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1,021 people in our graph share verified history with James — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedJames: together at Airbnb (2018–2020)
×4James: together at Coinbase
×3James: together at Airbnb
James: together at AngelList
About
James Pozdena is a co-founder based in Portland, Oregon.
Founder at moonrepoYC W23
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran moonrepo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, James can intro founders to moonrepo's investors below.
moonrepo's investors · 1
Co-founders at moonrepo
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Miles JohnsonFounder
Experience
- AngelListSoftware Engineer2025 — 2026Colorado, United States
- RevisoCo-Founder2023 — 2025Colorado, United States
- moonrepoCo-Founder & CTO2023
- CoinbaseSenior Staff Software Engineer2022 — 2023
- CoinbaseStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2022
- Monarch MoneyPrincipal Software Engineer2020
- AirbnbStaff Software Engineer, Guest Store - Messaging2019 — 2020
- AirbnbLead Engineer, Service Excellence2018 — 2019Portland, Oregon, United States
- AirbnbEngineering Manager, Service Excellence2017 — 2018Portland, Oregon, United States
- AirbnbSenior Software Engineer2016 — 2017Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- Simple FinanceSoftware Architect2013 — 2016
- Simple FinanceBackend Engineer2011 — 2013
- ELC Technologies, Inc.Lead Developer2010 — 2011
- Revelation, Inc.Web developer2008 — 2010
Skills & more
NoSQLRust (Programming Language)WebAssemblyREST APIsPython (Programming Language)Ruby16Objective-C3Git18Ruby on Rails23PostgreSQL4SQL1JavaScript6
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CSSjQueryMySQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)MongoDBDatadogAmazon DynamodbTechnical Staff ManagementSoftware InfrastructureAmazon SQSApache KafkaFrom James's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Pozdena?
- James Pozdena is a co-founder based in Portland, Oregon.
- Where does James Pozdena work?
- James Pozdena is Founder of moonrepo.
- What companies did James Pozdena found?
- James Pozdena founded moonrepo.
- Where did James Pozdena go to school?
- James Pozdena studied at Y Combinator; University of Oregon (BS, Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Airbnb mafia123
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brian ArmstrongSoftware EngineerFounded Coinbase +1Khaled HusseinPayments Product LeadFounded Tilt +2Honghao DengUX Research ScientistFounded Butlr +2James J BesharaDirector, ProductFounded Tilt +1Shervin PishevarInvestorFounded Freetelly +1Leah CulverSenior iOS EngineerFounded Breaker +1
+ 116 more
Coinbase mafia93
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Balaji SrinivasanCTOFounded Counsyl +1Fred EhrsamCo-founderFounded NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEOFounded NewLimitKuberan MarimuthuEngineeringFounded Hashcube +2Surojit ChatterjeeChief Product OfficerFounded Ema +1Rob WitoffChief Technology OfficerFounded Chalktalk +1
+ 86 more
AngelList mafia35
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Oleg RogynskyyAngel InvestorFounded UFORCE Acquired +2Guillaume LuccisanoY Combinator Demo Day Fund ManagerFounded Yuma AI +2Harish AgarwalVenture HackerFounded Nori +2Jonathan AbramsEarly investor and advisorFounded Jabrams +1James LinHead of Candidate DataFounded Crunchyroll +1Drew WilsonDesignFounded Opacity +1
+ 28 more
University of Oregon mafia35
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Angela JacksonM.A.Founded PortlandseedfundDuane PrimozichB.S.Founded Hope FoodsTyler OuB.S.Founded MobileRQJill NelsonBusinessFounded Ruby ReceptionistsJacob WestBachelor's degree of ArtsFounded PsmilinAngel GambinoMaster's degreeFounded Angelgambino
+ 28 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Oregon132
Darcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesJessica YuSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftIsabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at HeavybitMonica TomasuloDirector at Marlin Equity PartnersJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesTilak MandadiExecutive Vice President, Ventures and Chief Experience and Technology at Flare Capital Partners
+ 126 more
Shared employers
Also worked at AngelList79
Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesHelen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startupsMehul KumarInvestor at FJ LabsBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of Edelweiss
+ 73 more
Also worked at moonrepo1
Also worked at Coinbase188
Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure Group
+ 182 more
Also worked at Monarch Money21
Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesEurie KimManaging Partner at Forerunner VenturesLars Fjeldsoe-NielsenGeneral Partner at Owl VenturesMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesZach NooraniPartner at Foundation CapitalShawn CarolanPartner at Menlo Ventures
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