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Ken Ahrens

Founder

Founder at Speedscale

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

FoundedSpeedscale · YC

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About

Ken Ahrens led North America teams at New Relic and CA/Broadcom and previously founded or worked at Pentaho (acquired by Hitachi), ITKO (acquired by CA/Broadcom), and ILC (acquired by General Dynamics). He studied computer science at Georgia Tech and has worked on web application development and management throughout his career.

Founder at SpeedscaleYC S20

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YC

Ken went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Ken can intro founders to Speedscale's investors below.

Speedscale's investors · 10

Atlanta Tech VillageAtlantaCorrelation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M checks · since 2023CreativeCoCharlotte · since 2023Grotech VenturesOwings Mills · $500K – $5M checks · since 2023SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $10M checks · since 2023Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksTech Square VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $3M checks · since 2023TechOperators Venture CapitalAtlanta · $1M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Speedscale

MLMatthew LeRay
Matthew LeRayFounder
NL
Nate LeeFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ken Ahrens?
Ken Ahrens led North America teams at New Relic and CA/Broadcom and previously founded or worked at Pentaho (acquired by Hitachi), ITKO (acquired by CA/Broadcom), and ILC (acquired by General Dynamics). He studied computer science at Georgia Tech and has worked on web application development and management throughout his career.
Where does Ken Ahrens work?
Ken Ahrens is Founder of Speedscale.
What companies did Ken Ahrens found?
Ken Ahrens founded Speedscale.

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