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Ken Van Haren

Founder

Founder at Patterns

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPatterns · YC

About

Ken Van Haren holds a PhD in statistics from Duke University and has previously worked at Google and Square before founding Patterns.

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Founder at PatternsYC S21

Intro paths

YC

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

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

Patterns's investors · 5

ESSENCE VCStandard CapitalTwenty Two VenturesWayfinder VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Patterns

CSChris Stanley
Chris StanleyFounder

Experience

  1. KVH Fund IIIInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  2. PatternsCo-Founder2021 — 2024SF
  3. SquareData Science Lead2013 — 2016
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2010
  5. SAMSIGraduate Research Fellow2009 — 2010
  6. LoomiaSoftware Engineer2008 — 2009
  7. AmeriCorps VISTAAmericorps Volunteer2004 — 2005Fresno, California, United States

Education

  1. Duke UniversityPhD Candidate, Machine Learning and Statistics
  2. Y CombinatorS21
  3. University of California, Santa CruzBA, Computational Mathematics

Skills & more

Team Leadership1Recommender Systems6Natural Language Processing5Statistics22Machine Learning43Data Mining20Predictive Analytics1Django1Python25Bayesian statistics5Information Retrieval3Data Science4
+12 moreWeb DevelopmentMapReduceHadoopPostgreSQLRubySoftware EngineeringJavaTime Series AnalysisBig DataVolleyballProduct ManagementScrum

From Ken's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Duke University408

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 402 more

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended University of California, Santa Cruz51

Christine SamsAssistant Controller at Crosslink CapitalAnne FoorInvestor at Khosla VenturesJOHN BURKECo-Founder, Managing Partner at PROOFMichelle ModestInvestor at Alpha PartnersMichael JenningsVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcDr. Michael NayakAdvisor at Industrious Ventures

+ 45 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Patterns1

Sam NickolayFounder at Vizy

Also worked at Square63

Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesAnne FoorInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 57 more

Also worked at Google1,078

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 1,072 more

Also worked at AmeriCorps VISTA4

Jane CommerfordOperations at 8VCEmilie AbramsInvestment Associate at The Yield Lab EuropeBusiel (Buzz) MorleyAnalyst at AtomicoJason WangSenior Associate at Vivo Capital