About
Joseph Sciarrino was a product manager on Microsoft's Azure Open-Source Databases team and previously worked at Heroku and Citus Data. He now leads Hydra as CEO.
Founder at HydraYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Joseph went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Hydra's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Joseph can intro founders to Hydra's investors below.
Hydra's investors · 11
10x FoundersMünchen · $270K – $2.7M checks · since 2026Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2026Era FundsNew York · since 2026Flume VenturesIncline Village · since 2026Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksMagnetarEvanston · since 2026NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2026PEAK6Austin · since 2026Sterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
Experience
- SupabaseProduct, Supabasecurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Hydra (Acquired by Supabase) - YC W22Co-founder & CEO2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSenior Program Manager, Azure Data2019 — 2021
- MicrosoftDirector of Sales, Citus Data2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- SalesforceSenior Account Executive, Heroku at Salesforce.com2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Scan Inc.P/T PM2013 — 2014Provo, Utah Area
Skills & more
Microsoft Office2Microsoft Excel2HTML2PowerPoint2Ruby on Rails1PostgreSQL1Sales10Public Speaking6Entrepreneurship6Management5Social Media4Business Planning4
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joseph Sciarrino?
- Joseph Sciarrino was a product manager on Microsoft's Azure Open-Source Databases team and previously worked at Heroku and Citus Data. He now leads Hydra as CEO.
- Where does Joseph Sciarrino work?
- Joseph Sciarrino is Founder of Hydra.
- What companies did Joseph Sciarrino found?
- Joseph Sciarrino founded Hydra.
- Where did Joseph Sciarrino go to school?
- Joseph Sciarrino studied at Y Combinator; Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics with minor in Entrepreneurship).
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Salesforce mafia88
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Wake Forest University mafia9
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Supabase mafia5
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures
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Daniel van der MerweSenior Director at JMI EquityMisty BurgnerDirector of Operations & Administration, Operations at Echo Health VenturesNash Carey-EwendSenior Associate, Echo Health Advisors at Echo Health VenturesJennifer SchretterGeneral Partner - Secondaries at PROOFAndrew McGuirkVenture Fellow at Moneta VenturesEliza CushmanPartner at Congruent Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Supabase16
Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesMichael RobinsonInvestor at Craft VenturesZao ChenInvestor at Craft VenturesShailendra SinghManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersMargaret WuLead Investor at Georgian
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Also worked at Microsoft1,278
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Salesforce272
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