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Juan Benet

InvestorFounder

Founder at Protocol Labs

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedProtocol Labs · YC

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10,974 people in our graph share verified history with Juan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Katie BiberunlockedJuan: together at Protocol Labs (2021–2026)

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×8Juan: together at Y Combinator

About

Founder of Protocol Labs, which he started in 2014 to improve the internet and computing; the company went through Y Combinator's S14 program.

Founder/CEO, Engineer at Protocol Labs YC S14

Intro paths

YC

Juan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Juan can intro founders to Protocol Labs's investors below.

Protocol Labs's investors · 9

a16z cryptoMenlo Park Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks BlueYard CapitalBerlin · $500K – $5M checks Digital Currency GroupNew York IA Seed VenturesBerkeley MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014

Experience

PL CapitalFounder of PLC, GP of PLC Neurotechcurrent2025 — present
Protocol LabsFounder, CEO, Engineercurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto, CA
AthenaFounder2012 — 2013Palo Alto
StartXEIR2011 — 2013Palo Alto
Loki StudiosCo-Founder, CTO2010 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
Stanford UniversityCURIS Computer Science Research2009Stanford, CA
Stanford UniversityCURIS Computer Science Research2008Stanford, CA
CoolirisSoftware Engineering Intern2008Palo Alto, CA
Verve WirelessSoftware Engineering Intern2007San Diego
Anticancer Inc.Research Intern2006San Diego

Skills & more

Computer Science28Start-ups20Software Engineering8Web Applications3Distributed Systems4JavaScript9Python16Ruby on Rails4C++6Objective-C3Java7C1

From Juan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Protocol Labs

Chief Executive Officer at Espresso (Translucence Research Inc)

Angel investor; Investments at Protocol Labs; Angel & Former Partner at Tomorrow Ventures

Charlotte Kapoor

Analyst at Protocol Labs

Jason Rosenthal

Operating Partner at a16z crypto

Chief Operating Officer at Paradigm

Frequently asked questions

Who is Juan Benet?: Founder of Protocol Labs, which he started in 2014 to improve the internet and computing; the company went through Y Combinator's S14 program.
Where does Juan Benet work?: Juan Benet is Founder/CEO, Engineer of Protocol Labs and Founder at Protocol Labs.
What companies did Juan Benet found?: Juan Benet founded Protocol Labs.
Where did Juan Benet go to school?: Juan Benet studied at Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science); Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,444

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Stanford University mafia2,183

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Peter ThielB.A.Founded PayPal +2 Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +3 David SacksB.A.Founded Yammer Keith RaboisB.A.Founded Opendoor +1 Garry TanBSFounded Y Combinator +1 Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +5

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Protocol Labs mafia9

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Stefaan VervaetHead of network growthFounded Akave Computing Cloud Coordination +1 Carl CervoneStartup OperatorFounded Kariba Labs +1 Deep KapurStartup Operator / PMFounded Amera Ben FischAdvisorFounded Espresso (Translucence Research Inc)Raymond ChengPublic Goods Startup Operator / EIRFounded Kariba Labs Bob DuboisSolutions Architect FilecoinFounded Wodan

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate

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Shared employers

Also worked at Loki Studios1

Ivan LeeFounder at Datasaur

Also worked at Stanford University1,139

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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Also worked at Cooliris9

Kevin WeilOperator in Residence at Scribble Ventures Sebastian BlumFounding Partner at Greenfield Andy TaylorInvestor at RetroRate Katie LampeInvestor at 01 Advisors Edwin ZhangInvestor at Winning Together Fund Frank GibeauFounder at Zynga

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Also worked at Verve Wireless3

Quinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm Ventures Mark FruehanVenture Partner at Mobility Ventures Joseph GalarneauInvestor at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)