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Josh Wymer

Founder

Founder at Central

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

FoundedCentral · YC

About

Josh Wymer served as a software engineer at Meta and held a product engineering role at Mixpanel during its early growth stage. He is a Virginia Tech baseball player and currently leads Central as CEO.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at CentralYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Josh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Central's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Central's investors below.

Central's investors · 2

Ritual CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Central

PKPranav Kashyap
Pranav KashyapFounder
NMNilay Modi
Nilay ModiFounder

Experience

  1. MercuryHead of Engineering - Payrollcurrent2026 — present
  2. CentralCo-founder & CEO2023 — 2026
  3. MixpanelStaff Tech Lead Manager2019 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  4. FacebookSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2019Menlo Park, California
  5. MixpanelStaff Software Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MixpanelEngineering Manager2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. MixpanelSenior Software Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  8. YardsellrSoftware Engineer2010 — 2013San Francisco, California, United States

Education

  1. Y Combinator2024
  2. Virginia TechBachelor's degree2007 — 2010
  3. The University of Texas-Pan American2006 — 2007

Skills & more

JavaScript16MySQL13PHP8MapReduce3HTML 54Big Data2Product Development3Heavy Lifting2Golf1HTML2CSS2Product Management1
+6 moreStart-upsPythonCrushingWeb ApplicationsReact.jsPython (Programming Language)

From Josh's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Virginia Tech mafia27

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Khaled HusseinMaster’s DegreeFounded Tilt +1Jason CorwinBachelor's DegreeFounded Safely Finance +1Rob LaFaveBAFounded Foodzie +1Corey ThomasComputer Science & Political ScienceFounded CloudZeroCraigElectrical and Electronics EngineeringFounded Cognitive SpacePaul ColtonBS (Incomplete)Founded Pixate

+ 20 more

Mercury mafia10

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Immad AkhundCEO & FounderFounded Heyzap +1Nilay ModiDesigningFounded Central +1Jamie QuintInterim Head of GrowthFounded Interstate AnalyticsBenjamin NetterInvestorFounded RiotTommaso TombaInvestorFounded FUTURAKyle MaloneyProduct, Banking FoundationsFounded Proper

+ 3 more

Mixpanel mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Melike Abacioglu GunesSenior Director of Revenue Strategy & OperationsFounded PhysioHealthMax LevchinMember Board Of DirectorsFounded AffirmSuhail DoshiFounder/CEOFounded PlaygroundTim TrefrenFounderFounded RecheckZach OceanSenior Software EngineerFounded UberduckPranav KashyapGroup Product Manager & Head of PricingFounded Central

+ 1 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Virginia Tech99

Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic Ventures

+ 93 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Central4

Boateng Opoku-YeboahFounder at FuseAbhijeet DwivediFounder at ZeroDownNilay ModiFounder at ClayboardPranav KashyapFounder at Central

Also worked at Mixpanel14

Sam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURESMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMeghan SwidlerStart-Up Innovation at Pave Health VenturesBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesMeka AsonyePartner at First Round CapitalAliisa RosenthalGeneral Partner at Acrew Capital

+ 8 more

Also worked at Facebook482

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

+ 476 more