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Ivan Vrkic

Founder

CTO at CellType

United States

FoundedCellType · YC

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Ivan Vrkic is a co-founder of CellType, a drug discovery company. He studied machine learning at Yale and EPFL, contributed to Cell2Sentence research published at ICML, and previously led foundation model training at a biotech startup and developed software for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

CTO at CellTypeYC W26

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Ivan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran CellType's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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CellType's investors · 20

0 ADACVC PartnersSilicon ValleyBatch VenturesEight CapitalNorwalkETA Capital PartnersBostonExit VenturesFounders FactoryLondon · $150K – $200K checksLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksMA7 VenturesAlmaty · $150K – $1M checksOurCrowdJerusalemPerpetual VCNew YorkPioneerToronto, OntarioRobinhoodMenlo ParkSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSGH CapitalParisTabula Rasa Ventures$50K – $1M checksTrivest Family OfficesCoral GablesUnpopular VenturesMiami · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026ZAKA VCSan Francisco

Co-founders at CellType

DVDavid van Dijk
David van DijkCEO

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ivan Vrkic?
Ivan Vrkic is a co-founder of CellType, a drug discovery company. He studied machine learning at Yale and EPFL, contributed to Cell2Sentence research published at ICML, and previously led foundation model training at a biotech startup and developed software for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Where does Ivan Vrkic work?
Ivan Vrkic is CTO of CellType.
What companies did Ivan Vrkic found?
Ivan Vrkic founded CellType.

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