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Josh Gardner

Founder

Founder at Verata

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedVerata · YC

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.

LinkedIn ↗

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, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Verata

NMNicholas Manske
Nicholas ManskeFounder
NNick
NickCo-founder

Experience

  1. VerataCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. AiFlow (YC W23)Co-Founder2022 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. Alariss GlobalHead of Engineering2022
  4. Princeton UniversityInstructor, Department of Computer Science2020 — 2022
  5. LaiyePresales Engineer2020 — 2021Shanghai, China
  6. Alariss GlobalTechnical Product Manager and Business Development Intern2020

Education

  1. Princeton UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2020 — 2022
  2. Y Combinator2023
  3. Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science - BS2016 — 2020
  4. Peking UniversitySummer Study Abroad
  5. Beijing Normal UniversityCertificate of Fluency, Mandarin2018

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)1Distributed Systems2Machine Learning2Writing4Data ScienceStrategic Planning1Project ManagementStatisticsData AnalysisBusiness-to-Business (B2B)1Statistical Data AnalysisBusiness Development
+12 moreProduct ManagementSoftwareData Analysis in RMicrosoft OfficePandas (Software)Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services (AWS)C (Programming Language)TeachingNumPyOCamlNeural Networks

Languages English · Mandarin

From Josh's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures

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Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended Peking University117

Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalRaaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree VenturesKathy WangInvestor at Inception Studio Capital

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Also attended Beijing Normal University15

Sandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesLisa LiSenior Investment Associate at Rocana VenturesAlasdair ThongFounding Partner at Selvedge VentureNoémie Bristol CourgeonInvestment Director at Axeleo CapitalEvan ThorpePrincipal, Asia Pacific at SixThirty VenturesJohn MonagleCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Benchstrength Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at AiFlow (YC W23)1

Suhit GuptaManaging Partner at Sparked Ventures

Also worked at Alariss Global1

Joyce Zhang GrayGlobal Expansion at Aurelia Ventures

Also worked at Princeton University75

Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechBrad FloraGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorManny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersBrannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorpAaron PriceCEO, TechUnited at Tech Council VenturesJoseph LubinChairman at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.

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