About
Josh Gardner founded Verata, an executive network and company intelligence platform for private equity investors that combines network mapping with deal sourcing and due diligence capabilities.
Founder at VerataYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Josh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Verata's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Verata's investors below.
Verata's investors · 1
Co-founders at Verata
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Nicholas ManskeFounder
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Experience
- VerataCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- AiFlow (YC W23)Co-Founder2022 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- Alariss GlobalHead of Engineering2022
- Princeton UniversityInstructor, Department of Computer Science2020 — 2022
- LaiyePresales Engineer2020 — 2021Shanghai, China
- Alariss GlobalTechnical Product Manager and Business Development Intern2020
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)1Distributed Systems2Machine Learning2Writing4Data ScienceStrategic Planning1Project ManagementStatisticsData AnalysisBusiness-to-Business (B2B)1Statistical Data AnalysisBusiness Development
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Product ManagementSoftwareData Analysis in RMicrosoft OfficePandas (Software)Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services (AWS)C (Programming Language)TeachingNumPyOCamlNeural NetworksLanguages English · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Gardner?
- Josh Gardner founded Verata, an executive network and company intelligence platform for private equity investors that combines network mapping with deal sourcing and due diligence capabilities.
- Where does Josh Gardner work?
- Josh Gardner is Founder of Verata.
- What companies did Josh Gardner found?
- Josh Gardner founded Verata.
- Where did Josh Gardner go to school?
- Josh Gardner studied at Princeton University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Y Combinator; Princeton University (Bachelor of Science - BS).
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