Find your path to Lauren
3,159 people in our graph share verified history with Lauren — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Lauren: together at Meta
About
Lauren Ray Vegter founded Plura, a platform for in-person community events, and previously led user acquisition at Instagram and worked on VR product launches at Oculus. She holds two degrees from MIT in business and engineering, and offers startup founder coaching.
Founder at Plura (formerly Bloom Community)YC W20
Intro paths
YC
Lauren went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Lauren can intro founders to Plura (formerly Bloom Community)'s investors below.
Experience
- Embodied Leadership CoachingFounder Coachcurrent2023 — present
- Plura (formerly Bloom Community)Founder, CEO, Chaircurrent2020 — presentOakland, CA
- Y CombinatorFoundercurrent2020 — present
- Good Shepherd GracenterBoard Member2019 — 2022
- InstagramProduct Manager2017 — 2019Menlo Park, CA
- MetaProduct Manager2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- FaireProduct Lead2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Oculus VRProduct Manager2015 — 2017Menlo Park, CA
- SignalFireAssociate2013 — 2014San Francisco, California, United States
- Bain & CompanySenior Associate Consultant2011 — 2014San Francisco
- ThermeleonFounder, Director of Product2010 — 2011Cambridge, MA
- Goldman SachsAnalyst, Strategic Portfolio Solutions Group2010
Skills & more
MySQL10ScalingCEO CoachingExecutive CoachingLeadership DevelopmentSomaticsCoachingProduct Management15Due Diligence14Business Development2Entrepreneurship8Management Consulting13
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Growth StrategiesStrategic ConsultingCorporate DevelopmentMarket EntryConsultingProject ManagementStart-upsCompetitive AnalysisMarket ResearchStrategyAnalysisStrategic PlanningLanguages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter?
- Lauren Ray Vegter founded Plura, a platform for in-person community events, and previously led user acquisition at Instagram and worked on VR product launches at Oculus. She holds two degrees from MIT in business and engineering, and offers startup founder coaching.
- Where does Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter work?
- Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter is Founder of Plura (formerly Bloom Community).
- What companies did Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter found?
- Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter founded Plura (formerly Bloom Community).
- Where did Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter go to school?
- Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Materials Engineering); Stanford University (Computer Science); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Stanford University mafia1,934
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Peter ThielB.A.Founded PayPalReid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +2David SacksB.A.Founded YammerKeith RaboisB.A.Founded OpendoorGarry TanBSFounded Y Combinator +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +5
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
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Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1
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Goldman Sachs mafia531
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Marc AndreessenSummer AnalystFounded OpswareFred EhrsamTraderFounded Nudge +1Matt HuangSummer AnalystFounded Paradigm +1David VélezAnalystFounded Nubank +1Tarek MansourEquity Derivatives AnalystFounded KalshiColin WebbSummer AnalystFounded Saucepricing +1
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Instagram mafia37
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Hunter HorsleyProduct ManagerFounded Bitwise +1Tony FrancisSoftware & Machine Learning EngineerFounded Dream3D +1Stephanie LiuSoftware Engineering InternFounded Nourish +1Eric YuFront End EngineerFounded Rutterapi +1Michael McIntyreProduct ManagerFounded FamCole RiseDesign ConsultantFounded Flagr
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystPhilippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue ManagementNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Shared employers
Also worked at Instagram62
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicDavid SwainChief Marketing Officer at ParadigmIrving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundKevin WeilOperator in Residence at Scribble VenturesAlex HollanderVice President of Strategic Communications at JUXTAPOSE VENTURES
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Also worked at Meta461
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Also worked at Faire23
Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesFarouk RiceChief of Staff at Mythos Ventures Management, LlcRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesCameron SimpsonDirector of Strategy and Operations at JUXTAPOSE VENTURES
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Also worked at Bain & Company1,191
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGTheresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalDeepinder GoyalCo-founder & CEO of ZomatoZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of Column
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