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Jay Reno
InvestorFounderCo-Founder and Partner at Spot VC · CEO at Pointhound · CEO at Feather
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedFeather · YCPointhound · YC
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About
Raised $75m for his company Feather (YC S17), backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and NEA. He also founded Pointhound (S23) and previously led Seed and Series A investments at 645 Ventures.
CEO at PointhoundYC S23
Intro paths
Jay went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pointhound's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Jay can intro founders to Pointhound's investors below.
Pointhound's investors · 2
Co-founders at Pointhound
CEO at FeatherYC S17
Intro paths
Jay went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Jay can intro founders to Feather's investors below.
Feather's investors · 19
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Co-founders at Feather
Investments
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Spot VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Reno?
- Raised $75m for his company Feather (YC S17), backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and NEA. He also founded Pointhound (S23) and previously led Seed and Series A investments at 645 Ventures.
- Where does Jay Reno work?
- Jay Reno is CEO of Feather and Co-Founder and Partner at Spot VC and CEO at Pointhound.
- What companies did Jay Reno found?
- Jay Reno founded Feather, Pointhound.
- What companies has Jay Reno invested in?
- Investments tracked here include AgentMail, Artifact, Beglaubigt.de, Channel3, Clau, Comena, Dataland, FirstQuadrant, Floracene, Galini, HABIT, HumanLayer, and 13 more.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,635
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia970
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Columbia University mafia584
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Fueled mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Feather mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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