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Kartik Sathappan

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Families Fund · Founder at Bifrost

San Francisco, California

Writes $5K – $25K checks · typically $25K

FoundedBifrost · YC

About

Kartik Sathappan is a General Partner at Families Fund and also invests in crypto social ventures at SGV. He is an alum of Founders, Inc. and Y Combinator, has angel invested in more than 38 companies with one unicorn exit, and previously held product and engineering roles at Apple, HBO, Neighborly, and Panda.

Founder at BifrostYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Kartik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Kartik can intro founders to Bifrost's investors below.

Bifrost's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Bifrost

SBSamraaj Bath
Samraaj BathFounder

Experience

  1. Families FundGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Social Graph VenturesInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. 25kchecks.comAngel Investorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Bifrost (YC W22)Chief Executive Officer2021 — 2023Internet
  5. PandaProduct Manager2019San Francisco, California
  6. On DeckFellow2019San Francisco Bay Area
  7. NeighborlyProduct Manager - Blockchain2018San Francisco Bay Area
  8. IntuitProduct Manager2016 — 2017Greater San Diego Area
  9. AppleSoftware Engineer Internship2015Cupertino, CA
  10. HBOMedia & Technology Operations Intern2014new york, new york
  11. Myspiderweb.comWeb Developer Internship2013Rochester, New York Area

Skills & more

Public Speaking7StrategyLeadership2Team LeadershipTeamworkJavaScript17Java13HTML10Microsoft Office6CSS4C++5Ruby3
+12 moreHTML 5PythonGitSQLObjective-CAndroidXcodeiOSRuby on RailsJSONMongoDBSwift

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kartik Sathappan?
Kartik Sathappan is a General Partner at Families Fund and also invests in crypto social ventures at SGV. He is an alum of Founders, Inc. and Y Combinator, has angel invested in more than 38 companies with one unicorn exit, and previously held product and engineering roles at Apple, HBO, Neighborly, and Panda.
Where does Kartik Sathappan work?
Kartik Sathappan is Founder of Bifrost and General Partner at Families Fund.
What check size does Kartik Sathappan write?
Kartik Sathappan typically writes checks of $5K – $25K.
What companies did Kartik Sathappan found?
Kartik Sathappan founded Bifrost.
Where did Kartik Sathappan go to school?
Kartik Sathappan studied at Rochester Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science).

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