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John Ta

Founder

Founder at Affil.ai

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAffil.ai · YC

About

John Ta is CEO of Affil.ai. He previously held strategy roles at Accenture and growth positions at Roame (a Y Combinator Summer 2023 company), and worked in M&A investment banking at Leerink. He studied biophysics and biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Founder at Affil.aiYC S24

Intro paths

YC

John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Affil.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, John can intro founders to Affil.ai's investors below.

Affil.ai's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Affil.ai

VOVivek Olumbe
Vivek OlumbeFounder

Experience

  1. Affil.ai (YC S24)CEO/Cofoundercurrent2024 — present
  2. Roame (YC S23)Founding Growth Strategy Associate2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. AccentureStrategy Analyst2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Common CentsCo-Founder2019 — 2023Greater Philadelphia
  5. Notable CapitalPlatform Development Intern2022
  6. EduCareCo-Founder2020 — 2022Greater Philadelphia
  7. Leerink PartnersInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2021New York, New York, United States
  8. Ripple VenturesVenture Fellow2021Ontario, Canada
  9. LoftStrategic Finance Intern2020 — 2021
  10. University of PennsylvaniaTeaching Assistant (Organic Chemistry, Partial Differential Equations)2019 — 2020Greater Philadelphia Area
  11. University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineResearch Assistant, Morrisey Labs2018 — 2020Pennsylvania, PA

Education

  1. University of PennsylvaniaBA in Biochemistry, Biophysics
  2. Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPIHigh School
  3. Saint John's High School

Skills & more

Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft Excel2Microsoft WordRMicrosoft Office1Leadership13Team Leadership3Writing1ManagementChemistry16Research14Biology2
+12 moreStatisticsData AnalysisStatistical Data AnalysisPhysicsCalculusGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsImage JPeer TutoringTeachingTime ManagementBudgeting

From John's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

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Also attended Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI1

Arjun HegdeAssociate at Moneta Ventures

Also attended Saint John's High School5

Arjun HegdeAssociate at Moneta VenturesPat KneelandPrincipal at American Family VenturesNick CanditoCo-Founder at Angel Collective Opportunity FundScott ArmyPartner at Galaxy InteractiveAllen NaliathFounder, CEO at Freestyle

Shared employers

Also worked at Affil.ai (YC S24)1

Vivek OlumbeFounder at Affil.ai

Also worked at Accenture613

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

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Also worked at Leerink Partners6

Sebastian GranizoVenture Capital Associate at Plum Alley InvestmentsIsaac RoPartner at Catalio Capital Management, LPMark AdamsPartner at Two Bear CapitalStephen RenfroPartner and Chief Operations Officer at Optum VenturesChad PallopsonVenture Partner at Archangel Network of FundsConnor McDermottAssociate at Northpond Ventures

Also worked at Ripple Ventures12

Sarah LubeckInvestor at Ripple VenturesDave MacneeInvestor at Ripple VenturesRahul ParmarInvestor at Ripple VenturesRyan FreemanInvestor at Ripple VenturesZach WaterfieldInvestor at Ripple VenturesAdam JarczynInvestor at Ripple Ventures

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