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Gustaf Alströmer

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Y Combinator

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHeysan · YC

About

General Partner at Y Combinator who previously spent 4.5 years at Airbnb as a Product Lead on the Growth team, which he helped start in 2012. He was earlier Head of Growth at Voxer and co-founder and CEO of Heysan, a YC W07 company.

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Gustaf Alströmer @gustaf

It was inevitable that agents would do a really good job at go-to-market. @jianna_liu and @DevishiJha lived this problem for three years and knew exactly what to build. Today Cardinal is launching their AI Revenue Platform with customers like Deepgram, Giga, and Mintlify. https://t.co/igRHJLqzBU

Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 24 · ⇄ 2

Founder/CEO at HeysanYC W07

Intro paths

YC

Gustaf went through Y Combinator (Winter 2007) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Gustaf can intro founders to Heysan's investors below.

Heysan's investors · 2

Western Technology InvestmentY Combinator

Co-founders at Heysan

MBMarie Brattberg
Marie BrattbergFounder/Product Manager
PLPär Lindhe
Pär LindheFounder/Product Development / UX lead
PMParham Michael Ossareh
Parham Michael OssarehFounder/developer, tech dude

Experience

  1. Y CombinatorGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Y CombinatorVisiting Partner2016 — 2017Mountain View
  3. PersonalAngel Investorcurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Heart AerospaceBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  5. AirbnbProduct Lead, Growth2012 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. VoxerVP of Growth2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  7. HeysanCEO & Co-Founder2007 — 2009

Education

  1. Hyper IslandNew Media Business & Management

Skills & more

Product Development30Product Strategy1Product Marketing16Entrepreneurship60Viral Marketing12Ad Networks3Product Management74Mobile Internet40Mobile Strategy5User Experience31Start-ups42User Interface Design9
+12 moreGrowth StrategiesInternational GrowthMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsiOS developmentSoftware DevelopmentWeb AnalyticsMobile TechnologyIMUser GrowthMobile GrowthiPhone

From Gustaf's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Hyper Island4

Linda Murray WennbergInvestor at Almi InvestDavid HerranzPresident Southern Europe @ManpowerGroup at Taram CapitalAcacia MorenaInvestor at DOMO.VCAndrea SalinasPrincipal at EDP Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Y Combinator67

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y CombinatorHarj TaggarGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 61 more

Also worked at Heart Aerospace3

Ted PerssonInvestor at EQT VenturesMatt EggersManaging Director at Prelude VenturesChristian GarciaBreakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Also worked at Airbnb91

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalKenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalBrenden GlapionCorporate Counsel at Greycroft

+ 85 more

Also worked at Voxer2

Aniyia WilliamsDirector, Programs and Policy at Omidyar NetworkBill TaiCo-Founder at ACTAI Ventures

Colleagues at Y Combinator

Aaron Epstein
General Partner at Y Combinator
Andrew Miklas
General Partner at Y Combinator
Ankit Gupta
General Partner at Y Combinator
Brad Flora
General Partner at Y Combinator
Chris Golda
General Partner at Y Combinator
David Lieb
General Partner at Y Combinator
Diana Hu
General Partner at Y Combinator
Garry Tan
President & CEO of Y Combinator