Y Combinator · Founder at Pincites
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedPincites · YC
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About
Co-founder of Pincites (acquired by Filevine) and previously co-founded Dependabot (acquired by GitHub) while leading product and engineering at GoCardless. Did YC S23.
Invests in
Developer ToolsFintech
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Grey Baker co-founded Dependabot, a developer tool used by over a million people that was acquired by GitHub in 2019. Grey Baker co-founded Pincites (S23), which was acquired by Filevine.
- Education
- Studied at University of Cambridge (MPhil, Economics)
- More
- Grey Baker graduated top of his year at the University of Cambridge.
Mentioned above: the University of Cambridge mafia → · the GitHub mafia →
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Founder at PincitesYC S23
Intro paths
Grey went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Pincites's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Pincites's investors · 3
Co-founders at Pincites


Investments
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Y Combinator
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Grey Baker?
- Co-founder of Pincites (acquired by Filevine) and previously co-founded Dependabot (acquired by GitHub) while leading product and engineering at GoCardless. Did YC S23.
- Where does Grey Baker work?
- Grey Baker is Founder of Pincites and General Partner at Y Combinator.
- What does Grey Baker invest in?
- Grey Baker invests in Developer Tools, Fintech.
- What companies did Grey Baker found?
- Grey Baker founded Pincites.
- What companies has Grey Baker invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Attune, Bretton AI, Cohesive, General Learning, Lingo.dev, Notte, Orange Slice, Orchid, Pingo, Reacher, Vesence, Weave.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,635
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McKinsey & Company mafia937
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University of Cambridge mafia724
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GitHub mafia30
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Figma mafia27
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