Where does Gustaf Alströmer work?

Gustaf Alströmer is Founder/CEO of Heysan and General Partner at Y Combinator.

What companies did Gustaf Alströmer found?

Gustaf Alströmer founded Heysan.

What companies has Gustaf Alströmer invested in?

Investments tracked here include Pachama, Prometheus Fuels.

Where did Gustaf Alströmer go to school?

Gustaf Alströmer studied at Hyper Island (New Media Business & Management).

What has Gustaf Alströmer written?

Gustaf Alströmer has 1 tracked post on ycombinator.com, including "How to set up, hire, and scale a growth strategy and team".

Gustaf Alströmer

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Y Combinator · Founder/CEO at Heysan

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHeysan · YC

Find your path to Gustaf

10,448 people in our graph share verified history with Gustaf — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Aniyia WilliamsunlockedGustaf: together at Voxer (2011–2012)

×2Gustaf: together at YC W07

×9Gustaf: together at Airbnb

About

Led Growth at Airbnb for 4.5 years and co-founded Heysan; previously Head of Growth at Voxer.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

gustaf@ycombinator.com

Beyond investing

Founded: Alströmer co-founded and served as CEO of Heysan, which was part of YC's W07 batch and was acquired by Good Technology in 2009.
Communities: Alströmer helped author Y Combinator's request for startups on climate tech alongside David Rusenko.
Family: Alströmer grew up in Sweden before moving to the United States.

Mentioned above: the Y Combinator mafia → · the Y Combinator mafia →

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Founder/CEO at Heysan YC W07

Intro paths

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 InvestmentPortola Valley · $250K – $30M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2007

Co-founders at Heysan

Marie BrattbergFounder/Product Manager

Pär LindheFounder/Product Development / UX lead

Parham Michael OssarehFounder/developer, tech dude

Experience

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

Skills & more

Product DevelopmentProduct StrategyProduct MarketingEntrepreneurshipViral MarketingAd NetworksProduct ManagementMobile InternetMobile StrategyIMUser ExperienceStart-ups

+8 more

User Interface DesignGrowth StrategiesInternational GrowthUser GrowthMobile GrowthMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsiPhone

From Gustaf's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

PachamaPrometheus Fuels

Per curated public sources.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Gustaf Alströmer

The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew

Hard Tech

The World's First Commercial Mobile Carbon Capture Device

Hard Tech

How This 25-Year-Old Built A $675M Legal AI Startup (With No Legal Experience)

Y Combinator

The Finance Startup Bringing Agentic AI to Wall Street

Founder Firesides

Fusion Energy Is Tech's Next Big Unlock

YC Decoded

The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup

Office Hours

6 more appearances

How To Use AI In Your Startup2025-01-15
How to get your first customers2022-12-29
How to talk to users2022-12-01
How Pachama uses tech to tackle climate change2020-01-28
Growth for startups2019-08-15
On starting and scaling one of the biggest iOS apps2019-04-10

Writing

How to set up, hire, and scale a growth strategy and team2020-06-09

A guide on building, hiring, and scaling a metrics-driven growth team, drawing on advice from growth experts at top startups.

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

Backing expeditions into the future

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gustaf Alströmer?: Led Growth at Airbnb for 4.5 years and co-founded Heysan; previously Head of Growth at Voxer.
Where does Gustaf Alströmer work?: Gustaf Alströmer is Founder/CEO of Heysan and General Partner at Y Combinator.
What companies did Gustaf Alströmer found?: Gustaf Alströmer founded Heysan.
What companies has Gustaf Alströmer invested in?: Investments tracked here include Pachama, Prometheus Fuels.
Where did Gustaf Alströmer go to school?: Gustaf Alströmer studied at Hyper Island (New Media Business & Management).
What has Gustaf Alströmer written?: Gustaf Alströmer has 1 tracked post on ycombinator.com, including "How to set up, hire, and scale a growth strategy and team".
What podcasts and interviews feature Gustaf Alströmer?: Tracked appearances include "The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew", "The World's First Commercial Mobile Carbon Capture Device", "How This 25-Year-Old Built A $675M Legal AI Startup (With No Legal Experience)", and 9 more.