Where does Kara Holinski work?

Kara Holinski is Founder of Confido.

Where did Kara Holinski go to school?

Kara Holinski studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chemical Engineering | Concentration in Computer Science); Marian High School.

Kara Holinski

Founder

Founder at Confido

New York, New York, United States

FoundedConfido · YC

Find your path to Kara

10,731 people in our graph share verified history with Kara — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Kara Holinski was an Associate Product Manager at Schmidt Futures and studied engineering at MIT.

Founder at Confido YC S21

Intro paths

Kara went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Confido's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kara can intro founders to Confido's investors below.

Confido's investors · 14

Barrel VenturesEvanston Blume VenturesMumbai · $650K – $36M checks · since 2025 Breakwater VenturesSeattle · since 2026 Context VenturesAuburn · since 2025 DeVCBengaluru · $50K – $500K checks · since 2025 FootworkSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks · since 2025 LegalTechFort Lauderdale · since 2026 MedMountain VenturesSalt Lake City · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025 Momentum CapitalNewark The Fintech FundNew York · $150K – $200K checks Together FundBangalore · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025 Vicus VenturesNew York · since 2025 Watchfire VenturesMontecito · since 2025 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Confido

Justin HunterFounder

Trevor HanusExecutive Officer, Director

Emery WagerExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

ConfidoCTOcurrent2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
Schmidt FuturesAssociate Product Manager2019 — 2021Greater New York City Area
Myovant SciencesSpecial Projects Intern - Office of the CEO2018Brisbane, CA
3MHealth Care R&D Intern2017Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Stephanopoulos LaboratoryUndergraduate Researcher2016 — 2017Cambridge, MA
ShellComputational Chemistry Research Intern2016Bangalore, India
Langer Laboratory (MIT)Undergraduate Researcher2016Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
YMCACamp Counselor2015Greater Detroit Area

Skills & more

MATLAB4Teamwork8Public Speaking4CPR Certified1Programming1

Languages English · Spanish

From Kara's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kara Holinski?: Kara Holinski was an Associate Product Manager at Schmidt Futures and studied engineering at MIT.
Where does Kara Holinski work?: Kara Holinski is Founder of Confido.
What companies did Kara Holinski found?: Kara Holinski founded Confido.
Where did Kara Holinski go to school?: Kara Holinski studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chemical Engineering | Concentration in Computer Science); Marian High School.

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