About
Isaac Saldana is an engineer and founder who co-founded SendGrid (NYSE: SEND), a platform for sending email at scale for developers and senders. He is currently CEO of Laneful, which builds private email infrastructure for enterprise senders handling hundreds of millions to billions of emails per month, combining dedicated infrastructure with human and AI-powered expertise.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SendGrid
Intro paths
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SendGrid's investors · 10
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2010Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksFoundryBoulder · $250K – $15M checksGraph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checksK2 GlobalSingaporeQuest VenturesSingapore · $50K – $10M checksSV AngelSan Francisco · since 2023TechstarsBoulder · $220K checksUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at SendGrid
JL
Jose LopezFounder
TJ
Tim Jenkins
Experience
- LanefulFoundercurrent2025 — present
- Joy LabsFounder & CEOcurrent2018 — present
- SendGridCo-Founder2009 — 2018
- Multiple Failed StartupsCo-Founder2006 — 2008
- Advatech PacificSoftware Engineer2004 — 2006
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Isaac Saldana?
- Isaac Saldana is an engineer and founder who co-founded SendGrid (NYSE: SEND), a platform for sending email at scale for developers and senders. He is currently CEO of Laneful, which builds private email infrastructure for enterprise senders handling hundreds of millions to billions of emails per month, combining dedicated infrastructure with human and AI-powered expertise.
- Where does Isaac Saldana work?
- Isaac Saldana is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SendGrid.
- What companies did Isaac Saldana found?
- Isaac Saldana founded SendGrid.
- Where did Isaac Saldana go to school?
- Isaac Saldana studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master, Business Administration); University of California, Riverside (Bachelor, Double Major, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering).
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