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Maddie Hall

InvestorFounder

Founder at Living Carbon · Former Product at First Round Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $10K – $100K checks · typically $50K

FoundedLiving Carbon · YC

30 Under 30 2021 · Science

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About

Maddie Hall is chief of staff at OpenAI and an angel investor in deep tech startups. Her early investments include Lithos Carbon, Remora, Sylvera and Hadrian.

Founder at Living CarbonYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Maddie went through Y Combinator (Winter 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 Living Carbon's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Experience

  1. Living CarbonCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Sequoia CapitalScout2019 — 2023San Francisco, California
  3. Y CombinatorSpecial Projects (YC 120)2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  4. OpenAISpecial Projects2017 — 2019
  5. First Round CapitalProduct2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. ZenefitsProduct Manager2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. ZenefitsSenior Product Ops. Analyst2015San Francisco Bay Area
  8. ZenefitsProduct Ops. Analyst2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Zillow.comProduct Management and Marketing Intern2012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area

Skills & more

Microsoft Office24PowerPoint9Microsoft Excel10Microsoft PowerPoint4WordPress2HTML2SQL2JIRA2Adobe Creative Suite2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2Program Development15Program Management11
+12 moreResearchNonprofitsQualitative ResearchCommunity OutreachProduct ManagementEditingPoliticsEvent ManagementPublic PolicyPolicy AnalysisSketch AppPublic Speaking

Languages French

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Investments

Investor

EvergrowRamen VR

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Maddie Hall?
Maddie Hall is chief of staff at OpenAI and an angel investor in deep tech startups. Her early investments include Lithos Carbon, Remora, Sylvera and Hadrian.
Where does Maddie Hall work?
Maddie Hall is Founder of Living Carbon.
What check size does Maddie Hall write?
Maddie Hall typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.
What companies did Maddie Hall found?
Maddie Hall founded Living Carbon.
What companies has Maddie Hall invested in?
Investments tracked here include Evergrow, Ramen VR.
Where did Maddie Hall go to school?
Maddie Hall studied at Claremont McKenna College (Bachelors of Science).

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