About
He Song founded and scaled a company as a freshman and subsequently launched a token-based project. He studied at Berkeley and has experience with cryptocurrency lending products and regulatory licensing workflows. He now leads Payna, which focuses on automating regulatory compliance processes.
Founder at PaynaYC W26
Intro paths
YC
He went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Payna's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, He can intro founders to Payna's investors below.
Payna's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Payna
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Aaron ChenFounder
Experience
- Payna | YC W26CTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 β present
- UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Lecturer, CS 198: Fundamentals of Blockchaincurrent2025 β present
- Blockchain at BerkeleyEducation Consultantcurrent2025 β present
- SolaceCTO & Co-Founder2025
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science2024 β 2028
- The Davidson AcademyHigh School Diploma2021 β 2024
- Y CombinatorW26
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley987
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Shared employers
Also worked at Payna | YC W261
Also worked at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)12
Yersultan SaparInvestor at FEBE VenturesYuka IkarashiInvestor at E14 FundTommy HangInvestor at ArchetypeWeikeng ChenResearch Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Arvind VivekanandanScout at LvlUp VenturesHarvey HuFounder at Altrina
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