Karine Mellata
FounderFounder at Variance
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedVariance · YC
About
Karine Mellata is a co-founder at Variance, formerly known as Intrinsic.
Founder at VarianceYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Karine 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 Variance's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Karine can intro founders to Variance's investors below.
Variance's investors · 6
645 VenturesNew York · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019Okta VenturesSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks · since 2019RRE LeadersNew York · since 2019Ten ElevenBurlingame · $3M – $15M checks · since 2019Urban InnovationSan Francisco · $500K – $3.5M checks · since 2019Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Variance
Experience
Skills & more
ManagementTeamworkJavaPython (Programming Language)GitSoftware DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Data Science
Languages English · French · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karine Mellata?
- Karine Mellata is a co-founder at Variance, formerly known as Intrinsic.
- Where does Karine Mellata work?
- Karine Mellata is Founder of Variance.
- What companies did Karine Mellata found?
- Karine Mellata founded Variance.
- Where did Karine Mellata go to school?
- Karine Mellata studied at McGill University (Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering); Y Combinator; The University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science).
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