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Jordan Lee

Founder

Founder/CEO at Collections

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCollections · YC

About

Jordan Lee is currently CEO of backer.com and savingforcollege.com.

Founder/CEO at Collections YC S12

Intro paths

YC

Jordan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Jordan can intro founders to Collections's investors below.

Collections's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Collections

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Tony Xiao

Tony XiaoFounder/CEO

Experience

Saving For CollegeCEOcurrent2023 — present
BackerFounder & CEOcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ClearSlideProduct Leader2013 — 2015San Francisco, California
Collections (Y Combinator S12)Co-Founder & CEO2012 — 2013Mountain View, California
The New YorkerResearcher2011Beijing, China
The Brookings InstitutionChinese Politics Analyst2009 — 2010Washington, DC

Skills & more

Stata8Mac OSC++HTML 5CSS3Entrepreneurship25Start-ups11Product Management5Analytics5User Interface Design2Strategic Partnerships2International Relations14

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Foreign PolicyPoliticsResearchPublic PolicyPolicy AnalysisPolitical ScienceEditingVenture CapitalMarket ResearchNew MediaBusiness DevelopmentChinese Foreign Policy

Languages English · 中文

Series 65 - Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination — FINRA

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jordan Lee?: Jordan Lee is currently CEO of backer.com and savingforcollege.com.
Where does Jordan Lee work?: Jordan Lee is Founder/CEO of Collections.
What companies did Jordan Lee found?: Jordan Lee founded Collections.
Where did Jordan Lee go to school?: Jordan Lee studied at Harvard University (AB 2007. Joint Concentration Gov + EAS. Hoopes Prize.); Y Combinator (Summer 2012); Princeton University (PhD (ABD) → MA 2012, Politics).

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Yale University mafia190

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Princeton University mafia160

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500 Global mafia67

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Same school

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Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation

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Also attended Princeton University745

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures KJ SidberryInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Shared employers

Also worked at Backer2

Katya SkorobogatovaOperating Partner - Growth at TheVentureCity Jim FeuilleVenture Partner at Crosslink Capital

Also worked at ClearSlide5

Ellen LevyFounder & Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect at SignalFire Dan RossOperating Partner at Black Nova VC Rachel WilliamsAdvisor at Burst Capital John "JJ" JackVenture Partner at Shield Capital David ZilbermanGeneral Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Also worked at The New Yorker8

Andrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at Heavybit Nick ThompsonInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures Kate RyderFounder & CEO, Maven at xfactor ventures Joshua LangVenture Advisor at Catalyst Health Ventures David SingerInvestor at Maverick Ventures Ana YoergInvestor at At One Ventures

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Also worked at The Brookings Institution33

Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Pascual Cortes-MonroyPrincipal at Northzone Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTech Steve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors Ted VinnitchoukAnalyst at White Star Capital Andrew RubensteinInvestor at Shorewind Capital

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