About
Jon Sheller worked at Microsoft and WhatsApp before joining the Peace Corps in Paraguay. He founded Purpose Finance.
Founder at Purpose FinanceYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Jon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jon can intro founders to Purpose Finance's investors below.
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Co-founders at Purpose Finance
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Anna MatalonFounder
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Brendan TobinFounder
Experience
- NuvoEngineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Scale AISenior Software Engineering Manager2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- PurposeCo-Founder2020 — 2023
- WhatsApp Inc.Software Engineering Manager2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Madeira Interactive Technologies InstituteResearcher2015Funchal, Madeira
- Peace CorpsVolunteer2012 — 2014Villarrica, Paraguay
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer 22008 — 2012
- Rockwell CollinsTechnical Intern2005
Skills & more
Spanish4Engineering ManagementSoftware Engineering15Silverlight2Software Design5Object Oriented Design3Spanish-speaking1DebuggingMobile Application DevelopmentAgile Methodologies2Software Development2Public Speaking3
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C#C++.NETASP.NETPythonWindows.NET FrameworkLanguages English · Portuguese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jon Sheller?
- Jon Sheller worked at Microsoft and WhatsApp before joining the Peace Corps in Paraguay. He founded Purpose Finance.
- Where does Jon Sheller work?
- Jon Sheller is Founder of Purpose Finance.
- What companies did Jon Sheller found?
- Jon Sheller founded Purpose Finance.
- Where did Jon Sheller go to school?
- Jon Sheller studied at Iowa State University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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