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JJ Tang

Founder

Co-founder at Rootly

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedRootly · YC

30 Under 30 2024 · Enterprise Technology

About

JJ Tang founded Rootly, an incident management and on-call platform. Prior to this, no background information is provided in the profile.

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JJ Tang (Rootly) @jjrichardtang

See you this Thursday at the @rootlyhq office. I’ll be speaking about how we run our company entirely off Claude! https://t.co/HvloaSfSYA

Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 6

JJ Tang (Rootly) @jjrichardtang

Toronto summers 💜 PS @rootlyhq has a football team now! https://t.co/eWx0nHsSS5

Jul 19, 2026 · ♥ 23

JJ Tang (Rootly) @jjrichardtang

🤭 https://t.co/8en2r4uiFp

Jul 17, 2026 · ♥ 10

Co-founder at RootlyYC S21

Intro paths

YC

JJ went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, JJ can intro founders to Rootly's investors below.

Rootly's investors · 3

Gradient VenturesRenegade PartnersY Combinator

Co-founders at Rootly

QRQuentin Rousseau
Quentin RousseauFounder and CTO (YC S21)

Experience

  1. RootlyCEO and Co-founder (YC S21)current2021 — presentToronto | San Francisco
  2. StravaKOM Owner2024
  3. InstacartProduct2019 — 2021
  4. IBMSenior Product Manager, IBM Cloud2018 — 2019
  5. IBMProduct Manager, IBM Cloud2017 — 2018
  6. IBMAssociate Product Manager, IBM Watson Health2016 — 2017
  7. Ada Inc1st Employee2015 — 2017
  8. CiscoCollaboration Solutions2015
  9. Ivey Business SchoolResearch Assistant2014 — 2015

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS21 Batch
  2. Western UniversityBachelor's Degree
  3. International BaccalaureateSuzhou Singapore International School

Skills & more

Hiring a dream team at Rootly that I wake up excited to work with everyday!

From JJ's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

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+ 8,661 more

Cisco mafia52

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Val AgostinoSr. Director, Head of Product and GrowthFounded Monarch +1PankajDirector, M&A | Investments | StrategyFounded AI21 LabsRajat MishraSenior Vice President/GM, Customer ExperienceFounded PrezentAnshul SadanaSenior Engineering Manager, GSBUFounded NexthopDug SongChief Strategy Officer, Cisco SecurityFounded Duo SecurityOmar TawakolVP CX Business Unit & GM Product Led Growth WebexFounded Rembrand

+ 45 more

Western University mafia33

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Denis LeClairBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded TrellisAndrew EisenBAFounded Hum CapitalBrian CramFounded DejeroSean GreenBachelor of Applied Science (BASc)Founded ArternalBarbara DirksBachelor of Laws - LLBFounded ResiliaHamed SaadatBachelor's DegreeFounded Hyperpad

+ 26 more

International Baccalaureate mafia26

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Teddy JungreisInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient at Winter Park High SchoolFounded WinibleRaymundo GonzalezIB DiplomaFounded EdenSourav SanyalCOMPUTER SCIENCE - HLFounded AvairSenseMax KazakovFounded CoperniqJuan ChomaliMiddle Years Programme (MYP)Founded PoloTabDavid de MatheuFounded VetRec

+ 19 more

Instacart mafia22

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Understudy Labs +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +1Lev KokotovSenior Software EngineerFounded PostgresML +1Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded ChefDayton ThorpeSenior Data ScientistFounded Mercator

+ 15 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Western University185

Jasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesKevin GaburaInvestor at Craft VenturesTanuj DuttaGeneral Partner at Congruent VenturesLindsay HamiltonInvestment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesJenny HeFounder & General Partner at Position Ventures

+ 179 more

Also attended International Baccalaureate74

AlptugInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesDanny EdmanInvestor at Alpha PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesArmita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalAna Chávez PeónHead of Investor Network at Nazca

+ 68 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Strava24

M.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at DroneDeploy at Scale Venture PartnersAustin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid SwainChief Marketing Officer at ParadigmMike GhaffaryAdvisor at Canvas VenturesKelly BennettExecutive Advisor at TCVJonathan PoffleyVice President at TCV

+ 18 more

Also worked at Instacart42

Alex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek VenturesHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven

+ 36 more

Also worked at IBM641

Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures

+ 635 more

Also worked at Ada Inc10

Alex EstevezFormer CFO, Atlassian at Bull City Venture PartnersBronwyn SmithOperating & Venture Partner at Round13 CapitalBrian FeinsteinPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersGideon HaydenCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Leaders FundDavid KamenetskyPrincipal at Leaders FundEmanuele Lele CaloHead of Infrastructure at Marin Digital Ventures

+ 4 more