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Leeds Rising

Founder

Founder at Maximal

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMaximal · YC

About

Leeds Rising studied computer science and operations research at Cornell and Columbia, and has worked as a product manager for Stuffstr on last-mile delivery logistics in the UK, as an engineer at Amazon optimizing throughput in fulfillment operations, and grew up in a 3PL business background.

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Founder at MaximalYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Leeds went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Leeds can intro founders to Maximal's investors below.

Maximal's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Maximal

DYDerek Ye
Derek YeFounder

Experience

  1. MaximalCofounder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AlchemyProduct Manager2023 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  3. GoldenProduct Manager2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  4. BloombergSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  5. StuffstrProduct and Operations Intern2019
  6. AmazonSDE / Operations Research Intern2018
  7. Cornell UniversityResearch Assistant2017

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityBS Operations Research BS Computer Science (double major)
  2. Columbia UniversityMS Operations Research
  3. Y CombinatorS25 batch

Skills & more

Product Management15Data Science12Entrepreneurship9Machine Learning5Agile Project Management4Digital Strategy5C6Microsoft Office11Python9R3Swift (Programming Language)2SQL2
+6 moreReact NativeJavaScriptPublic SpeakingApache KafkaUX ResearchProduct Strategy

From Leeds's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Cornell University553

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

+ 547 more

Also attended Columbia University552

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 546 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

Shared employers

Also worked at Maximal1

Derek YeFounder at Maximal

Also worked at Alchemy16

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldPaul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalFranklin BiGeneral Partner at Pantera CapitalPatrick ChangFounder and Managing Partner at Dispersion CapitalRandy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJNavin ChaddhaInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures Fund

+ 10 more

Also worked at Golden1

Jude GomilaInvestor at Jude Gomila

Also worked at Bloomberg96

Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation

+ 90 more