About
Jake Parkinson is founder of Brite, a platform that helps benefits professionals create and scale employee benefits education and communication during open enrollment.
Founder at BriteYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Jake went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jake can intro founders to Brite's investors below.
Brite's investors · 4
Co-founders at Brite
LF
Landon FieldingFounder & CEO
Experience
- Checkk AITechnical Co-Founder (Built at Philo Ventures)current2025 — present
- Philo VenturesSaaS Founder & Buildercurrent2024 — present
- Brite (YC S21)Co-Founder2019 — 2024
- Weave HQSoftware Developer2017 — 2021
- InsideSales.comSoftware Engineer2017Provo, Utah Area
- XactwareSoftware Developer2015 — 2017Lehi, Utah Area
Skills & more
Java28JavaScript26AngularJS8CSS13HTML11React.js3Git6SQL6HTML 55HTML56GruntJS3C++5
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PythonNode.jsIonic FrameworkMySQLgrpcwebpackWeb ApplicationsWeb DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsiOS DevelopmentAgile Web DevelopmentGoFrom Jake's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jake Parkinson?
- Jake Parkinson is founder of Brite, a platform that helps benefits professionals create and scale employee benefits education and communication during open enrollment.
- Where does Jake Parkinson work?
- Jake Parkinson is Founder of Brite.
- What companies did Jake Parkinson found?
- Jake Parkinson founded Brite.
- Where did Jake Parkinson go to school?
- Jake Parkinson studied at Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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Brigham Young University mafia47
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Philo Ventures1
Also worked at Brite (YC S21)1
Also worked at Weave HQ15
Tyler NewtonManaging Partner at Catalyst InvestorsBlake ModersitskiManaging Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo VenturesMatt HillarySecurity Advisor at Modern TechnicalBrian FeinsteinPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersPhil BoyerPartner at Crosslink CapitalNimay MehtaManaging Partner at Lead Edge Capital
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